Ciao Bella and Baileys continue to collaborate and plan to launch new flavors in the future.

While Italians still consume the biggest volume of pasta per person globally, they are cutting back on this traditional staple.

Ducroux brings in the expertise to meet these challenges, through a proven track record and hands-on experience in acquisitions, integrations, operational leadership, transversal management and business development.

The company completed a tender offer to buy all the outstanding shares of common stock of AdvancePierre for $40.25 per share in cash, without interest.

Harbinger Ventures leads the round with additional funding from Echo Capital Group, Navama & Kouffman LLC, CircleUp and Cambridge Companies SPG. The seed funding round combines conventional foods and natural foods industry leaders focused on trends popular with millennials.

Chef Christian "Kit" Kiefer, a chef and certified culinary educator and former restaurant owner, who created many popular menu items for restaurant chains and Fortune 500 companies, has been hired by St. Louis-based Kent Precision Foods Group as Corporate Culinary Chef of the Research & Development Department.

The high-intensity sweetener (HIS) market is a study in contrasts between Western and Eastern consumers—with one going sour, while the other stays sweet. Although new, natural sweeteners like stevia extract are gaining ground, consumption of high-intensity sweeteners as a class is growing at a negligible rate in North America and Europe, due, in part, to the decline in carbonated soft drink consumption in these regions. In contrast, demand for the entire range of high-intensity sweeteners remains strong in Asia, according to new research from IHS Markit (NASDAQ: INFO), the leading global source of critical information and insight.

Novozymes awarded ‘Company of the Year’ by the Islamic Food and Nutrition Council of America for its long-standing commitment to providing halal certified products for the manufacturing industry

Fernhill Beverage, Inc. re-designed its private label version of the kid's drink Roadkill.

Ferrero International S.A. completed the acquisition of Fannie May Confections Brands, Inc. and the Harry London chocolate brands from 1-800-FLOWERS.com, Inc.