All Entries Tagged With: "sugar"
Sierra Mist Goes Natural
Responding to consumer demand for products made with natural ingredients, Pepsi-Cola North America Beverages, last fall, transformed Sierra Mist, its popular lemon-lime soda, into Sierra Mist Natural.
EU Approves Sugar and Ethanol Joint Venture in Brazil
The European Union has approved a sugar and ethanol joint venture between Royal Dutch Shell Plc. and Cosan SA Industria & Comercio.
Danisco Creates Tires Made from Sugar
Danisco, a leader in food ingredients, enzymes and bio-based solutions, is making rubber from sugar to create tires.
ISC Launches Redesigned Retail Products Website
Imperial Sugar Company is set to launch its newly redesigned consumer websites on November 1 for both the Imperial Sugar and Dixie Crystals brands.
IOM: No Limits on Sugar Intake
Government officials finalizing guidelines for Americans’ diets received a clear signal yesterday from the Institute of Medicine (IOM) — there is no scientific justification for targeting sugar.
Analysis of October 2010 WASDE Report
The USDA has released its monthly supply and demand update for the U.S. sugar market. The following analysis of the October WASDE report is from Frank Jenkins of Jenkins Sugar Group.
New Bill Protects Producers from EPA Regulation
The House Agriculture Committee introduced legislation to amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) and the Clean Water Act (CWA) to prohibit additional permits for pesticide application when pesticides are applied consistent with FIFRA.
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.
A Great American Cookie Comeback
Michael Curtis, vice president of plant operations for Great American Cookies, waited for nearly two years to see 50-pound bags of “Medium Chocolate Chip” brown sugar make their way down the conveyor belt at Imperial Sugar Company’s refinery in Port Wentworth.
Sugar 101 Immerses Employees in the Business
Employees at Imperial Sugar Company’s sugar refinery in Port Wentworth, Ga., recently got a bird’s eye view of the sugar market and what makes it tick. The key takeaway? Demand is growing and supplies are somewhat tight.
USDA Reallocates 81,946 Tonnes of Shortfall
This week the US Trade Representative reallocated 81,946 tonnes of Tariff rate Quota from countries that stated they would be unable to ship to 25 “nations more likely to ship,” writes sugar analyst Frank Jenkins of the Jenkins Sugar Group.
Cuba eyes foreign investment to halt sugar decline
Cuba may open sugar production to foreign investors for the first time since the 1959 revolution as it seeks to reverse the once proud industry’s relentless decline, business sources have told Reuters.
Sugar Gains Favor Over Corn Syrup
High fructose corn syrup, an Iowa product that sweetens sodas, candy and many foods, is falling on hard times. Consumers are going for products that contain sugar rather than the corn syrup.