Kraft Food Ingredients has rebranded itself Kraft Heinz Ingredients after recently adding Heinz products to its portfolio of ingredient solutions.  (more…)

Italy is the second largest olive oil producer in the European Union after Spain and accounts for approximately one-quarter of the Eu-28 olive acreage.  (more…)

Japan will introduce a new Simultaneous Buy-and-Sell (Sbs) import category in October of this year covering all wheat classes. (more…)

Us per capita consumption of flour in 2016 decreased to 131.6 lbs, off 1.4 lbs from the year before and the smallest annual total in 37 years, according to Us Department of Agriculture (Usda) data. (more…)

Last April the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (Fssai) implemented its Food Safety and Standards (Fortification of Foods) Regulations.  (more…)

Driven by a dynamic tourism industry and solid domestic consumer demand, excellent opportunities exist for Us exporters in the Dominican Republic’s food service sector. (more…)

Canada’s oilseed production (canola, soybeans and sunflowers) for 2017/2018 is forecast to rise modestly to 25.3 million metric tons (Mmt), up 1% from 2016/2017, driven by a small increase in canola production and expected yields. (more…)

President Donald J. Trump on March 14 announced his intent to nominate J. Christopher Giancarlo as chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Cftc). (more…)