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Britvic secures amber light for Drench after new sugar cut

2016-04-04 14:51:00| Daily beverage news and comment - from just-drinks.com

Britvic's new sugar reduction for its Drench juice drink brand will drop it to the middle band of the UK's three-tiered health warning system, the company has said.

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Drought killing next year's sugar crop

2016-04-03 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

REUTERS: Prasert Jitkham stoops down and pulls a yellowed sugar cane shoot from baked soil. The worst drought in more than 20 years `has killed the plant he should harvest next year. The El Nino weather phenomenon has played havoc with crops across Southeast Asia and beyond. Thailand, the world's second-largest sugar exporter, will ship 20% less of the sweetener to international markets this year than last, and farmers fear the damage already inflicted on young cane plants could make next year worse. ...

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ADM Reaches Agreement to Sell Brazilian Sugar Ethanol Operations

2016-04-01 18:28:33| Food - Topix.net

"As our sole sugarcane ethanol operation in Brazil, this asset is too small for ADM to compete effectively in a challenging ethanol environment." The transaction includes a sugarcane plantation and an ethanol distillery, which is capable of crushing up to 1.5 million tons of sugarcane and producing 37,000 gallons of ethanol per year.

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