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Bühler Group and TPS Group sign rice reprocessing lines in
Indonesia
Thursday, 05 March 2015 06:16 The Bühler Group has signed an agreement to supply the TPS Group, Indonesian rice and
noodle producer, with two 17 tonnes per hour rice reprocessing lines worth US$7mn
(From left) Harsinto Huang, CFO of TPS Group Syambiri Lioe, CEO of TPS Group Joko
Mogoginta, president of the Bühler Group for Asia Dieter Voegtli and Tomas Soleman. (Image
source: Bühler Group)
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According to the group, the contract, signed in
Jakarta, marks a further milestone in Bühler‘s
continuing expansion in rice processing across
Asia and is a significant step forward for the
TPS Group, following its entry into the rice
business in 2010.The installation of the rice
reprocessing plants at Sidrap, South Sulawesi,
is expected to increase the TPS Group‘s total
production capacity by 240,000 tonnes per year,
with warehouse capacity increasing to 30,000
tonnes. The project by Bühler will be
commissioned by mid-year 2016.TPS Group
currently has three rice processing plants across Indonesia including PT. Jatisari Rejeki at
Cikampek in West Java), PT. Indo Bears Unggul at Cikarang in West Java and PT. Sukses Abadi
Karya Inti at Sragen in Central Java with a total capacity of 480,000 tonnes.
Investment for the TPS Group‘s South Sulawesi sites will increase the manufacturer‘s total
production capacity to 810,000 tonnes per year while underlining its commitment to achieve a
five per cent share of milled rice production volume in Indonesia by 2020, according to the
Indonesian firm.Rustom Mistry, director, head of rice processing, Asia for Bühler, said, ―The
agreement with the TPS Group demonstrates Bühler‘s commitment to develop state of the art
processing solutions and an acknowledgement of our global capability to supply complete
process engineering solutions, driven by our leadership in rice research and technical excellence.
By choosing Bühler to support its rice processing lines, the TPS Group is well positioned to meet
its plan of achieving a significant share of the milled rice production in Indonesia. We look
forward to continuing our relationship with the TPS Group.The deal demonstrates Bühler‘s
significant investment in its customer partnerships, technical innovations and localised service
and support, which is serving the demands for processing and optical sorting solutions from rice
processors around the world. This significant agreement is further evidence of Buhler‘s
reputation as the number one technology partner of choice in rice processing.‖
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The Man Who Discovered Thiamin
Today, we take vitamin B1 for granted. But it took a horrible, wasting disease—and lots
and lots of chickens—for scientists to discover it.
By Catherine Price
A chicken who presumably consumes plenty of thiamin.
Photo courtesy feryswheel/Flickr
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This essay is adapted from Vitamania: From Vitamania: Our Obsessive Quest for Nutritional
Perfection by Catherine Price, published by Penguin Press.
In the mid-1800s, a strange sickness was devastating
parts of Southeast Asia. Known as beriberi, it began
with intense swelling of the legs and feet and a
general sense of numbness, especially in the
extremities. Victims developed a distinctive gait,
lifting their knees high in the air and swinging their
legs forward so that their drooping toes wouldn‘t
catch on the ground. Their urine became concentrated
and their appetites waned, even as their bodies
wasted away. Eventually, they lost their voices and
died in suffocating convulsions. Its cause was a
mystery; no one knew a prevention, let alone a cure.
Today, we know that beriberi is caused by a deficiency in a vitamin called thiamin, also known
as B1, that‘s found in foods including yeast, grains, nuts, and meat. Thanks to our awareness of
vitamins and to thiamin‘s abundance in our diets, beriberi is no longer a threat. But while few
people suffer from beriberi today, there‘s no denying its historical significance. By establishing
one of the first links between a dietary deficit and a specific disease, beriberi played a crucial
role in kickstarting the process of scientific inquiry that led to the discovery of vitamins—which
in turn opened the door to a broader understanding of both deficiency diseases and human
nutrition as a whole.
This path was not straight, however, and the existence of vitamins wasn‘t easy to figure out. In
fact, when the Dutch physician Christiaan Eijkman arrived on the Indonesian island of Java in
1886 to investigate the causes of beriberi, he wasn‘t searching for a nutritional cause at all.
Instead, inspired by the most exciting medical event of the century—the discovery that diseases
like malaria and cholera were caused by germs—he was on the hunt for a beriberi-causing bug.
The emergence of this ―germ theory‖ of disease in the late 1800s was inarguably one of the
greatest medical advances in history. But for nutritional science its impact was more
complicated. Germ theory‘s central tenet—that disease is caused by thepresence of something—
hid the idea that disease could also be caused by something that is lacking. Germ theory‘s light
was so bright, so illuminating, that it blinded scientists to the idea that disease could be caused
by something that wasn‘t there.
Working in a hospital in what‘s now Jakarta, Eijkman
procured a flock of chickens—a lucky choice, since
chickens and pigeons are two of the only animals other than
humans that frequently develop the disease—and began
injecting them with blood samples from human beriberi
patients to see if he could infect the birds.After a couple of
months, he saw symptoms in some of his injected chickens
that looked like the nerve damage that occurred in people
with beriberi. Then again, he saw the same symptoms in his
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control group.
But Eijkman was not deterred—many pathogen-borne diseases are transmitted by air, and the
two groups of chickens had shared cages. He got some new chickens and put them into private
cages. The controls still developed nerve damage. Concluding that perhaps his whole laboratory
had become infected, Eijkman procured yet another group of chickens and kept them in a totally
separate location. Then things got really strange: Not only did none of the new chickens get sick,
but the sick birds began to recover. By November 1889, all signs of the disease had disappeared.
