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Americans on Health

The number of American consumers who consider healthfulness when purchasing their food and beverages has shown a significant uptick in the past two years.
May 25, 2014
While taste and price consistently have been the top two factors that impact consumers’ food and beverage purchases (90% and 73% respectively), healthfulness in 2014 almost entirely closed the gap with price.
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Juice for Naturex

Naturex agreed to acquire 100% of the capital of Chicago-based Vegetable Juices Inc.
May 25, 2014
This transaction meets the group's strategic criteria for external growth projects and is expected to strengthen its position as a multi-specialist of natural ingredients.
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Inventure Likes Friday's

Inventure Foods Inc. and TGI Friday's have agreed to terms on a new long-term licensing agreement.
May 25, 2014
The agreement allows Inventure Foods to expand the TGI Friday's snack brand into new snack categories such as popcorn, corn snacks, snack mixes and tortilla chips.
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New Hostess Head

Hostess Brands LLC announced that food industry veteran William Toler has been named president and CEO.
May 25, 2014
Toler previously served as CEO of AdvancePierre Foods and president of Pinnacle.
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Cost Impacting Healthy-eating Desire

Data indicate the great majority of low-income Americans not only understand the importance of healthy eating, but also that they want to know more about how to do so.
May 21, 2014
A study says 85% of low-income families think that eating healthy meals is important to them.
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Is Resveratrol Overrated?

Research says the ingredient is not associated with increased life expectancy or the occurrence of cardiovascular disease, cancer and inflammation.
May 15, 2014
The sample included 783 men and women 65 years or older.
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ADM Buying Rest of Toepfer

Archer Daniels Midland will buy the 20% stake it does not already own in European grain business Alfred C Toepfer.
May 15, 2014
The purchase will run ADM approximately $124 million.
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Weston Completes Rubschlager Takeover

Weston Foods has completed the purchase of Rubschlager Baking Corp.
May 15, 2014
Paul and Joan Rubschlager will continue to be ambassadors of the Rubschlager brand and help transition the business to Weston Foods' ownership.
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Sweetening the Pot

A study finds that replacing sugar with low calorie sweeteners helps people lose weight, reduce waist size and decrease body fat.
May 14, 2014
The analysis also shows that low calorie sweeteners do not cause weight gain.
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