Produce / Floral

One pediatrician is bringing flavor back to the fight against childhood obesity.

REIDSVILLE, Ga. -- Produce for Kids (PFK), which runs a national spring fundraising campaign teaming supermarket retailers with the produce industry to promote the advantages of adding more fruits and vegetables to children's daily diets and to raise funds for local Children's Miracle Network hospitals, expects to set a new fundraising record during its 2007 campaign.

ATLANTA and WHITESTONE, N.Y. -- The Coca-Cola Company said last week it has agreed to acquire Energy Brands, Inc., known as Glaceau, and its full range of fast-growing, enhanced water brands, including Vitaminwater. Coca-Cola said the acquisition, for $4.1 billion in cash, would give it a platform to grow its active lifestyle beverage business.

ATLANTA and WHITESTONE, N.Y. -- The Coca-Cola Company said last week it has agreed to acquire Energy Brands, Inc., known as Glaceau, and its full range of fast-growing, enhanced water brands, including Vitaminwater. Coca-Cola said the acquisition, for $4.1 billion in cash, would give it a platform to grow its active lifestyle beverage business.

ATLANTA and WHITESTONE, N.Y. -- The Coca-Cola Company said last week it has agreed to acquire Energy Brands, Inc., known as Glaceau, and its full range of fast-growing, enhanced water brands, including Vitaminwater. Coca-Cola said the acquisition, for $4.1 billion in cash, would give it a platform to grow its active lifestyle beverage business.

MALVERN, Pa. -- Sterilox Food Safety, a division of Stafford, U.K.-based PuriCore, has received long-awaited notification that its Sterilox Solution has been approved as a food contact substance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

MALVERN, Pa. -- Sterilox Food Safety, a division of Stafford, U.K.-based PuriCore, has received long-awaited notification that its Sterilox Solution has been approved as a food contact substance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, N.J. -- Unilever has become the first company to offer a mini-drink containing natural plant sterols, which have been clinically proven to help actively remove cholesterol as part of a diet low in saturated fat and cholesterol.