This bizarre mass recovery was good for the chickens, but it was bad for Eijkman, who appeared
to have lost his animal model. However, Eijkman did not give up. Instead, he tried to find a
variable that could have accounted for the sudden change. One day, the laboratory keeper told
him something intriguing: In the month before the birds developed nerve damage, the cook had
been providing leftover white rice from the hospital‘s kitchen as their feed.
At the time, white rice, otherwise known as polished rice, was something of a luxury—or at least
not something you‘d give to laboratory chickens that you wanted to infect with a deadly disease.
That cook had been replaced, and his successor, Eijkman later related, ―refused to allow military
rice to be taken for civilian chickens.‖ So the birds had been switched back to their usual rations
of brown, unpolished rice. Soon thereafter, the nerve damage disappeared.Today, we know why
the polished rice caused problems. Rice polishings—like the outer coatings of many whole
grains—contain thiamin, among other vitamins and nutrients. The more thorough the milling
process, the less thiamin that remains.
Unaware of this—and still grasping for a bacterial explanation—Eijkman happened to strike up a
conversation about his beriberi investigations with a friend who was the medical director of all
the prisons in Java. The friend realized that different prisons on the island fed inmates different
types of rice, and that prisons varied in how many cases of beriberi they reported. He offered to
gather this data to determine whether rice had anything to do with human beriberi—and,
therefore, whether Eijkman‘s chicken work was relevant to the human disease. Sure enough,
when the final numbers were tallied, it turned out that while only 1 out of 10,000 prisoners
developed beriberi in the prisons that served mostly brown rice, 1 out of 39 developed it in those
that served white. Among long-term white-rice–eating prisoners, the rate went up to 1 out of 4.
The story around Niacin (B3) is similar, but with an interesting twist. In meso-american
cultures, corn was generally consumed after it had gone through the process of "nixtalmization";
this involved soaking it in an alkali solution. More...
-SirWired
While it took years and many more experiments for scientists to accept beriberi as a deficiency
disease, Eijkman received the 1929 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his recognition of
this ―anti-beriberi factor,‖ which by then was known as thiamin, and for developing research
methods that influenced later nutritional scientists and advanced vitamins‘ discovery. Today,
beriberi has become so uncommon that most of us don‘t even know its name.
From our vantage point, it‘s tempting to scoff at how long it took for the idea of vitamins and
nutritional deficiency diseases to be accepted. But like all scientists, these researchers were
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working with incomplete information, interpreting their results in the context of their time. The
fact that they didn‘t figure everything out immediately does not reflect a failing on their parts.
That‘s just how the scientific process works.
From Vitamania: Our Obsessive Quest for Nutritional Perfection by Catherine Price. Reprinted
by arrangement with Penguin Press, a member of Penguin Group (USA) LLC, A Penguin
Random House Company. Copyright Catherine Price, 2015.
http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/medical_examiner/2015/03/vitamania_excerpt
_the_discovery_of_beriberi.html
Q&A: Female scientists face same obstacles everywhere
Image credit: Andrew McConnell / Panos
Curt Rice is head of Norway‘s governmental
committee on gender balance in research, and has
advised the European Science Foundation on
encouraging more women to take up science
careers. He has also written extensively about the
barriers that women face in science, and ways to
overcome them. Rice disagrees with commonly
held views that these barriers are much more
profound and complicated for women in developing countries. Ahead of International Women‘s
Day on 8 March, he argues that the challenges for rich and poor countries wanting to address
gender balance in research are not so different after all.
International Women‟s Day portrays achieving a gender balance in research as a global
challenge. What can be done around the world to help women establish careers?
It is important to remind people that it is sound economic and socialpolicy to make use of both
men and women in the workplace. It has a positive impact on so many other factors in society,
for example the economic wellbeing of children. One thing to bear in mind in any country is that
there is a close relationship between gender balance at home and equality at work. If you change
attitudes about the division of labour in domestic life, you will also create change in professional
and academic settings. So, when men allow themselves to be more engaged in the lives of their
children, that creates a situation where women can pursue career opportunities more easily.
What specific challenges do you see for developing countries?
A lack of infrastructure, especially when it comes to caring for children. Having a high rate of
participation in public schooling and preschool care directly contributes to making it possible for
women to pursue careers. And that is one thing that many of these countries do not have. Of
course social stability in general is very important. Think about psychologist Abraham Maslow‘s
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hierarchy of needs, which specifies that people need safety and fulfilment of their basic needs
before they can work on their ‗self-actualisation‘ and reach their full potential.
People in developed countries spend less of their energy on meeting fundamental needs, so they
are freer to pursue more intellectual work, like science. But in many developing countries,
people are still focused on survival.
What kind of message needs to be sent to women in developing countries to encourage them to
enter science careers?
The most important message is that science is interesting and rewarding work. Your country and
science need you. If we exclude half of the population from the most intellectually challenging
work there is, we‘re essentially be losing half of the intellectual capacity of society, which stifles
economic development. But there are more down-to-earth things to say.
“it is in the interests of men to promote gender equality and to promote opportunities for
women.”
Curt Rice
The presence of women in scientific research contributes to exploring questions that have an
impact on women — for example in medicine. The traditional assumption is that medicines
designed for men will work equally well on women, but now we know that that‘s not always the
case. Having more women working in science creates a heightened awareness among researchers
that they have to design their projects to benefit both men and women.
Some research policies focus on empowering women to enter science careers, while others
are more focused on changing women‟s environments. Which do you think is more
important?
Both are extremely important things. When you think about women‘s environments, this covers
basic things like having an infrastructure in place that allows you to be a mother and have a
career. But empowerment is important to allow women to see themselves in these kinds of jobs
and to believe that they can contribute to traditionally male areas likeresearch. So, in the context
of the developing world, where perhaps some gender stereotypes are stronger, we need strong
engagement on both of these issues.
