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Study innovates in gluten-free formulations, creating more palatable and nutritious bread
23-Jul-2021
Study at the Federal University of São Paulo developed a recipe combining chickpea flour and psyllium, a plant-derived soluble fiber. The product is nourishing and rated highly by consumers in qualitative surveys. Gluten is a protein complex found in cereals such as wheat, rye and barley. It is ...
Meat company JBS confirms it paid $11M ransom in cyberattack
11-Jun-2021
The world's largest meat processing company says it paid the equivalent of $11 million to hackers who broke into its computer system late last month. Brazil-based JBS SA said on May 31 that it was the victim of a ransomware attack, but Wednesday was the first time the company's U.S. division ...
Largest meat producer getting back online after cyberattack
09-Jun-2021
The world's largest meat processing company has resumed most production after a weekend cyberattack, but experts say the vulnerabilities exposed by this attack and others are far from resolved. In a statement late Wednesday, the FBI attributed the attack on Brazil-based meat processor JBS SA to ...
Soy cultivation in the Amazon region multiplies within a few years
08-Jun-2021
According to an analysis, the area under soybean cultivation in South America has doubled from 26,400 to 55,100 square kilometres since 2000. This has almost always been associated with the destruction of nature, researchers report in the journal "Nature Sustainability". According to the report, ...
Vegan and omnivorous diets promote equivalent muscle mass gain, study shows
21-May-2021
Trials performed by researchers at the University of São Paulo with healthy young adults show that the right level of protein intake is the key to muscle health, regardless of protein source. Protein intake is more important than protein source if the goal is to gain muscle strength and mass. ...
JBS acquires European company to expand its global plant-based food platform
Purchase of Vivera, Europe’s third-largest plant-based protein producer for €341 million includes three manufacturing facilities and a research center in the Netherlands
21-Apr-2021
JBS, the world’s largest protein company and second-largest food producer, has entered into an agreement to purchase Vivera, Europe’s third-largest plant-based food company, for an enterprise value of €341 million. Vivera develops and produces a broad range of innovative plant-based meat ...
For bribery: million fine for world's largest meat company JBS
The owners of "J&F Investimentos", Joesley and Wesley Batista, were arrested
19-Oct-2020
The holding company "J&F Investimentos", to which the world's largest meat company JBS belongs, has been found guilty in a US court of having paid more than 150 million dollars in bribes to senior Brazilian government officials over ten years. As part of the settlement agreement with the US ...
Olam joins forces with roasters to protect Brazil’s coffee farmers during COVID-19
Over 5,000 Brazilians have received hygiene supplies to keep them safe during the busy coffee harvest season
16-Sep-2020
When COVID-19 reached Brazil ahead of the coffee harvest season, the first thoughts of smallholder Ivone Corsi da Silva were of how she could keep supporting her family, including her pregnant daughter and several other children with pre-existing health problems, without putting them at ...
25 new slaughterhouses in Brazil approved for export to China
11-Sep-2019
In the midst of the ongoing trade conflict between Washington and Beijing, Brazil could export more beef to China in the future. 25 more Brazilian slaughterhouses have been added to the list of meat exporters authorised for China, the Ministry of Agriculture in Brasília announced on Monday, ...
Hunger for steak and soy fired fires in the Amazon region
27-Aug-2019
The images of the burning rainforest in Brazil cause consternation all over the world. Although the fires rage thousands of kilometres away from Germany, the catastrophe on the other side of the Atlantic also has to do with consumer behaviour in Europe. Above all, the ravenous appetite for juicy ...
