ZURICH, SWITZERLAND, and PARIS — A new project seeks to diversify crops and stabilize revenues of vanilla farmers in Madagascar by introducing cocoa farming. Zurich-based Barry Callebaut, a producer of chocolate and cocoa, and Paris-based Prova, a manufacturer of vanilla extracts and flavors, joined forces to launch the project. Madagascar, with 80,000 producers, is the…
Kochi: The signs of early withdrawal of monsoon rains from parts of southern India have raised concerns that black pepper output may fall short of forecast. Experts had said production of the spice from the new crop will exceed last year’s by 14%. The spice industry reckons that scanty showers in September and October will…
This news release was issued on 14-Sept-2016 In recent years, consumers have increasingly been looking for "natural" ingredients in their food products. But when it comes to one of the world’s most popular flavors, vanilla, meeting that demand has been difficult. So food scientists are scrambling for new ways to produce vanillin — the main…