Europe is often held up as a beacon for gender equality. But how successful has it been at
getting more women into science?
If we look at the percentage of men and women who are studying at university level in science,
there is a significant increase in the proportion of women, especially in medicine, psychology
and veterinary science. But when they get out into careers and start to move towards senior
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positions, leadership posts and professorships, we see that men eventually overtake women in
terms of numbers. One of the key issues seems to be how becoming a mother affects your career,
so it‘s a complicated picture.
Motherhood is important to women’s identity around the world, but maybe more so in
developing countries. So how does that come into the debate?
All over the world parenthood seems to be something that affects women much more negatively
than men in terms of career progression. In Western Europe, it‘s a fact that women scientists are
much more likely to remain childless than women in other kinds of careers. More than men,
even. And you don‘t have to go to the developing world to encounter men who do not see
mothers as belonging in professional fields.
So, when we encourage women to study science, we are expecting to see some more women in
senior science positions in time. But just sitting and waiting will not solve this if the environment
is discouraging. I think we need a more deliberate approach to enable women to stick with
science throughout their careers while also having the family life they want.
If you could send a message to your fellow men around the globe, what would it be?
What I would like to say to them is that it is in the interests of men to promote gender equality
and to promote opportunities for women. That is because the presence of women in the
workplace improves the quality of performance and makes life better — and not just for women
but for all of us.
Q&As are edited for length and clarity. http://www.scidev.net/global/gender/feature/female-
scientists-face-obstacles-gender-women.html
Basmati rice in India - Its production and export
Saturday, March 07, 2015 08:00 IST
Sajad Ahmad Wani, Sachin Kumar Manhas and Pradyuman Kumar
Rice is a staple food in India.
Overall production of rice in India is 1,592,00,000 tonne (FAOSTAT 2013). According to a
report available with the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development
Authority (APEDA), it has been found that about 37.572 lakh tonne of basmati rice valued at Rs
29,299.96 crore in India was exported from April 2013 to March 2014.In the previous season it
was only about 34.59 lakh tonne of basmati rice that was exported for Rs 19,409.38 crore by the
country's rice exporters.
In 2013-14, among various states, Punjab had about 5.59 lakh hectare of area under basmati with
annual production of about 14.871 lakh tonne, whereas in Haryana the area under the crop was
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7.21 lakh hectare producing 18.90 lakh tonne.In other words, the demand for biryani in the
Middle-East has spurred basmati rice exports from India -- a huge rise of about Rs 9,890.588
crore in 2013-14 as compared to the previous year. Basmati rice in India is highly favoured and
got higher prices as compared to other types of rice in domestic as well as in global markets due
to its special aroma, taste and flavour.Uttaranchal has been reported to be the birthplace of
basmati and has huge potential due to its favourable climatic conditions and popularity among
the farming community.
Basmati is nature‘s gift to Indian sub-continent; its delightful aroma, taste and texture make it the
best among various types of rices in the world.Mostly basmati is cultivated on the foothills of
Himalayas and the whole ambience of the environment bestowing unique properties to this
specialty rice. All the festive occasions are complete only with products prepared from basmati
such as biryani or pulao served tapping the inherent ambrosial properties of basmati.Aromatic
rice has been grown by Indian farmers for centuries and has been texted in ancient literature,
apart from references to the rice diversity available in the country. A wide variety of aromatic
rice diversity exists in the country and not all aromatic types are recognised as basmati.
Typically, the delicately curved, long grained, highly scented rice that is elongated and cooks
soft and fluffy is the one which is categorised as basmati and enjoys privileged treatment both in
domestic as well as international markets, fetching three times more price.In the export markets,
still the traditional tall basmati variety, Taroari Basmati followed by Basmati 370 and Type 3
(Dehradun) have supremacy over other varieties due to their exclusive quality features.
However the evolved varieties of basmati are Pusa Basmati 1121 due to its extra long slender
grains along with Pusa Basmati 1, which has carved a niche in the international market.
Rice exports from India
Rice is a staple food in Asia. Its production is also concentrated in Asia. Top ten largest rice
producers - China, India, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Vietnam, Myanmar and Thailand are located in
Asia. Among them, China and India supply nearly half of the total world rice production,
Thailand and Vietnam are the two largest rice exporters (FAOSTAT 2012). Thailand and
Vietnam in 2009 exported nearly 48% of total world milled rice exports (FAOSTAT 2012).Saudi
Arabia, the Philippines, Malaysia, Cote d‘Ivoire, Iran, Iraq, Cameroon, Brazil, China and Yemen
are the 10 largest importers of milled rice.
Although most of the largest importers of milled rice in terms of quantity are located in Asia and
South Africa, the import values of milled rice in (United Kingdom 10th) and (France 7th) are
among the largest in the world (FAOSTAT 2012).Basmati rice is exported from India to many
countries, especially to the Gulf and European countries. Recognising its important role in
India‘s economy, it has been reported that 24 districts of India have been declared as Basmati
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Export Zone from Uttar Pradesh, Uttaranchal and Punjab. In Uttaranchal, districts exporting
including Udhamsinghnagar, Haridwar, Nainital and Dehradun have been made part of the
Basmati Export Zone.
Basmati rice is one of the major exports of India. The values and quantities of Basmati rice are
accounted for almost all rice exports from India. As said earlier, major export markets of Indian
basmati rice include Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Iran. About 70% of
export of basmati rice is for these three countries from India. Although the exports of basmati
rice from India to Saudi Arabia, the UAE, the UK and the US have decreased during the past few
years, but exports to Iran, Kuwait, Yemen, Jordan, Iraq and the Netherlands have increased. This
implies that not only the Middle-Eastern countries have preferences towards basmati rice, but the
preferences seem to increase in recent years.The steady increase in production of rice and
availability of buffer stocks and the growing demand for basmati rice in the international market
made India an important rice exporting country of the world.
