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Royal DSM has announced the appointment of Patrick Niels, new President of DSM Food Specialties as of 1 August 2017. Niels, a Dutch national, has held leadership roles across a number of regions and businesses for DSM, most recently as President DSM Resins & Functional Materials, where he has led the transformation of the Business Group into a high-performing, fast-growing…

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Nestle has posted weaker-than-expected first half earnings and confirmed its full-year guidance as the world's biggest food company even as sales slipped in the face of currency headwinds. Nestlé reported that half-year total reported sales were CHF 43.0 billion (-0.3%) (US$45 billion), reflecting the impact of net divestments (-2.3%, largely related to the creation of the Froneri joint venture) and…

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Tate & Lyle has made an encouraging start to the year with profit in constant currency ahead of the comparative period, and volume ahead in both divisions. The statement covers the first quarter of the financial year, from April 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017. The company added that it expected to make underlying progress in the full year ended…

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The Hershey Company has announced sales and earnings for the second quarter ended July 2, 2017, with net sales of US$1,663.0 million compared with US$1,637.7 million for the second quarter of 2016 and net income up 39 percent to US$203.5 million. Reported net income for the second quarter of 2017 was US$203.5 million or $0.95 per share-diluted, compared with US$146.0…

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Coca-Cola is promising the same taste as regular Coke, as it officially launches a replacement for Coca-Cola Zero with its innovative “better-tasting” recipe in the US, which will now be called Coca-Cola Zero Sugar. The new package design is due to hit store shelves around the US in August. Coca-Cola says it has carried out in-house innovation and extensive market…

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Aficionados use words like “oaky” to describe some wines, or “hoppy” when talking about certain beers. But for rum, putting the words together to describe what imbibers smell and the taste is a bit more difficult. Researchers at the University of Illinois have created a rum flavor lexicon and wanted to find a way around the biggest problem with tasting…

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É de se imaginar como o dia a dia de uma padaria é corrido: os pães quentinhos precisam sair de hora em hora e a vitrine de salgados, bolos e guloseimas precisa sempre estar abastecida com produtos frescos. É um operacional trabalhoso. Pensando em facilitar, cada vez mais, a rotina de quem trabalha neste ambiente de panificação, a Emulzint, do…

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The world's largest brewer, Anheuser-Busch InBev, has reported its net profit rose to US$1.5 billion in the second quarter of 2017 from US$152 million in the same period a year earlier, before its merger with rival SABMiller. Belgium-based AB InBev, which brews beers including Budweiser, Corona and Stella Artois, said that overall sales rose 5 percent to US$14.2 billion in…

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Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Inc. has reported second quarter 2017 EPS of US$1.02, which included a US$0.18 per diluted share loss on early extinguishment of debt, compared to US$1.39 in the prior year period. For the quarter, sales volumes increased 4 percent, including the Bai acquisition. Reported net sales increased 6 percent, including the Bai acquisition, which accounted for just…

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Otsuka has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire 100 percent of plant-based Daiya Foods Inc. The acquisition, reported at 405 million Canadian dollars (US$322.9 million), is expected to help increase Canada-based Daiya's presence throughout North America and beyond, while creating a global plant-based food platform. The acquisition will proceed by way of the plan of arrangement under British Columbia…

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