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Umami Burger introduces the Impossible Burger to its Northern California locations in partnership with Impossible Foods on Friday, July 21, becoming the first better burger restaurant group to feature the famous plant-based burger in the Bay Area. Successfully debuting at nine of Umami Burger's Los Angeles stores in Spring 2017, the popular Impossible Burger will expand to restaurants in Soma,…

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Global pork trade is facing new dynamics, driven by price developments, new trade deals, and more challenging business environments, according to RaboResearch’s latest Global Pork Quarterly. “While China’s pork imports have begun to slow down, other traditional importing countries have reported significant growth,” says Chenjun Pan, RaboResearch Senior Analyst – Animal Protein. “Looking to the second half of 2017, global…

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As social media grows and more people post pictures of their favorite food online, technology is being developed which uses artificial intelligence to look at an image then pick out the ingredients that have been used in the recipe. The smart food recognition system, dubbed Pic2Recipe, even has potential to be developed into a “dinner aide” to help people figure…

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CSM Bakery Solutions has reached an agreement for the sale of its BakeMark business to Pamplona Capital Management, but terms of the deal are not being disclosed. The agreed deal is an important step in advancing CSM's strategy to focus on its core business in Europe and North America, according to company President and CEO, Marianne Kirkegaard. “We have always…

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Dutch-based drinks bottler Refresco has announced that it has agreed to buy the bottling activities of Canadian company Cott Corp (BCB.TO) for US$1.25 billion, in a move that will increase its capacity in the US. The deal comes just three months after Refresco rejected a US$1.5 billion takeover offer from French private equity investor PAI Partners, saying the offer was…

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Bunge’s operations include originating oilseeds and grains from the world's primary growing regions and transporting them to customers worldwide – but this is the first time rapeseed exports have been shipped from Australia to Europe. Bunge’s Bunbury port in Western Australia has exported its first batch of rapeseed to crush plants in Europe for edible oil and fuel production. The…

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Galactic, one of the world leaders in natural solutions for food safety and nutrition, announces it has successfully launched a second production line for calcium lactate pentahydrate production at its Escanaffles plant (Belgium). The new production unit, which doubles Galactic’s production capacity, uses the company’s proprietary patented technology, and allows the production of various grades of calcium lactate (food, feed…

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A Coca-Cola Femsa divulgou, nesta segunda-feira (24), um crescimento de 32,1% na receita líquida do Brasil, em comparação com o mesmo intervalo de 2016, chegando a 12,237 bilhões de pesos mexicanos (R$ 2,184 bilhões). O volume aumentou 12,4%, chegando a 166,3 milhões de caixas. As vendas de refrigerantes cresceram no período 14,8%, para 149,8 milhões de caixas. A venda de…

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A Vigor Food Service anunciou o reposicionamento da marca. Entre as mudanças, está a definição de produtos divididos agora pelas marcas Amélia e Vigor Le Chef, como explicou Cecília Martins, diretora de Food Service, em entrevista exclusiva ao Jornal Giro News. "Olhando para o mercado de culinária salgada, a gente viu que tinha um portfólio amplo, mas estava um pouco…

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A Coca-Cola Femsa anunciou nesta segunda-feira (24) uma alta de 11,5% no lucro líquido do segundo trimestre, beneficiada por receita maior e crescimento das operações na América do Sul. Em publicação do site Reuters, a engarrafadora disse, ainda, que a fabricante holandesa de cervejas Heineken, que detém participação na matriz Femsa, informou que encerraria a distribuição de produtos com engarrafadores…

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