Fourth position
In the year 2008-09, India has been reported to export about 2.48 mt of rice earning about Rs
11,164 crore. Among the several agro products exported from India, rice alone constituted
30.75% of foreign exchange in the year 2008-09 and India ranks at the fourth position for the
export of rice after USA, Thailand, and Vietnam. For a long time before India was not a rice
exporting country, success in the production and productivity gains had enabled the country
since mid-1980s to attain self-sufficiency in rice.
Exporters from India entered into the world rice trade largely through the export of small
quantities of highly priced basmati rice which was less than 5% in mid-1980s. In fact, the
worldwide rice trade at that time was also less, only about 4%, which was 11.9 mt of the world
rice production of 265.9 mt (on milled rice basis). The quantum of world rice trade also doubled
to 27.90 mt by 2001 and to 29 mt by 2008 of which India‘s share was around 8.62% while in
2006-07 it was highest (19.8%) (Table 1).
Total rice exports from India were mere 0.38 mt in 1987-88, which grew to 0.53 mt in 1990-91
and elevated to a record scale of 5.51 mt in 1995-96. Later on, it dropped to around 2 mt during
2001 and again rose to 6.46 mt in 2007-08 that is 12 times increase over the quantum India
exported in 1990-91.
Similarly the value too rose from Rs 456 crore in 1992 to Rs 11,164 crore in 2008-09 which is a
spectacular 24 times increase in foreign exchange earnings. During the last five years, India was
within the first five rice exporting countries with Thailand consistently ranking first in world rice
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exports with 10 mt in 2008. Major contribution by various countries for rice exports include
Vietnam (4.65 mt), USA (3.50 mt), India (3.30 mt), Pakistan (3.0 mt), China (0.95 mt), Uruguay
(0.78 mt) and others (4.02 mt) (USDA 2008) (Figure 3). Major rice importing countries are
South Africa, Nigeria, the Philippines, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, the EU, Indonesia, Malaysia,
Bangladesh and the Ivory Coast.
Table 1: World rice exports - contribution by Asia and India‘s share (million tonne)
Period World Asia India India‘s share to world Rice Exports (%)
2000 24.5 18.65 1.9 7.9
2001 27.9 22.29 6.7 23.9
2002 27.6 21.51 4.4 16.0
2003 27.2 21.45 3.2 11.6
2004 28.9 21.98 4.7 16.2
2005 29.1 22.20 4.5 15.6
2006 31.8 25.38 6.3 19.8
2007 29.7 23.37 3.4 11.4
2008 29.0 23.00 2.5 8.62
Areas under cultivation
The cultivation of basmati in India is confined to traditional basmati growing areas in northwest
Indian states including Haryana, Punjab, Uttarakhand and western Uttar Pradesh and to a limited
area in Delhi, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir.
Cultivation of basmati rice in local area is encountered in Jind, Panipat, Kurukshetra, Karnal,
Kaithal, Sonipat, Yamuna Nagar and Ambala districts in Haryana as shown in Table 2. In
Punjab, the areas where it is grown includes Amritsar, Gurdaspur, Kapurthala, Patiala, Jalander,
Ropar, Nawan, Hoshiarpur, Fatehgarh Sahib and Shehar; in Uttarakhand the districts include
Dehradun, Udhamsingh Nagar, Nainital, Haridwar, Saharanpur, Rampur, Bijnor, Pilibhit,
Badaun, Moradabad and Muzzaffar Nagar in Uttar Pradesh; Kangra, Solan, Mandi, Kullu and
Sirmaur in Himachal Pradesh; and Jammu and Kathua in Jammu and Kashmir.
Of the 25 to 29 mt of rice traded annually in the world market, basmati rice market is less than
10%. But basmati rice captures higher returns as it is priced three times higher (US$ 800-1200
per metric tonne) over non-basmati rice (US$200-400 per metric tonne) in the domestic as well
as international markets.
Combination of factors
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Nearly 50-70% of basmati rice produced in the country is exported mainly to Saudi Arabia
(about 68%), the UAE, UK, Bahrain, Kuwait and so on. In 1978-79, India started exporting with
a small beginning and exported about 67,000 tonne of basmati rice earning about Rs 32 crore.
A combination of factors were responsible for India to reach this pinnacle as one of the world‘s
major rice exporter which include the research efforts in developing suitable varieties and farm
management practices which were largely adopted by the farmers. In addition, appropriate steps
taken by the government to liberalise trade policy and licensing procedures so as to promote the
growth of agricultural exports, All India Rice Exporters Association (AIREA) and APEDA made
the efforts and play a major role in promoting Indian agri-exports and the zeal of the exporters in
establishing themselves as reliable and dependable suppliers of basmati and non-basmati rice.
Table 2: Major Basmati growing districts in India
Country State District
India Punjab Amritsar, Gurdaspur, Kapurthala, Jalandhar, Patiala, Ropar,
Nawan Shehar, Fatehgarh Sahib, Hoshiarpur
Uttaranchal Haridwar, Dehradun, Nainital, Udhamsingh Nagar
Uttar Pradesh Pilibhit, Saharanpur, Rampur, Bijnor, Moradabad,
Muzzaffarnagar, Badaun
Haryana Panipat, Karnal, Kaithal, Kurukshetra, Jind, Ambala, Sonipat,
Yamunanagar
International scenario
In the international market, rice is traded under two main groups such as fragrant and non-
fragrant. The fragrant rice in India dominates the trade with its basmati rice followed by
Pakistan. It fetches good export price in the international markets. Export of basmati from India
peaks during March-April period and the November-December period. Main export is the Gulf
region for Indian basmati rice and in Gulf, especially Saudi Arabia accounts for the major chunk
of basmati imports from India. The next important market for Indian basmati rice is the European
Union (EU). On an average roughly about 1.0-1.5 lakh tonne of basmati rice is bought by the
EU.
