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When R&D and innovation go beyond labs: Marketing innovations internally
- 24 May 2012 03:59
- by Loic Cesbron Lavau
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Recently the economist Michael Mandel wrote on his blog ‘We have only two ways out of our current global economic mess: innovation and inflation. And as the saying goes, we should hope for the best (more innovation) and prepare for the worst (higher inflation).’ (Source: Michael Mandel, Innovation and growth, dated 26th Oct 2011. http://innovationa...
Green chemicals feedstock: Thoughts about supply risks and volatility - Part 2
- 24 May 2012 03:33
- by Loic Cesbron Lavau
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High feedstock price is the new norm ‘Back in 2005, when oil price peaked at US$60/bbl, the community started admitting that a US$100/bbl price was a realistic work hypothesis. 6 years have passed since then, we have pushed the ceiling several times.’ This is exactly what we can expect for agricultural products too. Firstly, prices are related to...
Green chemicals feedstock: Thoughts about supply risks and volatility - Part 1
- 24 May 2012 03:26
- by Loic Cesbron Lavau
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The green chemistry industry is developing fast because of a set of 3 major trends: - Oil progressive scarcity - Durable high (if not skyrocketing) oil price - Continued population & demand growth (in particular middle class) Needless to say, the industry is growing in a context of deteriorating environment, which also has an impact upon ‘green...
Food for Thoughts
- 24 May 2012 03:03
- by Loic Cesbron Lavau
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About Food for Thoughts The good thing with consulting is that you can work on very diverse topics and areas; you accumulate a lot of transversal and specific knowledge, you meet and exchange thoughts & ideas with many people but these inputs are not necessarily re-usable immediately in the projects we all work on. It certainly doesn’t mean that ...
Success imperatives for Natural High Intensity Sweeteners
- 30 Sep 2011 24:31
- by Kaushik Ramakrishnan Shankar
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New sources of Natural High Intensity Sweeteners are constantly being discovered. The latest to be tested and discussed is "Miraculin" from the African berry - Miracle fruit. This molecule has the ability to make acidic and sour tasting foods, taste sweet. Now that sounds like a wonder molecule for specific pharmaceutic and food applications. But s...
2020 Vision - Global Food & Beverage Industry Outlook
- 16 Aug 2010 06:12
- by Christopher Shanahan
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The global demand for Food & Beverage products reached $US 11.6 Trillion in 2009 and is likely to reach $US 15 Trillion by 2014. Accounting for significant share of the global economy, the Food & Beverage industry’s health is critical and intricately tied to the health of the entire economy as a whole. Within the Food & Beverage industry, companies...
Rumor Mill: Bunge Considers Acquistion of Corn Products International Again
- 28 Jan 2010 07:45
- by Christopher Shanahan
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Well, it may be back on. Bunge Ltd. stated on January 27, 2010 that the company is interested in reviving its bid for Corn Products International (CPI) as indicated by its CEO during its quarterly earnings call. As I had stated in June of 2008, Bunge, the world's third largest agribusiness with total sales of nearly $53.0 billion in 2008, announced...
Martek Bioscience Forward and Horizontally Integrates with its Acquistion of Amerifit Brands
- 27 Jan 2010 11:46
- by Christopher Shanahan
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Last week, Martek Biosciences Corp, the world's largest algae-based Omega-3 DHA ingredients supplier with total sales of nearly $330 million in 2009, announced that it had acquired Amerifit Brands, a Connecticut-based company that develops and distributes dietary supplements, for roughly $200 million, in order to forward-integrate into the dietary ...
L-carnitine: Getting Noticed in a Challenging Market Place
- 08 Jan 2010 08:55
- by Christopher Shanahan
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In 2009, Frost & Sullivan turned its attention to the dynamic global weight management ingredients market. This research was presented at the 13th annual Supply Side West and market growth, product and application trends by region was discusses and included the following markets segments: Appetite suppressant and satiety ingredients Fat burnin...
Sustainability: Key Challenges Facing Food and Beverage Ingredient Markets and Implementing Best Practices
- 08 Jan 2010 08:42
- by Christopher Shanahan
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Increasing media attention on changing climate fears, product recalls, and the volatile cost of energy has had an irreversible affect on consumer awareness of health, safety, and energy conservation issues as it related to the food and beverage products they buy. This in turn is affecting purchasing behavior and the rapid growth of food products th...
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