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Fruit & Veg Consumption In Italy Reaches 17 Year High

Fruit and vegetable consumption in Italy has reached a 17-year high, with a total of 1.3 million tonnes in the first two months of 2017, representing&...

Fairtrade Sales In Italy Reach €110 Million In 2016

Retail sales of Fairtrade-certified products in Italy were worth €110.2 million last year, representing annual growth of 11%. According to Fairtrad...

Italy Increases Orange Juice Content In Soft Drinks

The EU has given its green light to increase the orange juice content in soft drinks, concentrated juices and other related beverages produced in Italy, fr...

Conad To Stop Selling Eggs From Caged Hens

Italian supermarket chain Conad has announced it will stop selling private label eggs produced by caged hens by the end of 2017. This follows similar de...

Organic Fruit & Veg Retail Sales In Italy Up 28%

Organic fruit and vegetable sales reached €147 million in the Italian grocery-retail channel in March 2017, up 28% year on year. A 9% growth in ove...

Giraudi Meats Gears Up For TUTTOFOOD 2017

Giraudi Meats has announced that it will be exhibiting at TUTTOFOOD 2017, which takes place from 8 to 11 May at Fiera Milano, at Hall 2, Stand D26/D28...

Belgian Fund Verlinvest Takes 24.5% of Italy’s Mutti

Belgian private equity fund Verlinvest has taken a 24.5% stake in leading Italian tomato processing company Mutti. In a statement, the Parma-based compa...

Italy Confirmed As Second-Biggest Tomato Producer

Italy has overtaken China to become the second-biggest global producer of processed tomato products (5.2 million tonnes), after the United States. The I...