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• General Mills '09 net climbs on strong fourth quarter • Lallemand buys Iberian yeast unit of AB Mauri • Cargill acquires full ownership of NatureWorks L.L.C.
• Digestive health movement going strong • Confectionery category growing in innovation • Support of food science community is imperative
• H.H.S. issues draft guidance pistachio products • Former AIPC execs settle with S.E.C. • National nutrition-labeling legislation gathers support
• Bourbon vanilla extracts gain Fairtrade certification • PepsiCo opens green plant in China • Barry Callebaut sales up slightly in nine months
• Toll House product sample tests positive for E. coli • Two more pistachio brands linked to recall • Restoring consumer confidence
• Vegetable-protein diet effective in heart disease study • Vitamin D may prevent autoimmune diseases, cancer • Reformulating without HFCS may be misleading
• Average price of wheat at $5.69 in June • Corn, wheat, soybean plantings all up from March • Wheat stocks up 118%, corn up, soybeans down
• Cargill Salt's Premier potassium chloride cuts sodium • New oil-soluble flavors work in chocolate • New beef flavors target global regions
• Saputo to acquire California cheese maker • Merging into the mainstream • National Dairy, Lala merger adds chapter to consolidation trend
• Chick-fil-A latest to play with fire • Finding good food • U.S. beef makes few inroads into Korean market • Hershey's online candy store shutting down • PepsiCo to sell Frito-Lay Japan to Calbee Foods
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