All Ingredients articles – Page 74
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Product NewsWeather takes toll on wheat forecasts
Dull weather in the UK coupled with hot weather in the US has seen the delivered price of UK bread wheat rocket over the past month.
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Room for progress on health deal
Progress been made, but there is still a long way to go on the pledges made by bakeries as part of the Public Health Responsibility Deal. The Department of Health (DoH) has published the first annual updates, from 187 partners, which show their progress around areas such as salt reduction, ...
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The Worshipful Company of Bakers
has admitted four new liverymen as part of its July Court meeting at Bakers’ Hall in London. Pictured left to right with the Master, Peter Gossage (centre), are Graham Duckworth, industrial ingredients specialist at Puratos and the Alliance for Bakery Students and Trainees’ competition chairman, and Simon Jeffreys, chief operating ...
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Rank Hovis sale should be considered, says analyst
Premier Foods should consider selling its milling business Rank Hovis to drive down its £1.2bn debt, a leading City analyst has argued. The comment follows the firm’s announcement, on 6 July, that it would sell its Elephant Atta ethnic flour business to rival Associated British Foods’ (ABF) Westmill Foods subsidiary, ...
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Product NewsABF’s ingredients see drop in revenue
Associated British Foods’ (ABF) ingredients division has seen a 2% reduction in revenue, despite an 11% growth in overall group revenues for the year-to-date.
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Carr’s unveils plans for new £17m mill
Carr’s Flour has announced plans to build a new £17m flour mill at the port of Kirkcaldy – after the success of moving a wheat distribution area to the location.
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EDME wins business award
Bakery ingredients supplier EDME is celebrating after winning a regional business award for its commitment to the rural community.
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Product NewsPremier sells ethnic flour business to ABF
Premier Foods has signed a deal to sell its Elephant Atta ethnic flour business to Associated British Foods (ABF) for a cash consideration of £34m. The firm announced the news this morning and said the move to sell its ethnic flour business to ABF’s Westmill Foods subsidiary would include the Elephant Atta, Elephant Chakki Gold and Fassal brands, predominantly manufactured and packed at the firm’s Southampton-based mill.
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Product NewsBarry Callebaut delivers top-line growth
Barry Callebaut has reported an 8.4% rise in sales revenue in its latest financial results.
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Product NewsCSM given green light for transformation
The proposed move by CSM to ditch its European and North American bakery businesses, and refocus on bio-based ingredients was approved at an Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders yesterday (3 July).
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RGFC sees strong EBITDA growth
The Real Good Food Company (RGFC) has posted strong results, with EBITDA up 62% to £9.1m in the 12 months to December 2011.
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Rapeseed oil firm to double output
Production is to be doubled at rapeseed oil producer Farrington Oils following a £200,000 investment at its site in Northamptionshire. The maker of ’seed to bottle’ cold-pressed rapeseed oil, is in the process of completing the six-month investment plan, prompted by a 90% rise in turnover in the past year. ...
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Bakers welcome report on fall in salt levels
Bakers have welcomed the news that salt levels in the diet have been falling, following the publication of the latest Department of Health (DoH) Urinary Analysis. The National Diet and Nutrition Survey Assessment of Dietary Sodium report, found that levels for adults, aged 19- to 64 years old, stood at ...
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ADM shows faith in Group 3 buy-back deals
ADM Milling says interest in its buy-back contracts will increase as more growers reap the benefits of high-yield Group 3 wheat. The firm is now offering buy-back contracts for Torch for the 2013 harvest a high-yield winter wheat variety developed by wheat breeder RAGT last year. When milled into flour, ...
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Product NewsPennington BBS chairman for ninth consecutive year
Marshall Pennington has been announced as The Bakers’ Benevolent Society’s chairman of trustees for 2012/13 – his ninth year in a row in the position.
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Bakers welcome results of DoH salt study
Average salt intake in the England is falling, according the latest Department of Health (DoH) Urinary Analysis.
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Puratos to continue long-term growth strategy
The Puratos Group has delivered a strong set of final results for 2011, with net sales up 11% to €1.21bn (£969.6m). Ebitda stood at €108.3m (£86.64m), up 4%.
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Product NewsBakery student bags Rank Hovis Scholarship
A bakery student from The National Bakery School in London’s South Bank has been awarded the Rank Hovis Scholarship.
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Product NewsBelfast students win Future Baker title
Three students from Belfast Metropolitan College have scooped the Future Baker award, winning a week-long bakery trip to the Richemont Centre of Excellence in Switzerland
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Product NewsIncrease in home-grown wheat milled in April
Total UK-grown wheat milled was up 1% to 419,000 tonnes (t) during April compared to last year, according to the latest statistics.