Archives for August 5, 2008

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Givaudan reports ‘resilient’ six months

By Jess Halliday

Givaudan has reported a good first half to 2008 despite the economic environment, seeing above-market growth and hassle-free integration of its recent Quest acquisition.

Evgen invests in functional food fast-track

By Shane Starling

A UK start-up has launched with the aim of fast-tracking the process by which novel ingredients and technologies migrate from the academic arena to fully-branded, on-market, functional food status.

DNA data to spur new kiwifruit species

By Jess Halliday

New commercial varieties of kiwifruit optimised for their flavour, colour and health attributes will become available in the next few years, thanks to the publication of a huge collection of DNA sequences from the fruit.