(The authors - Wani is research scholar; Sachin Manhas is M Tech; and Pradyuman Kumar is
associate professor; Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering and Technology, Longowal. They
can be contacted at [email protected])
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Three held for duping people with „rice puller‟
TNN | Mar 7, 2015, 02.09 AM IST
MAPUSA: Anjuna police have arrested three persons for fraud. The trio—Epheeq Ahmad and
Keshav Murthi, both residents of Bengaluru, and Ajay Kumar Mahato of Ghaziabad, UP—
allegedly duped people, especially in Maharashtra, into buying a device they claimed attracted
rice.They were arrested from a house they were renting in Kumarwado, Anjuna, after a tip-off to
the police. They also had on them fake ID cards showing they were 'scientists' of the Defence
Research and Development Organization (DRDO).PSI Mahesh Kerkar, who was tipped off and
who led the arrest, explained that the trio's modus operandi was to scour the net for customers
with claims of an object that had fallen to earth during lightning, and which could pull things
towards it. The object was priced 5-10 lakh.
Once a customer showed interest, the object would be shown and the money taken.The customer
would then be told that a scientist from DRDO would arrive the next day to test the 'rice puller',
and that the customer, after witnessing the test, could take the device home.The following day
one from the three, with his fake DRDO ID card in tow, would arrive at the pre-decided spot and
meet the customer.The other two would not turn up with the 'rice puller' and after a wait of about
an hour the 'scientist' would say he is busy, can not wait anymore, and would leave, leaving the
customer without a device and lakhs of rupees short."The trio were not able to dupe people in
Goa as they were arrested immediately after they came to Goa. But they have duped people in
Pandharpur, Kolhapur, and other places in Maharashtra," Kerkar told TOI.Police have also
seized the 'rice puller' and other machinery from the accused. They have been booked under
Sections 419, 420, and 511 of IPC.
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Government subsidies distort rice exports overseas?
Mar 6, 2015Forrest Laws | Delta Farm Press
Five countries - Thailand, India, Vietnam, Pakistan and the United States - account for 80
percent of all the rice traded in the world.
That means market distorting subsidy programs by any of those countries can have a major
impact on the rice exports of the others, says Carl Brothers, senior vice president and chief
operating officer at Riceland Foods in Stuttgart, Ark.
Speaking at the annual Ag Update Meeting at the opening of the Mid-South Farm and Gin Show
in Memphis, Tenn., Brothers said Riceland Foods has lessened the impact of the competition for
exports by helping increase U.S. consumption of its products from 50 percent some years ago to
75 percent to 80 percent today.But exports continue to be important for the U.S. rice industry and
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for producers. That's why the USA Rice Federation has asked the U.S. International Trade
Commission to begin an investigation of subsidy programs operated in rice-exporting countries,
including the United States.
"Thailand has been the No. 1 rice exporting country for most of my career at Riceland Foods,"
said Brothers. "But Thailand began a new subsidy program two years ago that paid producers the
equivalent of about $10 per bushel to grow rice.
"As a result of the way they operated the program, their exports dropped from around 11 million
metric tons to 7.8 million metric tons in 2013/14, dropping them to No. 3 among exporters. The
program cost the country more than $21 billion. It nearly broke the country. The prime minister
who initiated the program is under indictment and the military has taken over the country."India
has also been subsidizing its rice production with the result that its exports jumped from 2.8
million metric tons to 10 million metric tons at the same time Thailand's exports were declining,
he said. India's exports are expected to decline in 2015/16, however, due to shortages of water
for irrigation.
For more on the World rice outlook, visit http://www.ers.usda.gov/topics/crops/rice.aspx
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Woolworths changes online grocery pricing by stealth MARCH 06, 2015 10:09PM
Woolworths quietly changed thousands of website price tags to match those in stores on
Thursday night. Picture: Adam Smith Source: News Limited
WOOLWORTHS has ditched discriminatory pricing between its online and physical
supermarkets.The grocery giant quietly changed thousands of website price tags to match those
in stores on Thursday night.
The Herald Sun learned of the new policy amid warnings major supermarkets were charging
internet shoppers a premium for some products.Niche discount retailer Supply Warehouse
checked eight goods earlier this week and uncovered mark-ups of 5 to 10 per cent at Coles online
compared with the Coles Prahran store.For Woolies, most of the selected items cost 7.4 to 7.7
per cent more than in-store.
But on Friday Woolworths spokesman Russell Mahoney
advised: ―Woolworths provides consistent prices to our
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customers no matter how they choose to shop.‖Before the policy change, a 500g pack of Vittoria
Ground Espresso coffee was $1.48 more on Woolies‘ website than its Prahran store. The Coles
online price gap was $1.93.Web prices for certain sizes of Vegemite, Heinz ketchup and baked
beans, Riviana basmati rice, Lipton tea bags and Dove deodorant were 15c to 41c higher than the
stores.Colgate toothpaste was cheaper on the Woolies site before its same-price strategy.
Coles spokesman Blair Speedy said some categories online had a small price premium ―to help
cover the cost of our convenient service, including the dedicated team members who select our
customers‘ groceries‖.―There are some non-advertised specials that are only available in a
physical store, and likewise our online customers regularly have access to discounts and
promotional offers not available in store,‖ Mr Speedy said.
