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	Which? brings misleading food labels to Defra
	Lactofree sales up 37% as Arla posts profit surge
	Aussie-EU wine deal to protect Champagne and Port
	Tayto to close Red Mill Snack Foods plant in September
	Kerry plans expansion in emerging markets
	Heineken to create Global Business Services organisation

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	Vanilla flavoured gum may cut nicotine withdrawal effects, study
	Wheat volatility leads to surge in global food prices, finds FAO
	Ajinomoto seeks EU chilli extract novel foods approval
	Improved extraction offers natural source for mushroom flavors

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Which? brings misleading food labels to Defra

UK consumer advocacy group Which? has launched another scathing attack against food manufacturers who, it says, are acting irresponsibly by freely interpreting labelling guidance... Read

Lactofree sales up 37% as Arla posts profit surge

Arla's lactose-free brand Lactofree is generating value growth of 37% year-on-year, bosses have revealed as the dairy giant unveiled a sharp rise in interim profits... Read

Aussie-EU wine deal to protect Champagne and Port

Australian wine producers have pledged to phase out the use of important European names like Champagne and Port as part of a new wine agreement with the EU... Read

Tayto to close Red Mill Snack Foods plant in September

Tayto's Red Mill Snack Foods factory at Wednesbury is scheduled to close next month as all remaining production is transferred to its factory at Corby in Northamptonshire... Read

Kerry plans expansion in emerging markets

Kerry Group's strong interim performance has prompted the Irish ingredients and finished product firm to raise its earnings forecast, with more investment planned in emerging regions... Read

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Heineken to create Global Business Services organisation

Heineken recently announced it will create a Global Business Services organisation to deliver Purchasing and Business Process & Technology services across the company... Read

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Vanilla flavoured gum may cut nicotine withdrawal effects, study

New research from the US shows that some flavours of chewing gum are effective in reducing the negative effects associated with nicotine withdrawal such as anxiety... Read

Wheat volatility leads to surge in global food prices, finds FAO

The FAO has revised downward its forecast for 2010 world wheat production levels and reports that wheat market dynamics drove international food prices up in August by 5 per cent - the biggest month-on-month increase since November 2009... Read

Ajinomoto seeks EU chilli extract novel foods approval

Ajinomoto has filed a novel foods application with the UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) for a synthetic chilli pepper extract the Japanese supplier says has weight management potential... Read

Improved extraction offers natural source for mushroom flavors

Italian researchers have optimised the extraction of the mushroom flavor compound 1-octen-3-ol from a flower, highlighting the potential of a natural alternative... Read


	WEEKLY COMMENT Don't worry about wheat prices: Look at grain stocks There's nothing like a shortage of wheat to send some news media searching for superlatives. Talk of "soaring" wheat prices and "rocketing" bread prices were common, in the British press, after Russia decided to temporarily ban grain exports earlier this month. Three weeks later what lessons can we lean?.. Read

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Unilever: Omega-3 margarine study will not affect usage advice

Omega-3 spread maker Unilever says a 40 month study that found omega-3 spreads don't protect elderly heart attack sufferers from further cardiac events, requires further analysis and won't affect approved methods of usage... Read

Mrs Crimble's makes gluten-free waves across the pond

Hampshire-based Stiletto Foods has made its first foray into the US market after striking a deal with natural foods giant Whole Foods Market that will see Mrs Crimble's free-from products listed in five of Whole Foods Market's 11 regions in the US... Read

Nestle invests in premium Russian choc plant

Nestlé reports that an upgrade to its premium chocolate manufacturing facility in the Samara region of Russia will transform it into a key competence centre for confectionery products in Europe... Read

Special edition: Beauty From Within

Latest product launches from the world of nutricosmetics

The beauty from within category has given way to big names such as Inneov, Imedeen and Age off, paving the way for a glut of new product launches worldwide, a few of which this article looks at... Read

Buhler buys stake in Italian firm to strengthen coffee presence

Buhler Technology Group said its move to buy a stake in Italian coffee equipment manufacturer Petroncini Impianti would boost its position in the medium and top-end segments of the market... Read

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China 'blocks or destroys' foreign foods and cosmetics

China's quality watchdog has destroyed or blocked the import of a wide range of foreign food and cosmetic products after concerns that they posed potential health risks... Read