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Qatar to buy agricultural area in Australia

  • Wednesday, 21 December 2011
  • raw materials
According to a report from the International Grain Council, the Arabian state of Qatar is providing a budget of AUD 484m (approx. EUR 367.6m) to acquire 186,000 ha of farmland in Australia. The purchaser is the state-owned company Hassad, which has b...Read more …

Ukraine offers the creation of a global grain reserve

  • Thursday, 25 August 2011
  • raw materials
The Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food from the Ukraine Mykola Prysyazhnyuk commented that his country had initiated the creation of the world´s grain reserve under the auspices of the United Nations. He goes on to say that the Ukraine would take ...Read more …

BENEO announces price increase for sugar replacer Isomalt

  • Monday, 20 June 2011
  • raw materials
BENEO, one of the leading manufacturers of functional ingredients, announces today the increase in price of its ISOMALT. The list price will be increased by 20% globally.  Jens Böhm, Commercial Managing Director, BENEO-Palatinit, explains fur...Read more …

European yeast producers appalled by EU sugar policy

  • Friday, 17 June 2011
  • raw materials
Currently, on the European sugar market, there are signs of a shortage of sugar, molasses and subsidized industrial sugar. The Confederation of EU Yeast Producers (COFALEC) has been critical of the EU Commission for recently taking 500,000 t of indus...Read more …

Russia to lift grain export ban

  • Friday, 17 June 2011
  • raw materials
Russia is to lift a ban on exporting grain from 1st July 2011, as announced by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. The export ban was put into place on 15th August last year following an unprecedented drought and the widespread outbreak of wildfires. Mill...Read more …

Kampffmeyer: Growing demand for natural grain products in Eastern Europe

  • Thursday, 9 June 2011
  • raw materials
The Kampffmeyer Food Innovation GmbH Company from Hamburg, Germany, has strengthened its position on Eastern European markets by being present with a subsidiary in Poland for approximately two years. During this time, the amount of tonnage sold has i...Read more …

Salt reduction through Lesaffre’s Gustal Original

  • Tuesday, 19 April 2011
  • raw materials
The French Lesaffre Group from Paris manufactures the baker’s yeast “Gustal Original” which enables   salt content to be reduced by up to 30% in bakery products. The yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) reaches 1.6% on flour weight and do...Read more …

Frutarom acquires EAFI

  • Thursday, 27 January 2011
  • raw materials
Israelian group Frutarom Ltd., Haifa, announced to acquire the activities and assets of Britsh East Anglian Food Ingredients Ltd (EAFI) for approximately GBP 3m. EAFI produces savory taste solutions as flavors, seasoning compounds, and functional ing...Read more …

Sime Darby launches Innovation Centre Europe

  • Thursday, 4 November 2010
  • raw materials
Sime Darby, a specialist in raw materials from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, has launched an Innovation Centre Europe in Zwijndrecht, the Netherlands. In the last three years, the company has invested approximately EUR 34m in the modernization of the site ...Read more …

National Starch: Acquisiton most probable by the end of September 2010

  • Wednesday, 25 August 2010
  • raw materials
Corn Product International Inc., Chicago, is one of the biggest maize processors and suppliers of raw materials worldwide. In 2009, their revenue was $ 3.6 bn (about € 2.6 bn). Thus, the acquisition of the starch manufacturer National Starch planne...Read more …