Supply Warehouse owner Mark Goldberg said running an online store was considerably cheaper
than paying overheads on physical shops, and savings should be passed on.―You shouldn‘t be
stung for higher-priced groceries plus delivery,‖ Mr Goldberg said.Woolworths‘ delivery fees
range from no charge to up to $11. Coles‘ are from no charge to up to $13.
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Govt will design rice planting, harvesting cycle: President
Ponorogo, E Java (ANTARA News) – The government will design a cycle for rice planting and
harvesting to avoid stocking excessive amounts of rice during simultaneous harvests, President
Joko Widodo (Jokowi) said.―Arranged cycles of planting and harvesting will also increase
farmers yield of unhusked rice. If the cycles are not designed, the price will drop when rice is
harvested simultaneously and stocks will pile up. So we will frame a cycle for rice planting and
harvesting,‖ the president stated while observing a maize plantation in Suku village here on
Friday afternoon.
The head of state noted that with high productivity, the rice stocks will always be adequate and
the country will not need to import the commodity.―We should strive to increase productivity.
For example, one hectare rice field now produces 5 tons of rice. We should find ways to increase
the output to 9 to 10 tons, as shown in Demak district. As for the price, it will compete with that
of other countries. If rice abroad is cheap, our rice should also be cheap. The key point in this
case is increased productivity,‖ Jokowi explained.He reminded that the competition now was
between farmers at home and those abroad, and that the quality and availability of stocks was the
key to a nation becoming food self-sufficient.
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Therefore, he urged farmers to boost the yield of rice to maintain the availability of food
stocks.―I asked all farmers to be more confident in producing rice and informed them that the
government will not import the commodity anymore. So production should rise,‖ Jokowi, said
during his working visit to Jetis village, another village in Ponorogo district.He pointed out that
the government has prepared facilities and infrastructure to improve agricultural production,
including irrigation systems, tractors, rice-planting machines, combine harvesters and seeds.―It is
now up to you (farmers),‖ Jokowi remarked.
The president further noted that as many as 41,000 tractors will be distributed to farmers, besides
other harvesting tools.This month, the government will also announce the promised price of
unhusked rice that suits market conditions and meets farmers expectations, Jokowi
affirmed.President Jokowi is on a three-day working visit to East Java from Friday to Sunday,
accompanied by First Lady Iriana.The head of state attended the grand harvest at Dukuh Jetis
village, where he distributed aid to the local farmers.Also present at the grand rice harvest were
District Head of Ponorogo Amin, Agriculture Minister Amran Sulaiman, State Secretary
Pratikno and Governor of East Java Soekarwo.Ponorogo is one of the districts in East Java that is
entering this years rice harvest season.
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Tax rice and sugar imports highly, governors urge authority
Murang‘a Governor Mwangi wa Iria. FILE PHOTO | NATION MEDIA GROUP
In Summary
Without providing details, Mr Ndathi cited a case where some
importers were bringing in sub-standard goods and blending them
with local products to dupe buyers. Kenya Association of
Manufacturers chief executive Betty Maina argues that Kenyan
firms continue to grapple with subsidised imports, counterfeits and
substandard goods.
At Governors Summit held in Naivasha last week, Marsabit County governor Ukur Yatani
proposed that the tax authority should work with the counties to help curb the vice.
By NATION CORRESPONDENT
Two governors want the Kenya Revenue Authority to impose high taxes on imported farm
produce.Kirinyaga‘s Joseph Ndathi and his Murang‘a counterpart Mwangi wa Iria said tea, rice
and sugar industries were making losses because of cheap imports.Mr Ndathi added that some of
the imports were of inferior quality. ―If we hope to see the country grow in double digits, we
must protect our own industries,‖ said Mr Ndathi.
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Without providing details, Mr Ndathi cited a case where some importers were bringing in sub-
standard goods and blending them with local products to dupe buyers.Mr Mwangi singled out the
local horticultural industry noting that it was vulnerable since much of the produce was
perishable.Kenya Association of Manufacturers chief executive Betty Maina argues that Kenyan
firms continue to grapple with subsidised imports, counterfeits and substandard goods.
―Over and above this, the average import tariff of 12 per cent for the East African Community
customs union is perceived not to be protective enough compared to that of India, which is said
to be at 60 per cent,‖ says Ms Maina.She added that partner states are also notorious for using
discretionary powers failing to honour the customs union by importing goods at lower tariff rates
than agreed.Porous borders and laxity by some tax officers have been cited as a major cause for
the influx of contraband goods.
Kenya‘s borders with Ethiopia and Somalia have particularly been easy passage routes owing to
their long stretch and insecurity, which has made control a challenge.At Governors Summit held
in Naivasha last week, Marsabit County governor Ukur Yatani proposed that the tax authority
should work with the counties to help curb the vice.He argued that locals could be recruited to
act as informers in regions where professionals were not willing to venture to insecurity.
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Nigeria: 6,808 Edo Rice Farmers Benefit From FG Scheme
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No fewer than 6,808 rice farmers in Edo State had benefited from the Growth Enhancement
Support (GES) Scheme during the 2013/2014 dry season rice farming in the state.Director,
Federal Ministry of Agriculture in Edo, Mr Wellington Omoragbon, disclosed this in an
interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Benin.He said that the rice
farmers in the state benefited from the scheme by redeeming fertiliser at 50 per cent subsidised
rate.
