Nestlé to buy Israeli food manufacturer Osem
According to Bloomberg, Nestlé has agreed to buy out minority shareholders of Osem Investments, Israel’s largest publicly-traded food manufacturer, for about $ 844 million. IFT Daily News
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President Obama’s 2017 budget to invest $26 billion in food safety, health
U.S. President Barack Obama’s 2017 fiscal year budget, released on February 9, matched the growing attention to food safety in the United States across multiple departments. IFT Daily News
New launches blur the line between supplements, food
The market for dietary supplements has seen strong growth in recent years, reflecting increasing consumer concerns about the adverse effects of busy lifestyles and stress on health, as well as … Continue Reading →
New launches blur the line between supplements, food
The market for dietary supplements has seen strong growth in recent years, reflecting increasing consumer concerns about the adverse effects of busy lifestyles and stress on health, as well as … Continue Reading →
USDA awards $30+ million in food safety, plant health grants
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced an award of $ 30.1 million in competitive grants to fund 80 research projects to improve food safety, reduce antibiotic resistance in food, … Continue Reading →
Grocers, retailers up their prepared food game
The Food Marketing Institute (FMI) and Technomic have released results of a survey detailing the sophistication of supermarket fresh prepared foods among 28 grocers/retailers, representing 8,000 stores, and substantiated the … Continue Reading →
Shifting consumer food values
Taste, price, and convenience are no longer the sole deciding factors when people buy food and beverages, according to a new study from Deloitte, Food Marketing Institute (FMI), and Grocery … Continue Reading →
Nestlé joins food waste coalition
Nestlé CEO Paul Bulcke has underlined the company’s commitment to reducing food loss and waste by joining a new coalition, Champions 12.3, which will work to inspire action on this … Continue Reading →
FAO food price index declined 19% in 2015
According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), prices of major food commodities declined for the fourth year in a row in 2015, averaging 19.1% below … Continue Reading →
Purdue Center for Global Food Security to provide grants for graduate students
U.S. students enrolled in an accredited U.S. graduate program institution can apply for international research grants from the Purdue University U.S. Borlaug Fellows Program in Global Food Security. IFT Daily … Continue Reading →