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…and forms Joint Venture with Japanese firms. Ruchi Soya Industries is diversifying into the tomato processing market in collaboration with Japan-based firms Kagome, a tomato products company, and Mitsui & Co., a trading and investing firm, the soya products and cooking oil maker said in Mumbai on April 29. « Ruchi Soya will have a 40

Tomato farmers won’t be getting a raise this year. In some cases, they may suffer a pay cut. The price for some is lower than last year. Contract talks between tomato farmers and food processors went to arbitration after the two sides couldn’t negotiate a price. The arbitrator ruled that prices either remain the same

North Italian tomato growers and processors finally agreed on a price of 86 € / MT. (85 € to the farmer + 1 € to the OP) ex-field up 2 € : MT. from 2012 when most analysts expected a lower price. Moreover, the new quality price adjustment table, more favorable to the growers, could

He leaves his post of Executive Director, just like his President, Matias Sanchez, did last week. Javier Donoso is no longer Executive Director of ACOREX. According to his declarations to the periodical HOY, he quit the post he had held for 10 years because he considered he needed to do the same thing as the

The heavy rains that have hit the southern parts of Portugal as well as the Spanish region of Extremadura have caused major flooding that is likely to badly disrupt the coming tomato growing season. On March 30th, it rained the whole day, with reports of rainfall of more than 50 l/m². April 1st was the

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Following the latest crop estimates from the Mediterranean region, the forecast for the world 2013 processing tomatoes crop is revised downwards to 34 Millions MT. of fresh fruits ! You should login or purchase a subscription to view this content Username or E-mail Password Remember Me     Forgot Password

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