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associated british foods (abf) has issued what stockbroker shore capital describes as a “rather subdued” trading update, following a disastrous uk beet sugar harvest sugar beet crop publishing its trading update for the 23 weeks to february 26 2011, abf said that results had been in line with expectations, with year-on-year operating profits ahead of 2010 in all segments apart from the firm’s ingredient’s division.

agrana is investing €27.6m in expending its russian fruit processing capacity, as it anticipates growing demand for fruit containing products. agrana, the austrian starch, sugar and fruit company, is planning to grow its production capacity in russia by 63% within the next five years. it currently produces 38 000 tonnes of fruit preparation a year and is expecting to reach 62 000 tonnes a year by 2016.

scottish sausage skin maker devro is seeing growth due to rising meat consumption in emerging markets and the demand for conversion of casings from gut to collagen in animal hides. in 2010 the glasgow-based firm reported revenues of £237m (up 7.5% on 2009), while pre-tax profits rose 104% to £55m (£27m in 2009). chairman steve hannam said:\"we experienced sales growth in most of our markets, with the exception of china, where we took a conscious decision to reduce sales to satisfy strong demand elsewhere.

flavours can evoke specific feelings when introduced in a conditioned environment, and this may influence how consumers like them, suggests new research. the study from researchers at the university of manchester, uk, investigated the interaction between initial liking and conditioning. by pairing an unfamiliar flavoured drink with film clips chosen to induce specific “positive states,” these flavours then came to evoke these target states independently.

fairtrade claims are currently less important to uk shoppers than health and even animal welfare product claims, data from mmr research worldwide indicates – while figures from the fairtrade foundation suggest ongoing growth. the findings came out of mmr’s ‘pulse’ programme, a food and drink trend-tracking information resource based on bi-monthly quantitative studies of 1,000 uk grocery shoppers.

speed is essential for pinpointing the source of food contamination and saving lives, according to a new study examining the 2008 salmonella outbreak caused by mexican peppers, but first linked to us tomatoes. epidemiologists from the centers for disease control and prevention (cdc), writing in the new england journal of medicine , said that better traceability, better understanding of how foods become contaminated on farms, and continued exploration of alternative hypotheses during an outbreak are necessary to reduce the impact of such occurrences in the future.

the first part of a european ban on bisphenol a (bpa) in baby bottles comes into force tomorrow in what brussels hailed as a ‘landmark’ move to safeguard consumer health and safety. european union directive 2011/8/eu prohibits the manufacture of infant bottles containing the chemical from 1 march. the second part of the regulation, due to come into force on 1 june, will outlaw the marketing or selling bpa-containing bottles within the economic bloc.

a federal appeals court in san francisco has overturned a previous ruling to destroy genetically modified (gm) sugar beets, ruling in favor of monsanto and the us department of agriculture (usda). permits had been issued to four companies allowing them to plant monsanto’s roundup ready sugar beets, but those permits expire on february 28, not allowing the plants to flower and produce seed, meaning they are unlikely to cross-pollinate with non-gm plants, the court ruling said.

royal dsm has kicked the integration of its new €800m wholly-owned subsidiary, martek biosciences corporation, into life by establishing a special integration unit to manage the us-dutch-swiss deal. martek is now a fullly-owned dsm subsidiary “planning for the integration of dsm and martek started when the deal was first announced in december and now a full scale integration of the two businesses will begin,” the company said.

rebuild small seed enterprises 28-02-2011 farmers\' seed ventures key to food security in developing countries a japan-funded fao project in uganda has supplied farmers with improved rice varieties.1 march 2011, rome – small seed enterprises are the best way of ensuring the availability and quality of non-hybrid seeds for food and feed crops in developing countries, said fao in a policy guide published today.