Quest International (Naarden, The Netherlands) sold its food ingredient business to Kerry Ingredients (Tralee, Ireland) for $440 million in order to focus upon building its flavor and fragrance business.
In its recent analysis of corporate performance from an online customer's perspective, The Customer Respect Group (Bellevue, Wash.) rated 64 food, beverage and tobacco firms ranking among the country's 1,000 largest companies.
A pair of recent introductions highlights the trend toward making fruit snacks convenient. One is geared toward children; the other targets a more grown-up audience.
In another indication of the growing recognition of the value of the Hispanic market in the U.S., Unilever Bestfoods (Englewood Cliffs, N.J.) has launched its first Spanish-language television advertising for Ragu sauces.
A new national survey by Context Marketing (Sausalito, Calif.) finds Americans place the blame for the country's obesity epidemic squarely upon consumers, not the food and beverage industry.
Shelf-stable, sautéed vegetable pastes and concentrates and continuous vacuum-dried (CVD) natural flavor bases now are available from Nikken Foods Company.
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