Archive for June, 2010
Chef Eddy’s Baking Show Jumps to Houston TV
Eddy Van Damme – renowned pastry expert, author and featured Imperial Sugar chef – will host a new baking program on KHOU-TV’s new program, “Bake It.”
Records are Made for Breaking
Setting goals and surpassing them has become familiar terrain for Imperial Sugar Company’s (ISC) Port Wentworth packaging operators.
Cracking the Code on a Natural, Low-Sugar Sweetener
Imperial Sugar Company (ISC) may have cracked the code in creating an all-natural, reduced-sugar sweetener that has a taste profile indistinguishable from sugar. But the proof will be in the pudding –or, to be more precise, in 1,500 commercially produced cookies.
Lawmakers Have Thumbs Down on Biotech Crop
Six Democratic senators and 50 House member are urging Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack not to approve the commercialization of Monsanto Co.’s genetically modified alfalfa.
Chef Eddy’s Chocolate Crémeux
When we entertain in the summertime, we often lean toward serving savory tarts with salads and cheeses. A great way to finish the meal is to serve silky, smooth chocolate crémeux with apricot coulis – it’s simply explosive on the taste buds.
Mexico Lowers Need to Import Sugar
Mexico, the world’s sixth-largest sugar producer, won’t extend a quota to import 250,000 tons of sugar, said the Economy Ministry.
New Record for Sugar Shipped in One Day
On a recent Friday … in a single 16-hour shift … the Imperial Sugar warehouse at Port Wentworth loaded and shipped out 71 truckloads of sugar for distribution – a new record for the rebuilt refinery.
Corn Products to Acquire National Starch
Corn Products International, Inc. (NYSE:CPO) has announced a definitive agreement to acquire National Starch, a New Jersey-based global provider of specialty starches.
Imperial Sugar Shares “The Science of Dust Explosions”
“I wanted to bring everyone’s level of awareness up,” Kevin Jeffries says. “Since our customers are often handling not just sugar, but flour, cornstarch and other material, my goal was to help them understand the potential hazards and how certain factors relate to their specific operation.”
Price of Raw Sugar Falls
Raw sugar fell on bets that the longest rally since August was exaggerated, according to Bloomberg.
Eliminating the “Overfill” from Each Bag of Sugar
Packaging Team Manager William McGhee receives a “statement of yield” every month, which tells him how much sugar the Port Wentworth refinery has produced and how much it should have produced – based on the raw sugar the refinery started with.
Celebrating a Long, Sweet Tradition
Imperial Sugar Company (ISC) helped long-time customer Dublin Dr Pepper Bottling Company cap off a week-long celebration of its 119th anniversary. Dublin Dr Pepper is the first Dr Pepper bottling plant and the longest-running, soft drink bottler in the world.
An Edible “Extra”
Nearly a century ago, workers at the Port Wentworth sugar refinery couldn’t have envisioned that the dark syrup left over at the end of the refining process – and routinely thrown away as waste – would one day become a value-added product bought by industrial customers such as General Mills and Kellogg’s.
Frank Jenkins: USDA’s June WASDE Report
Sugar industry analyst Frank Jenkins of the Jenkins Sugar Group comments on the USDA June WASDE report.