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Snacks & Nuts Sep 01,2010

Teens Who Sleep Less Eat More Fatty Foods and Snacks – Study

After adjusting for potential confounders such as age, sex and race, teens who slept less than eight hours on weeknights consumed 2.2 percent more calories from fats and 3.0 percent fewer calories from carbs than teens who slept eight hours or more.

Snacks & Nuts Jul 28,2010

Chadwicks Adds Some Spice to Bigmex Lids

Chadwicks has redesigned the lids for BigMex dips by Westler Foods Ltd to give the product an updated look that will appeal to all Mexican snack food lovers.

Snacks & Nuts Jul 23,2010

Lance, Inc. and Snyder’s of Hanover, Inc. Announce Merger

The transaction brings together Snyder’s, a global leader in pretzels and a U.S. leader in specialty snacks that traces its roots to 1909, with Lance, a U.S. snack food leader in sandwich crackers, potato chips, and cookies founded in 1913.

Snacks & Nuts Jul 14,2010

Cargill Helps Food Manufacturers Reduce Sodium by Up to 50% with SaltWise Sodium Reduction System

Cargill's SaltWise sodium reduction system addresses two major technical challenges that food and beverage manufacturers face when they're looking to reduce salt in their products.

Snacks & Nuts Jul 01,2010

Tropical Foods Re-Introduces York's Harvest, Organic Acres, Now with Corn-Based Packaging

The packaging material will break down under certain conditions into harmless natural compounds. That could take pressure off the mounting landfills, since plastics already take up 25 percent of dumps by volume.

Snacks & Nuts Jun 29,2010

Frito-Lay Expands Portfolio with New Lower Sodium Varieties of Top Selling Snacks

Frito-Lay has a long-standing commitment to health and wellness. In the mid 80s, the company launched Reduced Fat Ruffles potato chips. In the early 90s, the great tasting Baked! Lay’s potato crisps and Baked! Tostitos tortilla chips were first introduced.

Snacks & Nuts Jun 03,2010

Lay's Kettle Cooked Celebrates New Flavors Made with All Natural Ingredients

Lay's Kettle Cooked is also launching three new flavors inspired by tastes from coast-to-coast including regional flavors Harvest Ranch in the East and Crinkle Cut Spice Rubbed BBQ in the West.

Snacks & Nuts May 06,2010

John B. Sanfilippo & Son to Acquire Orchard Valley Harvest

The acquisition of OVH provides JBSS with meaningful product and packaging diversity and significant access to one of the fastest growing channels for nut and dried fruit products.

Snacks & Nuts Apr 28,2010

Boulder Canyon Introduces First Compostable Packaging to Natural Snack Food Category

The Boulder Canyon compostable packaging is made from materials that are certified to meet the "Specification for Compostable Plastics" standards set by the American Society for Testing and Materials.

Snacks & Nuts Apr 13,2010

ConAgra Foods Acquires Elan Nutrition from an Affiliate of Sun Capital Partners

The acquisition of Elan Nutrition, owned by an affiliate of Sun Capital Partners, Inc. since 2003, will allow ConAgra Foods to grow its private label bar business through new product development capabilities and manufacturing capacity.

Snacks & Nuts Apr 08,2010

Glisten Becomes a Part of Raisio plc

Raisio’s CEO Matti Rihko: “This acquisition provides both the parties good opportunities for growth and expansion into small but growing product categories on new market areas.

Snacks & Nuts Mar 23,2010

First Evidence that Walnuts May Help Fight Prostate Cancer

"Walnuts should be part of a prostate-healthy diet," said Paul Davis, Ph.D., who headed the study. He is with the University of California-Davis. "They should be part of a balanced diet that includes lots of fruits and vegetables."

Snacks & Nuts Mar 16,2010

Yeast Solution Developed for Acrylamide Reduction in Processed Foods

Recognized globally as a serious food safety issue since 2002, acrylamide has been found in many widely consumed foods, including bread, cookies, crackers, baby food, breakfast cereal, French fries and potato chips.

Snacks & Nuts Mar 16,2010

The J. M. Smucker Company Announces Divestiture of Hungry Jack Potato Products to Basic American Foods

Smucker will continue to own and market Hungry Jack in the breakfast category; Basic American Foods will expand retail presence in potato business.

Snacks & Nuts Feb 26,2010

Diamond Foods to Acquire Kettle Foods

Both companies share a heritage in the nut industry, with Kettle Foods getting its start in roasted nuts and nut butters, and expanding to build Kettle Brand Potato Chips, a highly respected brand in the premium potato chip category.

Snacks & Nuts Feb 18,2010

Integrated Solutions for Fast Snacks Packing

The Ishida was able to deliver the very fast speeds we needed and, just as significant, could achieve these without compromising on weighing accuracy.

Snacks & Nuts Feb 08,2010

SunChips Introduces the World's First 100% Compostable Chip Bag

The renewable material used to produce the SunChips 100% compostable bag is made from a plant-based PLA material. PLA, polylactic acid, is a versatile and compostable polymer made from starch.

Snacks & Nuts Jan 28,2010

Helpful Yeast Battles Food-Contaminating Aflatoxin

Hua has received a patent for use of the yeast as an eco-friendly way to protect tree nuts, as well as corn, from becoming contaminated with aflatoxins. Standards set by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration help prevent sale of aflatoxin-contaminated food and feed.

Snacks & Nuts Jan 27,2010

Kellogg Introduces Two New Ways to Recharge Your Resolution with Special K

This year, Kellogg's Special K is helping women keep the Challenge fresh and exciting just in time to recharge resolutions with two new products: Special K Low-Fat Granola and Special K Fruit Crisps.

Snacks & Nuts Dec 22,2009

Frito-Lay's TrueNorth Brand Gets Festive with Two Unique Holiday Flavors

This holiday season, the contemporary line of great tasting nut snacks will offer two new unique flavors –Almond Cranberry Vanilla and Almond Cranberry Vanilla in White Chocolate.

Snacks & Nuts Dec 08,2009

Almond Crop Set to Meet Industry Target

“The production of Australian almonds will continue to increase as young plantings reach full maturity and it is expected to reach 80,000 tonnes by 2015. This represents a value greater than A$500 million,” she said.

Snacks & Nuts Nov 26,2009

Blue Diamond Chairman Is Bullish on Almond Crop Outlook

Given recent months of consecutive record shipments and larger future crops exceeding a billion pounds, Shick said a two to three month supply of carryovers into the next crop year are needed to meet annual demand.

Snacks & Nuts Nov 24,2009

Brynwood Partners VI L.P. Has Acquired Balance Bar Company from Kraft Foods

Brynwood Partners has a successful investment track record in the food industry having managed prior investments in Lincoln Snacks, Signature Snacks, DeMet's Candy Company and Richelieu Foods.

Snacks & Nuts Nov 16,2009

Olam Secures Additional Almond Assets in Australia

Olam’s aim is to be recognised as a global leader in the almond industry. This acquisition builds on the Company’s corporate strategy to enhance its presence across the upstream part of the almonds value chain.

Snacks & Nuts Nov 13,2009

Solae Introduces New High Protein Soy Nugget

This new nugget offering provides formulation flexibility for food manufacturers to achieve high levels of protein while optimizing taste, texture and nutrition.

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