Cargill looks to counter diseased Indonesian trees with sustainable cocoa investment
Cargill has extended its sustainable cocoa program to Indonesia and plans to take preventative measure to turn ailing crops into high cocoa yielding money-spinners.
Archives for October 17, 2012
LycoRed gets local knowhow for Chinese market
Further intensifying its efforts to crack the Chinese market, an Israel-based global premix supplier has inked a distribution agreement to ease into the local food manufacturing space.
Yinlu Foods ready for $1/2bn expansion
Chinese foodmaker Yinlu Foods Group has announced plans to spend almost half a billion dollars in the construction of two new factories. The investment will serve to increase capacity by two-thirds.
Indonesia works on animal welfare in abattoirs
A global animal welfare organisation has embarked on a three-year project with veterinarians in Indonesia to improve welfare standards in the country’s abattoirs.
Nestlé backs China, greater focus on R&D
To a backdrop of its slowing growth in the region, Nestlé has revealed that it will double the number of its research and development units in China. The announcement came at the company’s first ever China-centric earnings call from Shanghai.
NZ honey study's sweet and sour findings
A PhD student at New Zealand’s Lincoln University has found that nearly half of mono-floral honey bought from supermarkets in the country were not true to their labels.