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ForeignBarry Callebaut is going to buy D'Orsogna Dolciaria
The transaction is expected to close in September 2017
With three production facilities located in Italy, India and Canada, the Italian chocolate supplier saw revenues of roughly 52 million euros more

IndustryFerrero: "We do not comment on speculations"
This is the response to the rumors of his interest in Nestlé's sweet division in the United States
According to the Dealreporter website, it would be studying the dossier more

ForeignReckitt Benckiser sells the food division to McCormick for $ 4.2 billion
The transaction should be completed by 2017
The American giant strengthens in seasonings more

Economy and financeCompagnie Nationale à Portefeuille ready to buy a stake in Caffitaly
From €100 to €200 million to buy 49% stake in the Italian Group
Compagnie Nationale à Portefeuille (Cnp), Belgian holding owned by Albert Frère, is ready to buy a stake in Caffitaly, the Italian producer of coffee machines and capsules. The investment, equal to €100-200 mil... more

HealthEfsa reviews safety of glutamates added to food
The acceptable daily intake is 30 mg/kg body weight per day for all six of these additives
Efsa has established a safe intake level for glutamic acid and glutamates used as food additives after re-evaluating their safety. The Authority also concluded that estimated dietary exposure to glutamic... more

ForeignCargill, record earnings: $110 billion
The fiscal year on 31st May 2017 is the best one since 2009
Sales of hamburger and chicken nuggets helped the company to highly raise its income more

ForeignUkraine: Agrarian Fund buys fertilizers for about € 33 million
An order that will allow three enterprises of the Group to resume operations in the agricultural field
Important contracts to supply around 200.000 tonnes of fertilizers have been signed with the Ostchem's plants more

ForeignUpstate Niagara Cooperative acquires Kraft-Heinz cheese plant
Kraft Heinz will invest about $3-5 million in order to update the plant
US politicians helped to get labour market to safety more

ForeignFerrero: the new HQ in Malmö
Ferrero, famous for Nutella, will be moving in the Dungen office building
The confectionery company signed an agreement with an eminent construction company more

Economy and financeMr Loeb wants to innovate Nestlé’s future
Third Point, the American activist investor’s hedge fund, sets its sights on Nestlé
The investment in Nestlé by Third Point and its effects more

Cheese and dairy productsGrana Padano: after two months the "exits" are back in positive territory
Berni: "Branded Product Sales Increase by 1.11% in January 2025"
After two months of decline, the “exits” from the warehouses of Grana Padano Dop are back in positive territory. "According to the data collected in January 2025", announced the general director of the... more

DistributionMarr: total consolidated revenues at 622.7 million euros in the 3Q24
Company's interim management report as of September 30 approved
The Board of Directors of Marr SpA, a leading company in Italy in the marketing and distribution of food and non-food products to the foodservice sector, today approved the interim management report as... more

Oils and condimentsAcetaie Aperte: 40 enterprise to show the "black gold of Modena"
Producers' offerings increase in response to increased public interest
Thanks to the growing success of the more than twenty-year-old edition of Acetaie Aperte, the next edition of September 29th presents itself as one of the most interesting ever (read EFA News ). 40 are... more

WinesFedervini. Wine export boom (+118%) in the twenty-year period 2003-2023
The exploit of spirits is even stronger (+300%), of which Italy is the fifth largest producer in the world
From the initiatives of Ireland and more recently Belgium on health warnings, to the revision of the packaging directive up to the legislation on labeling and the Regulation on Geographical Indications,... more