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german flour improvers specialist muhlenchemie has many years\' experience in the fast-growing bakery markets of africa and the middle east - but each country and bread-eating culture requires a slightly different approach. managing director lennart kutschinski explains that no one size fits all when it comes to marketing products for bread in africa and the middle east - there are as many diferent ways of doing business as their are baked products, with some requiring close cooperaton on the ground and others served directly from head office.

corn products international has said the federal trade commission (ftc) has given initial approval of its $1.3bn acquisition of national starch, with the deal expected to be finalized by early october. in june, corn products international agreed to buy national starch, a wholly owned subsidiary of dutch specialty chemicals and coatings company akzo nobel. there had been uncertainty at national starch since 2007 when akzo nobel acquired its parent company ici for $8bn to boost its presence in the fast-growing coatings market.

many consumers around the globe are turning away from meat as health, price and ethical concerns grow. but the latest market research indicates that meat substitutes are failing to pick up the slack. in the third part of the foodnavigator focus on meat substitutes, we take a look at the market for meat and meat replacements and the reasons behind the declining growth rates for both categories.

taura natural ingredients is expanding its range of bakery fruit ingredients to appeal to consumers in asia. the firm will later this year introduce its expanded urc high performance fruit range to food manufacturers in china at the food ingredients asia 2010 event. the fruit range, which includes fruit pieces and flakes, is already used in europe and north america to add fruit to baked goods such as biscuits and cookies.

kraft foods is reaching out to industry and academic partners to find a packaging technology that will protect chocolate bars from melting. working through innovation service provider ninesigma, the us food giant is inviting proposals that will minimise melting when the temperature ranges from 24 to 40oc. so far kraft said existing packaging technology is both too expensive and excessively bulky.

a new video from laboratory equipment specialist thermo fisher scientific is designed to improve food safety by showcasing the benefits of its tracefinder analytical software. intended for food safety and environmental testing laboratories, the video shows how tracefinder software allows users to reduce method development time from hours or days to minutes. dipankar ghosh, the company’s head of environmental and food safety marketing group, told foodproductiondaily.

the us can manufacturers institute is inviting the world to celebrate the two hundredth birthday of the food can on august 25 2010. it traces the advent of the food can to the patent granted to british inventor peter durand on august 25, 1810 for his idea to store preserved food in tinplate vessels. two hundred years later, there are more than 600 sizes and styles of cans being manufactured, according to the institute.

in the fourth excerpt from a nutraingredients health claims roundtable, our experts discuss the possibility that the 2006 nutrition and health claims regulation may end up being challenged in an institution like the european court of justice. at the table were henry dixon, the owner of uk-based food industry pr firm, barrett dixon bell; patrick coppens, a regulatory expert from european advisory services in brussels and cedric bourges from the french claims consultancy, nutraveris.

us food and edible oils giant cargill ended its fiscal year with a fourth quarter in which its profits more than doubled, the company announced this week. cargill posted fourth-quarter net earnings of us$691 million for the three months to the end of may, up from $327 million a year ago. excluding the results from fertilizer firm the mosaic co., in which cargill owns a majority stake, fourth-quarter profits were up 87%.

us food and drinks giant pepsico said its latest investment in vietnam will take its planned expenditure in the country to us$400 million (a$445.8 million) between 2008 and 2013. pepsico yesterday (16 august) committed us$250 million (a$278.6 million) to the country over the next three years in a bid to increase its manufacturing capacity, introduce new products and “strengthen” its existing brands.