Month: April 2014

The conviction that gluten-free products are healthier than conventional products is one of the major factors influencing the growth in market of gluten-free products. Easy availability of the products in retail stores, supermarkets, food-malls is also a factor for its increasing market. Gluten-free products can be segmented on the basis of types which include gluten-free breakfast cereals, flour, bakery and snacks. …

Intellectual Ventures® (IV®) announced today the formation of, and ongoing collaboration with CF Global Holdings, Inc. (CF Global), manufacturer of Coffee Flour™, a new, sustainable food ingredient derived from coffee cherries. Coffee Flour's inventor, Dan Belliveau, worked closely with Intellectual Ventures over the past two years to develop CF Global's overall intellectual property strategy and the technical process of converting the coffee cherry pulp into nutritious, gluten-free flour. Intellectual Ventures is also providing financial and technical support for scientific testing and product development of Coffee Flour. …

Canada Bread Company, Ltd. announced that the previously announced plan of arrangement between a wholly-owned subsidiary of Grupo Bimbo, S.A.B. de C.V.  ("Grupo Bimbo") and Canada Bread (the "Arrangement") has been approved by the Canada Bread shareholders at a special meeting. …