New York / Amsterdam. (tra / utz) The Rainforest Alliance and UTZ, two of the world’s leading sustainability certification organizations, have announced their intention to merge later this year. The new organization, to be named the Rainforest Alliance, will tackle environmental and social...

Maumee / OH. (tagg) The Andersons Inc. Grain Group announces it has purchased Purity Foods Inc., an organic and conventional ancient grains processor in Hudson, Michigan. «Our investment in Purity Foods is consistent with our objective to expand the Grain Group’s food ingredient business», says...

Basel / CH. (sgt) ChemChina and Syngenta announced that they have received approval from the Ministry of Commerce of the People’s Republic of China (MOFCOM) for the proposed acquisition of Syngenta by ChemChina. This represents a further step towards the closing of the transaction...

Minneapolis / MN. (cg) Furthering its commitment to help food and beverage customers address growing consumer demand for non-GMO product offerings, Cargill Company has announced an identity preservation process and several additional Non-GMO Project Verified food ingredients.

Munich / DE. (bag) German-based BayWa AG, with agriculture as one of its core businesses, has tied up with the Abu Dhabi-based Al Dahra Holding LLC, a leading international agribusiness company, to set up a ground-breaking project in the UAE. BayWa AG and Al Dahra Holding LLC this week unveiled...

Kuala Lumpur / MY. (gwl) PureCircle Limited, the world’s leading producer of high-purity stevia ingredients for the global food and beverage industry, marked the completion of a 42 million USD expansion of its stevia plant in Malaysia with a ceremony attended by the Minister of Energy...

Chicago / IL. (adm) Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) announced that it has reached an agreement to sell its Crop Risk Services (CRS) business to Validus Holdings Limited for 127.5 million USD, subject to certain working capital and balance sheet adjustments. The deal includes...

St. Louis / MO. (bl) Bunge North America, the North American operating arm of Bunge Limited, announced it plans to take steps to improve the productivity of its leading soybean processing footprint in the Eastern United States. The plan includes building Bunge’s first new...

Deerfield / IL. (mdlz) Cocoa Life sustainability programme expands to cover Cadbury chocolate through a new partnership with Fairtrade, Mondelez International said in a statement. Summary: Cadbury and Fairtrade announce a new global partnership between Cocoa Life and Fairtrade...

Cairo / EG. (aln) Egypt has long consumed more sugar than it produces, plugging the gap through imports. With nationwide shortages of the country’s main staple, white sugar has become somewhat of a must-have luxury item. But life in Egypt’s sugar industry is soon destined to...