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Hellmann’s Mayonnaise has been voted Britain’s favourite condiment in a new poll. In the survey of 1,000 people, the sauce topped the chart with 23%, closely followed by Heinz Tomato Ketchup with 22% of the vote. HP Brown Sauce and Coleman’s Mustard placed third and fourth respectively, with Branston Pickle rounding off the top five.

Presentation of the Annaba « innovation cluster » system for processing tomatoes Re-launching the processing tomato industry requires mechanization, extended irrigated acreage and a reduction in tomato product imports, according to the participants of a recent technical forum dedicated to the presentation of the industry’s “innovation cluster” system. Organized by the Ministry of Industry, this meeting gathered

Australia has lost another iconic sauce brand with food manufacturer Rosella announcing it is shutting its Sydney factory after more than a century. The news comes twelve months after Heinz closed its tomato sauce factory in Girgarre near Shepparton. In January last year it axed 146 workers and moved production to New Zealand. The Australian

PREDILECTA Alimentos, the third largest industrial tomato processor in Brazil, has finalised its takeover of an idle Unilever plant in Patos de Minas, Minas Gerais state, for an undisclosed sum. The new unit will boost the company’s production capacity by 40% this year, said Predilecta’s director, Antônio Carlos Tadiotti. The transaction will be financed partly

Frederick Scott Salyer, who has been described as one of the most influential men in California’s agriculture industry, has just learnt that he will spending six years behind bars for his part in a tomato price fixing scam. Authorities say the scheme involved bribing purchasing managers at large food companies such as Kraft Foods and

– Tomatoes provide vital chemicals to help muscles recover after being stretched and strained – Juice also helps blood sugar return to normal level – Compound called lycopene thought to help the process Tomato juice could be better than energy drinks at helping the body recover from exercise, new research suggests. Experts experts say tomatoes

Warren Buffett and Brazilian financier Jorge Paulo Lemann are teaming up to buy ketchup maker H.J. Heinz Co for $23.2 billion, in what could be the first step of a wave of mergers for the food and beverage industry. Analysts and people close to the deal said Heinz could be a good starting point to

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PATTERSON — Traina Foods Inc. of Patterson has taken on an American icon. The state’s largest producer of sun-dried tomatoes has started making them into ketchup — ketchup with more tang and texture than you get from the standard brands. Willie Traina, chief executive officer of the 87-year-old company, believes it is the first such