Hershey's new facility will enable the company to quickly develop, test and launch new products customized to the tastes of consumers across the region, and will become one of its largest R&D facilities outside of the United States.

For locating facilities, operators look for geographical areas with an employable workforce and adequate logistics.

Cows emit a lot of greenhouse gas into the environment, but this feed additive shows promising results in cutting emissions by about 30%.

Processors are turning to automation to fill jobs where people are unavailable.

Younglove Construction, L.L.C., Sioux City, Iowa, received a construction award from Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) of Iowa during the association’s annual Excellence in Construction Gala on April 8, 2022.

Six new pet care businesses from across Europe and North Africa will partner with Purina to support the development of new products and services.

Batory Foods, a national distributor of food and ingredients, has acquired Sweetener Solutions, a Savannah, Ga.-based company specializing in custom sweetener formulation, precision blending and specialty portion packaging.

Idahoan Foods has joined the Consumer Brands Association’s (CBA) Ukraine relief efforts by donating 322,560 pouches of its ready-to-eat Honest Earth brand Mashed Sweet Potatoes to CBA partner World Central Kitchen (WCK). 

As alternative vegetable oils tend to be higher in price, Indonesia’s palm oil export ban will add further obstacles for global manufacturers such as Mondelez and Unilever to keep product prices low.

The Agricultural Research Service (ARS) reports that a protein which allows the fungus that causes white mold stem rot in more than 600 plant species to overcome plant defenses has been identified by a team of USDA ARS and Washington State University scientists.