08-23-2008, 12:48 PM
Food Makers Scrimp on Ingredients In an Effort to Fatten Their Profits
By Julie Jargon
Word Count: 1,492 | Companies Featured in This Article: Hershey, McCormick, General Mills, Campbell Soup, Sysco, McDonald's, Burger King Holdings, H.J. Heinz, Kellogg
Major food makers are quietly altering their recipes on candy, dairy products and other top-selling lines, adding fillers and substituting cheaper ingredients to cut costs amid the commodities boom.
Hershey Co. is substituting vegetable oil for a portion of the cocoa butter traditionally used in some of its chocolates. Spice maker McCormick & Co. is now supplying food companies with cheaper spices and new flavor blends, such as Mexican oregano instead of pricier Mediterranean oregano, and garlic concentrate instead of heavier (and costlier to ship) garlic cloves.
General Mills Inc. says that by reducing the number of spice and ingredient ...
This is from the PAY WSJ online....I don't have the paid subscription but you get the message....sad sad but I guess inevitable. I would like to read the rest of the article.
By Julie Jargon
Word Count: 1,492 | Companies Featured in This Article: Hershey, McCormick, General Mills, Campbell Soup, Sysco, McDonald's, Burger King Holdings, H.J. Heinz, Kellogg
Major food makers are quietly altering their recipes on candy, dairy products and other top-selling lines, adding fillers and substituting cheaper ingredients to cut costs amid the commodities boom.
Hershey Co. is substituting vegetable oil for a portion of the cocoa butter traditionally used in some of its chocolates. Spice maker McCormick & Co. is now supplying food companies with cheaper spices and new flavor blends, such as Mexican oregano instead of pricier Mediterranean oregano, and garlic concentrate instead of heavier (and costlier to ship) garlic cloves.
General Mills Inc. says that by reducing the number of spice and ingredient ...
This is from the PAY WSJ online....I don't have the paid subscription but you get the message....sad sad but I guess inevitable. I would like to read the rest of the article.