Quarterly earnings
Mondelēz bounces back in Q3 driven by ‘chocobakery’ business
Mondelēz has recovered from its 2017 Q2 sales decline and posted organic net revenue growth of 2.8% in the third quarter, reaching $6.53bn.
Archives for November 1, 2017
Gulfood Manufacturing
Show blog: Dubai emerges from stupor to become a potent force
Dubai’s growing focus on logistics and sustainability have succeeded in bringing it closer to becoming one of the world’s most important food hubs.
Gulfood Manufacturing 2017
Carrot trumps stick in quest to promote sugar re-formulation
Food manufacturers must re-formulate to keep their consumers healthy in a region famed for its love of sugar, and many are now cottoning on to their responsibility.
Probiotics benefit indigestion sufferers through gut microbiota normalisation
Probiotics can effectively treat indigestion by normalising gastric microbiota, a Japanese study has found.
UN launches campaign to avert “food security disaster” in former ISIL-held Mosul
The United Nations (UN) Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has launched an emergency campaign to safeguard livestock and food security across the Mosul area in Iraq, recently retaken from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
Heightened sensitivity to 'seventh taste' carbs leads to larger waist sizes
Scientists in Australia say they have identified a potential seventh 'taste' — carbohydrate — and are working to uncover how it leads people to eat excessive amounts of starchy foods.
Lab-made ‘foie gras’: Japan firm claims product could be commercially viable by 2021
Lab-grown ‘foie gras’ could hit the shelves within four years, according to the professor behind a Japanese firm working on a range of cultured meats.