Sara Lee Bakery Group, a division of Sara Lee, said it will close two bread bakeries in Texas and eliminate 306 jobs as part of its move to end private-label and restaurant production in the Dallas, Houston and San Antonio areas.
Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) will expand its NovaLipid line of zero/low trans-fat oils and margarines at its Quincy, Ill., enzyme interesterification facility over the next year.
CP Kelco has introduced GENU Drink texturizer type DP 500, a product designed for ready-to-drink juice-based or fruit-flavored beverages requiring a stable protein component.
Technology Flavors & Fragrances Inc. (TFF) announced it has entered into an agreement with two partners to form a Brazilian company to be engaged in the business of manufacturing, importing and exporting flavorings for the food and beverage industry.
Datamonitor (London) predicts the U.S. organic market will hit $30.7 billion by 2007, growing at an annual rate of 21.4% over that time, as more American consumers embrace the organic movement.
A leading manufacturer of vanilla, tea, coffee and cocoa extracts, and a broad assortment of flavors and masking agents for many food and beverage applications has developed VidaPro Flavors.
The new kitchen at ADM's James R. Randall Research and Culinary Center (Decatur, Ill.) is more extensive than even the White House kitchen in which corporate research chef Brian Yager worked during the Reagan administration.