Foods / beverages
Coca-Cola's top-secret formula uncovered?
15 Feb 2011
The list of ingredients of Coca-Cola was actually published in a 1979 local newspaper article in Atlanta, Georgia, the web site claims
Government abetting safety violations by junk food majors through puppet panels: SC
10 Feb 2011
A bench comprising justices Dalveer Bhandari and A K Ganguly told the government that the inclusion of company representatives on supposedly independent panels was a clear breach of the mandate under Section 13(1) of the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006
Greencore gets more time for Northern bid
01 Feb 2011
Andhra snatches coffee giant Lavazza away from TN
29 Jan 2011
In what is seen as a victory for Andhra Pradesh over its southern neighbour Tamil Nadu, Italian coffee giant Lavazza has decided to move its manufacturing facility out of the Tamil Nadu capital Chennai to the Sri City
Mahindras buy undisclosed stake in East India Co
25 Jan 2011
Foods firm RockTenn to buy Smurfit-Stone for $3.5-bn
24 Jan 2011
The strategic transaction, approved by the boards of directors of both companies, will create a $9 billion company in the North American paperboard packaging market
Ranjit Boparan wins control of UK’s Northern Foods for £342 million
22 Jan 2011
Boparan made a £342 million all-cash offer for the Leeds-based food manufacturer against Ireland-based Greencore group's £236 million proposal
Foot-and-mouth epidemic spreading in South Korea
17 Jan 2011
Britannia forays into breakfast foods
13 Jan 2011
India extends ban on Chinese milk products
04 Jan 2011
Russian watchdog to approve $3.8-bn PepsiCo-WBD deal
28 Dec 2010
The deal is PepsiCo’s largest acquisition outside the US, and is in line with the company’s strategy of creating a $30-billion nutrition business by 2020
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