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PepsiCo, Cargill Explore Natural Sweeteners

PepsiCo, Cargill Explore Natural Sweeteners

Patents filed by PepsiCo and Cargill reveal they are exploring new sources of natural sweeteners from oats and monatin, a naturally-occurring substance found in a plant grown in South Africa, reports FoodNavigator.com.

Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal receives a New Orleans Saints hard hat from Lonnie Champagne, General Manager of Louisiana Sugar Cane Products, while speaking to more than 250 attendees at an historic groundbreaking for the new LSR cane sugar refinery in Gramery, La.  Jindal emphasized the importance of the new plant to Louisiana in his speech.

New Refinery Strengthens Louisiana Sugar Industry

“This is a great day for our sugar industry and for Louisiana,” said Governor Bobby Jindal, who keynoted the recent groundbreaking of the new Gramercy plant. “Sugar is an important part of our history and it’s an important part of our future.

Louisiana Sugar Refining: A New Era of Competitive Strength

Louisiana Sugar Refining: A New Era of Competitive Strength

Alan Willits, President, Business Unit Leader, Cargill Corn Milling North America, Lonnie Champagne, General Manager, Louisiana Sugar Cane Products and John Sheptor, President and CEO of Imperial Sugar at groundbreaking of new Louisiana Sugar Refining plant.

New Web Site Delivers News of LSR Refinery

New Web Site Delivers News of LSR Refinery

A news and information Web site has gone online to provide a steady flow of updates on construction and other developments for the new million-ton-per-year sugar refinery at Gramercy, Louisiana.

Cargill/Cosan, Bunge Seek to Buy CSR Sugar

Cosan, Bunge Ltd. and Cargill Inc. may seek to buy Australia-based CSR Ltd.’s sugar unit after China’s Bright Food Group Co.’s A$1.5 billion ($1.4 billion) offer underlined global demand for sugar assets, RBS Equities (Australia) Ltd. said.

Imperial, Cargill Discuss New Refinery

Imperial, Cargill Discuss New Refinery

Neil Merrett of FoodNavigator.com reports that Imperial Sugar Company has entered into talks with Cargill and the Sugar Growers & Refiners group that could lead to building a state-of-the-art sugar refinery adjacent to one of Imperial’s existing plants in Gramercy, Louisiana.

Imperial Sugar Company Cultivates Strategic Growth

Imperial Sugar Company Cultivates Strategic Growth

Many people – and you’re perhaps one of them – see sugar as a food ingredient or an everyday commodity. We tend to take sugar for granted.