Lactalis Iberia S.A., a Spanish dairy products firm, has been given clearance by the European Commission to buy two other Spanish dairy companies, Grupo el Prado Cervera S.L. (GPC), and

American Dairy, Inc., one of the leading producers and distributors of milk powder and soy bean products in China reported 800% income growth for the second quarter of 2004. Income

The volume of global dairy trade is growing at a faster pace than global milk production, and Europe is being outstripped by Australia and New Zealand on the world stage,

Poland is on track to become the EU's third largest food exporter after France and Germany, based on the pace at which food exports have grown since Poland's EU accession

Italian dairy company Granterre Unigrana has bought a majority stake in the local cheese producer Parmareggio Spa from French dairy group Entremont Fromager. Granterre Unigrana made the acquisition through its

With more than 100 dairy processing companies, Germany's dairy industry is one of the most fractionalized in Europe, but that is expected to change soon. In July the country's largest

Export prospects for the $3.16 billion Indian dairy industry have brightened with increasing demand for buffalo milk, fast evolving global market for milk-based sweets and recent reduction in dairy subsidies

Arla Foods has sent out letters to all direct producers notifying them of a price cut this month. In the letter, Arla blames competitors for reducing their wholesale prices offered

Tepid summer weather has global ice cream leaders Unilever and Nestlé reporting declines in sales. The Swiss food giant Nestlé singled out Western Europe as a "very challenging" market and

The International Scientific Association for Probiotics and Prebiotics (ISAPP) met at the end of August for the third time since the group formed. Discussions focused on the most recent scientific