The commissioning of Neste Oil's second dedicated NExBTL plant at the company's main refinery at Porvoo has been completed it was revealed today (28th July). According to the company the new plant is capable of producing 170,000 t/a of NExBTL

The 50-50 biofuels joint-venture set up between BP and Verenium Corporation in February will now operate under the name Vercipia Biofuels, and will relocate its corporate headquarters to Florida, the company's announced today (29th July). The statement explained that Vercipia

Entremont Alliance is looking to sign a draft agreement in the next month that would see the ailing French dairy group link-up with either Lactalis or Sodiaal.

Cadbury faced worker protests outside four of its UK plants today (29 July) over an ongoing pay dispute with employees.

Organic food gives consumers no "additional health benefits", according to research commissioned by the UK's food watchdog.

Carrefour has confirmed that it is planning to expand its Turkish business, Carrefoursa, through new store openings.

San Miguel has confirmed that it plans to sell up to 49% of San Miguel Pure Foods Company, in order to raise cash for reinvestment.

Al Adil Supermarkets has confirmed that it hopes to open four new outlets this year.

China Marine Food Group has developed four seafood-based snack foods designed to enter two major cities in the Sichuan area, Chengdu and Chongqing.

Riso Gallo has redesigned its risotto rice packaging, in order to communicate its commitment to creating "high-quality tasty products".

Canned seafood producer Thai Union Frozen Products (TUF), has more than doubled its first-half earnings, the company said today (30 July).

Life is looking pretty sweet for Cadbury, the UK confectionery giant. Cadbury and its CEO Todd Stitzer are sitting more comfortably than they were just two years ago, when investors were pressing for improvement from what they saw as an

Dutch food group Nutreco said first-half operating profit almost halved, hit by weak demand for animal feeds.

Italian dairy group Parmalat today (30 July) retained its full-year guidance despite posting a 49% fall in first-half net profit.

Kraft Foods has announced the extension of its range of Oscar Mayer Lunchables in the US, with the introduction of a line of Lunch Combinations.

Finsbury Food Group saw its group revenue increase 8% for the last financial year, the UK cake maker said today (30 July).

Members of the US House of Representatives announced yesterday (29 July) that they would re-form the Congressional Dairy Farmer Caucus, in a bid to deliver more assistance to the country's struggling dairy farmers.

The UK food watchdog has today (30 July) asked for views on "issues that need to be resolved" ahead of any chance of an introduction of a front-of-pack labelling scheme in the country.

Kellogg today (30 July) upped its earnings target after posting "better-than-expected" second-quarter results.

Uniq this morning (30 July) posted a pretax loss of GBP12.5m (US$20.6m) for the first-half, down from a profit of GBP3m for the comparable period of last year.