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BASF and COFCO Tunhe, one of the world’s largest tomato producers and processors headquartered in Beijing, China, have entered a strategic cooperation to develop and enhance sustainable tomato cultivation in China. The main goal is to design aproduction systemthat addresses needs throughout the food value chain. The two companies have begun to analyze the challenges

Central Valley tomato growers will soon find out how much demand there is for their product in Peoria City and Green Bay, Wisconsin. The two are the test markets for an advertising campaign for processed tomatoes. The promotion was discussed late last week at the annual meeting of the California Tomato Growers Association. The aim

Tomato processors may contract for the second-largest crop in history this year, but dry weather could force some farmers to reassess their planting plans. Mike Montna, California Tomato Growers Association president and chief executive officer, reminded growers, processors and others who attended the group’s 65th annual meeting in Modesto last week that « every once in

The final bid by a community cooperative for the abandoned tomato processing factory in northern Victoria, will be made today. Heinz shut the plant at Girgarre earlier this year, forcing 146 people to lose their jobs. The Goulburn Valley Food Action Committee will tour the factory site and then try to negotiate a price with

Want some ketchup with that kasha? More and more Russians – as well as Europeans, Chinese and Brazilians – seem to be slathering the tomato-based sauce on their cuisines. But there’s less red on burgers and fries in the U.S., where H.J. Heinz Co.said its third quarter sales trailed strong international results. The company’s revenue

The humble tomato now has its own global innovation center. It’s in Lemoore where Olam Spices & Vegetable Ingredients has opened its Global Tomato Innovation Center. The company says it is the first of its kind and will be used to “incubate ideas, generate solutions to product opportunities and develop new concepts and processes.” Olam

The French food health and safety agency ANSES has described as a “priority” the prevention of exposure to bisphenol A (BPA) for pregnant women and children, given the substance’s “known” effects on animals and “suspected” effects on humans. In two reports published in September, the ANSES recommends the use of alternative substances to replace BPA,

Humans are so efficient at ridding the body of bisphenol A (BPA) that bioactive levels of the chemical left in the blood for absorption are undetectable, according to research from a host of US Government agencies. The study, funded by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), found that the blood serum of 86 per cent

Understanding how different forms of lycopene are absorbed in the body may allow scientists to control the body’s uptake of the antioxidant, says a new study from Nestlé. Lycopene is an antioxidant that is present in red- and pink-colored fruits and vegetables. As well as being used as a food coloring. It is also used