He said water pumps, rice reapers and threshers allocated to the state were also provided to the
farmers at subsidised rate to enhance the dry season rice farming.According to him, 30 agro
dealer redemption centres were created where these inputs are redeemed at subsided rates by
registered farmers."At the moment, farmers have redeemed 129,284 bags of NPK, 125, 351 bags
of urea, 40, 012kg of maize seeds and 13, 348kg of rice seeds," he said.He said government
incentive was aimed at boosting production of agricultural produce to ensure self-sufficiency in
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food production. He explained that government was also determined to guarantee food security
and stop importation of rice into the country.
The director also said that the ministry had registered about 152, 110 farmers under the GES
programme.Omoragbon gave the assurance that the ministry was ready and would continue with
the registration of farmers, who were yet to key into the programme.He said the Federal
Government was committed to farmers' welfare and had made arrangement for the delivery of
tractors and other farm equipment for 2015 farming season.
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Provinces to get rice from national reserves
HAU GIANG (VNS) — Nearly 7,000 tonnes of rice from national reserves will be distributed
among impoverished households in nine provinces across the country during the period between
crops this year.The central provinces of Quang Ngai, Quang Binh and Quang Tri will receive
1,371 tonnes, 1,219 tonnes and 668 tonnes, respectively.The northern provinces of Ha Nam will
receive more than 1,280 tonnes while the northern mountainous province of Lai Chau will get
847 tonnes. — VNS
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India Rabi rice sowing at 32 lakh hectare; Exports may decline
20%
The area under rabi rice as on March 5 stands at 32 lakh hectare as compared to
37.19 lakh hectare at this time last year. Rice exports may decline 20% this year
on cheaper supplies from Thailand.
06 Mar 2015
NEW DELHI(Commodity Online): India Rabi rice
planting has touched 32 lakh hectare. As per the latest
reports received from States, the area under rabi rice as on
March 5 stands at 32 lakh hectare as compared to 37.19
lakh hectare at this time last year.As per 2nd Advance
Estimates, the production of Rice stands at 103.04 million
tonnes. As per 2nd Advance Estimates for 2014-15, total
foodgrains production in the country is estimated at 257.07
million tonnes which is the fourth highest quantity of
annual foodgrains production in the country.As compared
to last year‘s record production of 265.57 million tonnes,
current year‘s production of foodgrains is lower by 8.50 million tonnes.
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This decline has occurred on account of lower production of rice, coarse cereals and pulses due
to erratic rainfall conditions during the monsoon season-2014.
Exports face 20 % decline
India rice exporters are anticipating 20 per cent fall in 2015 tiggered by a stiff competition from
Thailand. This means exports will decline to around 8 million tonnes in 2015 from 10 million
tonnes in 2014.The much cheaper rice from Thailand is the reason for this decline. Thailand
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Thai govt gets bids for 780,000 tonnes of riceTop exporter Thailand
received bids for around 780,000 tonnes of rice out of the 1 million tonnes offered in its latest tender,
the erce Ministry said on Friday, as the government continues to sell grain to reduce its bulging
stockpiles.
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6 Mar7:50 PM
[BANGKOK] Top exporter Thailand received bids for around 780,000 tonnes of rice out of the 1
million tonnes offered in its latest tender, the Commerce Ministry said on Friday, as the
government continues to sell grain to reduce its bulging stockpiles.
Thailand built up more than 17 million tonnes of the grain under a
subsidy scheme run by the government of ousted Prime Minister
Yingluck Shinawatra until early 2014, which paid farmers well
above market rates for their crops.Banjongjitt Angsusingh, deputy
director-general of the Foreign Trade Department, said bids for
around 780,000 tonnes were received in the March tender from 40
firms. "The value of the 780,000 tonnes of rice, according to the floor price we established, is
around 8 billion baht (US$247 million). Almost every bid we received was above the floor
price," she told reporters.
The sales are expected to be approved next week, she said.The authorities have held five tenders
since the military seized power last May and have sold 1,177,983 tonnes for around 17.21 billion
baht.In the last tender in January they sold less than 500,000 tonnes out of the roughly 1 million
tonnes on offer. Officials said in February that this was because some bidders did not meet
certain requirements.In a tender last December, around 150,000 tonnes of rice went unsold out of
400,000 tonnes on offer because some bids were below the government's floor price.Thailand
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exported a record high 10.8 million tonnes in 2014, toppling India to regain its mantle as the
world's top rice exporter.
The military government that seized power last May ended the rice subsidy scheme and has said
it wants to sell off the stockpiles over the next two years.Thai common grade 5 per cent broken
white rice was offered in the market at US$416 per tonne on Friday.Ms Yingluck was removed
from government just days before the May coup. The rice scheme was hugely popular among the
rural electorate, which remains loyal to her, but it was derided by her critics as an expensive,
populist policy.Ms Yingluck was found guilty of negligence over the controversial scheme and
was banned from politics for five years in January
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Jimmy Hoppe Inducted into Louisiana Agriculture Hall of
Distinction
BATON ROUGE, LA -- Jimmy Hoppe, a rice farmer
from Iowa LA, was just the fourth person honored by
being inducted into the Louisiana Agriculture Hall of
Distinction (see USA Rice Daily story, January 29, 2015). USA Rice's
Randy Jemison introduced Hoppe at last night's awards ceremony, saying
"Jimmy's deep knowledge of farming, commodity processing, and
marketing, coupled with his genuine concern for others, has equipped
him to be one of Louisiana's great agricultural ambassadors, building good will between
consumers and production agriculture."
Contact: Randy Jemison (337) 738-7009
Well deserved
USA Rice Reps Visit Cuba with Ag Coalition
Rance Daniels (l) makes contacts on USACC trip to Cuba
HAVANA, CUBA -- Missouri rice farmer Rance Daniels and Riceland Foods Senior Vice
President of Marketing and Risk Management Terry Harris represented the U.S. rice industry on
a trip with more than 90 people involved in agriculture and education visiting Cuba this week.
