The organic market is recovering from the price shock

09-Jan-2024 - The organic food business has suffered during the period of high inflation - but according to industry figures, things are already looking up again. "Organic sales are consolidating in 2023", according to a market report by the German Farmers' Association, which was obtained by Deutsche ...

Halve meat and dairy in diet to reduce nitrogen pollution

21-Dec-2023 - Halving meat and dairy consumption is one of a number of ways society can reduce nitrogen pollution in the air, rivers and soil while curbing its contribution to climate change, a UN report has found. On its own, nitrogen is a harmless gas in the atmosphere but when combined with oxygen or ...

Symrise lowers margin target - likely to miss market expectations

19-Dec-2023 - Symrise, the manufacturer of fragrances and flavors, is feeling the effects of a delayed reduction in inventories, negative currency effects and lower raw material prices. Due to the latter, inventories had to be devalued, the company announced on Thursday evening after the close of trading. The ...

Norfolk, Virginia, approves military-themed brewery despite some community pushback

13-Dec-2023 - A military-themed brewery will open in Virginia despite some community opposition over alleged racist and homophobic remarks of a former U.S. Navy SEAL who has a small ownership stake in the business. Norfolk's City Council voted 6-1 Tuesday to approve permits for Armed Forces Brewing Company's ...

Italy bans the production and sale of lab-grown meat

20-Nov-2023 - Italy's right-wing government led by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is banning the production and sale of lab-grown meat. The Chamber of Deputies in Rome passed a corresponding bill on Thursday, which had previously been approved by the Senate. The debate on synthetic meat has recently come to a ...

After nationalization: Carlsberg manager arrested in Russia

20-Nov-2023 - Several months after the controversial nationalization of Carlsberg's brewery business in Russia, two top managers have been arrested there. Dennis Sherstennikov and Anton Rogachevsky, the ex-president and current vice-president of the famous Baltika breweries, which belonged to the Danish ...

10 more years for glyphosate

What the agent is all about

17-Nov-2023 - Glyphosate is used in large quantities in agriculture to combat weeds. This will remain the case in the EU. Environmental associations and the scientific community have criticized the product. But what is it all about? How does glyphosate work? The weedkiller has an effect on almost all green ...

Very low global wine production expected

08-Nov-2023 - According to an industry estimate, global wine production could fall to its lowest level in 60 years this year. As the International Organization of Vine and Wine (OIV) announced in Dijon on Tuesday, production volumes in the EU are expected to be eight per cent below the five-year average. In ...

US beverage giant Pepsico gets new CFO

07-Nov-2023 - There will be a change in management at the US beverage group Pepsico. The current Chief Financial Officer Hugh Johnston will leave Pepsico at the end of November after 34 years with the company to head the finance department at entertainment giant Walt Disney, the company, which produces Pepsi ...

High prices dampen fish consumption

07-Nov-2023 - The significant rise in prices is curbing German consumers' appetite for fish and seafood. In the first nine months of the year, they spent 3.7 billion euros in food retail, an increase of 4.3 percent, according to the Fish Information Center (FIZ) in Hamburg on Wednesday. However, the quantity ...