Novidades do Setor

Diageo has reported that sales were up 4.4 percent in the six months ending December 31, helped by improvements in its business in the US. Overall, net sales came in at £6.4bn ($8.1bn) in the period, helped by a favorable exchange rate. The world’s largest distilled drinks company, which makes Johnnie Walker Scotch and Smirnoff vodka, said sales in North…

Ler mais

Lonza has reported its full-year sales were up 8.7 percent to 4.13bn Swiss francs ($4.14bn) but the Swiss speciality ingredients supplier and pharmaceutical company was hit by a slowdown in its Agro Ingredients business. Lonza, which shelled out $5.5bn just months ago to buy the US provider of capsules for the food and healthcare industries Capsugel, said its increase in…

Ler mais

The Barry Callebaut Group registered flat sales volume growth (-0.4%) to 492,931 tons during the first three months of fiscal year 2016/17 (ended on November 30, 2016), against a strong base from the prior year. Overall volume growth was consistently above the declining global chocolate confectionery market (-2.3 %)1 in volume. A good performance in the chocolate business of 2.3%…

Ler mais

São Paulo — Misture tecnologia e saúde, acrescente porções generosas de inovação e uma pitada de gastronomia: está pronta a receita de atuação do engenheiro de alimentos. A carreira é uma ótima pedida para quem gosta de trabalhar com a multidisciplinaridade, diz Antonio Meirelles, professor e diretor da Faculdade de Engenharia de Alimentos (FEA) da Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp),…

Ler mais

Anunciado o relatório global da Business Benchmark on Farm Animal Welfare (BBFAW) aponta as empresas que atingiram as maiores marcas no gerenciamento e na divulgação de práticas que promovem o bem-estar de animais de produção. Atualmente, 13 companhias ocupam os dois patamares mais altos do relatório da BBFAW (níveis 1 e 2) por seu comprometimento e por estabelecerem sistemas e…

Ler mais

São Paulo, 26 de janeiro de 2017 – Inaugurada em 1º de outubro, a nova unidade de processamento de carne bovina da JBS no Paraguai, na cidade de Belén, é uma planta modelo em eficiência sustentável. Por ser a primeira inteiramente planejada e construída desde a fundação da companhia, o projeto foi elaborado com as melhores práticas e tecnologias implementadas…

Ler mais

At some point today (January 27) European governments will decide whether to approve the first genetically modified crops in 19 years, against a background of widespread opposition from farmers and the wider public. The European Commission will put the approval of two new GM maize types to a vote, as well as the re-approval of the only GM crop currently…

Ler mais

HSBC is denying involvement with funding deforestation in Indonesia following a Greenpeace International report that claims the bank loaned hundreds of millions of US dollar to what it describes as “destructive palm oil companies.” Greenpeace International’s “Dirty Bankers” report says that in the past five years alone, HSBC has been part of banking syndicates that arranged US$16.3 billion of loans…

Ler mais

For the third consecutive year, Firmenich has been identified as a world leader for its actions and strategies in response to climate change and has been ranked on the Supplier Climate A List, in the top 3% of corporations participating in CDP’s supply chain program. “With 2016 being the hottest year on record for the third year in a row,…

Ler mais

Golden Peanut and Tree Nuts, a subsidiary of Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM), have announced that it is investing in a new warehouse at its receiving and storage facility in Alejandro Roca, Argentina. “Argentina is one of the largest producers of edible peanuts in the world, and as a major global player, Golden Peanut is investing to ensure that we…

Ler mais