Archives - July 10, 2014 - FoodNavigator-Asia.com

Vitamin C supply: Aland deal won’t change DSM’s global ranking

11-Jul-2014

By Jane Byrne

The vitamin C landscape ‘will not change materially’ with DSM’s acquisition of China-based vitamin C maker, Aland, said an analyst, as the Dutch group announced the finalization of the deal today.

Does Unilever’s Slim-Fast fail signal the end of weight management as we know it?

11-Jul-2014

By Julian Mellentin

Fourteen years after Unilever spent $2.3bn (€1.7bn) to buy Slim-Fast, it has sold up for an undisclosed sum to a private equity player. Analyst and author Julian Mellentin tracks the decline of a mega-brand and considers what he sees as a category in crisis.