Ball wins Brazilian approval of its proposed $8.2bn Rexam deal
Ball Corporation has won Brazilian approval of its proposed £5.4bn ($8.2bn) acquisition of Rexam.
Archives for December 14, 2015
Tips for choosing a pump system for food and beverage applications
‘Pumps in food and beverage applications are used to transfer product from one place to another, from unloading rail cars filled with corn syrup for a cola beverage; to dewatering devices and high temperature cooking processes or heat exchangers.
DuPont, Dow merger – ‘likely to be one of the biggest M&A transactions of 2016’
DuPont and The Dow Chemical Company announced they will merge to become DowDuPont last week – if the deal goes ahead it is ‘likely to be one of the biggest M&A transactions of 2016’, according to Moorgate Capital.
Moderate alcohol consumption could reduce risk of death from dementia: Study
Moderate drinking could reduce the risk of death for people with early stage Alzheimer’s disease, according to a study published in the British Medical Journal.
Dispatches from FIE 2015
Eat with your eyes: Making sense of multi-sensory food
Food should taste and smell good but what else should and can it do when ‘visually stimulated’ consumers like millennials engage in eating occasions? Touch, sight and sound are increasingly in the mix and driving multi-sensory NPD as FoodNavigator...
Taurine-like chemical removes Alzheimer’s plaques in mice
Korean scientists have discovered a small molecule that destroys the protein plaques that build up in the brain of those in the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease.
EFSA backs safety of new stevia form
Rebaudioside M is safe and can be added to the list of EU-approved steviol glycosides (E960), the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has concluded. The agency said this was the case provided 95% of its components were converted to steviol.