General Mills, Minneapolis, said it recently opened the company’s first innovation, technology and quality center in Shanghai, “signaling a commitment to drive greater innovation and investment in one of the company’s largest growth markets.”

The joint venture intends to manufacture, market and sell a range of nutritious products in China.

The investment will add to the $4 billion that the world's largest drinks maker has earmarked for China in 2012-14.

These include a multi-protein further processing (FP) facility and an adjacent, integrated poultry operation in Xihua, Henan, province.

Howbetter provides stabilizer systems and ingredient blends for customers across China, mainly those in the dairy and beverage categories.

The new site in Beijing represents DuPont Nutrition & Health’s first step in packaging probiotics into ready-to-market formats.

The company added two new managers and a new applications lab in Shanghai.

H.J. Heinz Co., the ketchup maker which agreed to be acquired in a $23 billion buyout this month, will sell its China packaged food business to Zhengzhou Sanquan Foods Co.

LycoRed continues its growth in China, securing a multi-million-dollar agreement with Shanghai Lithy Foods Material Co.

Kellogg Co. and Wilmar International Ltd. have entered a joint venture for the sale, manufacturing and distribution of Kellogg’s cereal and Pringles snack foods brands in China.