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dsm special products and dsm ip assets look set to be sold to equity investor sun capital as the european commission has given competition approval with no strings attached. dsm special products manufactures sodium benzoate for use in foods and beverages, benzoic acid for food, personal case and pharmaceutical uses, benzyaldehyde and benzylalcohol, which have wide ranging uses including pharmaceuticals and flavours and fragrances.

ethical labels and schemes may become too closely associated with big brands that use them and discourage competitors from adopting them too, participants in a two tomorrows roundtable heard. consultancy two tomorrows, which this year published its first tomorrow’s value rating on food manufacturers’ sustainability initiatives, hosted the roundtable in london in september. it has identified some 600 ethical certification labels and schemes currently on the market.

eu member states have reached an “informal agreement” over a raft of key food labelling measures, such as country of origin and nutritional information, ahead of a key meeting next tuesday. consumer ministers from the 27 eu member state are expected to sign off on the draft regulation that appears to give food companies broad discretion on how they display information on food packaging.

efsa’s opinions on health claims are couched in scientific language that food and beverage manufacturers would be unlikely to use on product packaging. unilever’s director of external affairs explains the need for linguistic flexibility. anne heughan explains that it was not the intention that efsa’s wording be used by manufacturers, but they may need to use softer language that, nonetheless, reflects the scientific meaning.

premier foods has announced it is in advanced talks with two potential suitors regarding the sale of its meat-free business, including quorn. it has been reported that nestlé, the world\'s biggest food group, are one of the firms to have a hunger for the meat-free division - with suggestions of a 230 million pounds (€270 million) bid. premier foods said there was no guarantee a sale would take place, but confirmed that it has received bids from “a number of parties, including multinational food groups and private equity firms.

european consumers see protein in its various forms as a key weight management nutrient, according to a new research survey from soya ingredient specialists solae. according to the health & social care information centre’s 2009 statistics, 1.6bn adults across the world are obese, and given this figure solae believes that weight management “represents one of the largest and most dynamic growth opportunities in the…health and wellness market”.

floods and droughts in major grain producing countries this year have triggered a sharp increase in food prices, highlighting the vulnerability of the world\'s food production systems and agricultural markets. such developments are likely to reoccur more frequently and with greater intensity in the decades to come due to climate change. yet while there are many examples of how the agricultural sector can both become more resilient to climate change and reduce its own sizeable carbon emissions (as detailed here), mechanisms for funding such efforts are lacking.

australian owned beverage company bickford’s australia has signed a long term manufacturing and distribution agreement with one of the uk’s largest soft drink companies, britvic to launch the uk’s number one fmcg kids brand robinsons fruit shoot juice drink into the australian drinks market.the partnership between bickford’s and britvic international ltd. brings together over 360 combined years of industry experience and expertise, by two beverage manufacturers best known for their innovative and market leading brands.

the food regulation ministerial council will receive the blewett report on national food labelling law and policy in adelaide today but will not release it. gene ethics has called for immediate publication and says a delay of many months is unacceptable.”the council of australian governments (coag) has no right to keep citizens waiting any longer for stronger food labelling laws,” says bob phelps, gene ethics’ director.

all lamb, pork and poultry sold in the eu will have to carry country-of-origin labels, according to an “informal” deal struck by member states. health ministers from the eu member states will meet on tuesday (7 december) to formally agree on the plan, a brussels official told just-food today. the deal on country-of-origin labels forms part of the ministerial response to plans to reform food labelling in the eu.