The group, traveling as the U.S. Agriculture Coalition for Cuba (USACC), included two former
U.S. Secretaries of Agriculture, Mike Espy and John Block, and the First Lady of Missouri
Georgeanne Nixon.
The group met on Monday morning with the Minister of Foreign Investment, Mr.
José Luis Padrone, Director of International Relations for the Ministry of
Agriculture, Mr. Juan José León Vega, and in the afternoon with Rafael
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Rivacoba, Director of International Relations for the state sugar enterprise, and Leonardo
Chairing, Director of International Relations for the National Association of Small Farmers.All
the Cuban officials discussed opportunities in the market for imports of a wide variety of ag
products including inputs and equipment. They also discussed in depth the problems created by
the U.S. embargo and the roadblock it created that prevented consistent business and a closer
ongoing relationship between industries in the nations.That evening the group attended a
reception at the residence of the top U.S. diplomat in Cuba, hosted by the Missouri First
Lady.Tuesday the delegation split into six groups to visit various segments of the ag industry
including sugar production; aquaculture; cattle production; fruits, grains, and vegetables; tobacco
and sorghum; and rice.
Terry Harris (l) on tour with Cuban farm co-op officials
Daniels and Harris went on the rice tour, meeting with the board of directors of a farm
cooperative that farmed more than 7,000 acres of rice. They also toured two rice mills and a rice
drying and storage facility. There was a detailed discussion between the Cuban and U.S. farmers
about farm practices, pricing, problems, and opportunities
"I found it very interesting in talking with the Cuban farmers the practices we
have in common, but also how different some of them are," Daniels reflected.
"They were definitely intrigued with the size of our planting and harvesting
equipment. I also feel renewed trade with Cuba is a great opportunity for us to
expand our rice export markets, but it will also be a way for us to share some
of our technology with the Cuban farmers to help improve their productivity."
The meeting ended on Wednesday morning after a meeting with the president
of Alimport, the state agency that imports almost all foodstuffs into the
country, a follow up discussion with the Cuban officials who had previously
met with the group, and capped by comments by both the former Secretaries of Agriculture.
"I felt the trip was very beneficial from both the U.S. and Cuban perspectives," said Harris. "It
allowed a good exchange of information, ideas, and goals that could benefit both nations and
create opportunities for bilateral trade. As expressed by both Secretary Block and Secretary
Espy, Cuba holds incredible potential for increased commerce in goods and technology, but the
embargo remains a stumbling block that we must remove to make this opportunity a reality."
Contact: Michael Klein (703) 236-1458
CME Group/Closing Rough Rice Futures
CME Group (Prelim): Closing Rough Rice Futures for March 6
Month Price Net Change
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March 2015 $10.235 - $0.115
May 2015 $10.475 - $0.120
July 2015 $10.735 - $0.120
September 2015 $10.870 - $0.125
November 2015 $11.030 - $0.125
January 2016 $11.165 - $0.125
March 2016 $11.165 - $0.125
Debate Over Genetically Engineered „Golden Rice‟ Heats Up
FILE - International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) bioplant scientist Sophan Datta shows during
a press tour a variety of experimental "golden rice" being tested inside sealed IRRI greenhouse in
Laguna, Nov. 27, 2003.
Simone Orendain
March 06, 2015 6:44 AM
MANILA—
Scientists in the Philippines are at work on a strain of
rice that could solve one of the world‘s major health
challenges: a vitamin A deficiency. The so-called,
―golden rice‖, which has been genetically engineered
to produce beta carotene, has led to opposition from
GMO opponents, including Greenpeace. To
supporters of golden rice, the crop offers enormous
potential for eliminating as many as two million
deaths each year from vitamin A deficiency, which mainly impacts young children and pregnant
women. The beta carotene in the new rice is a precursor for Vitamin A, which is missing in the
diets of millions of people in the developing world. The deficiency is a leading cause of
childhood blindness, and is a public health problem in many countries.
Pros vs cons
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Canadian ecologist Patrick Moore says there should be no debate over whether farmers should
grow golden rice. ―Why is there not the same revulsion at two million children dying," Moore
asked. "To let golden rice out so at least some people can get it and maybe more and more and
more?‖
But critics, including the Greenpeace environmental group, have long opposed the crop because
of the genetic engineering involved in its creation. Moore was an early member of Greenpeace in
the 1970s and early 80s, but has since become a critic of the group‘s stance on a range of issues,
including golden rice.
―Genetically engineered crops consist almost entirely of herbicide tolerant and insect resistant
crops marketed to developing countries‖ Greenpeace said in an emailed statement in response to
queries about Moore‘s criticism. The statement also said the group finds this model detrimental
to people‘s health, farmers‘ livelihoods and the environment.
Public financing
Unlike some genetically modified crops designed by corporations that patent the plants, the
golden rice being developed in the Philippines is financed by public funds. A range of
philanthropic and public sector groups have worked to engineer the crop and improve its
production.
They hope that farmers in the developing world will eventually grow it, addressing a major
public health issue that many scientists say is on the scale of malaria or tuberculosis.
But Manila-based Greenpeace Southeast Asia Agriculture Campaigner Daniel Ocampo said after
20 years of research golden rice is not ready for consumption, and could be more dangerous than
its supporters will admit.
―It‘s still in the laboratory. It‘s not available commercially," Ocampo said. "So it‘s really
misleading the public when they say that it‘s going to be one of the solutions to Vitamin A
deficiency.‖Greenpeace is instead pushing what it calls ―ecological agriculture‖ which it said is
climate resilient and will let people access food that meets their nutritional needs.
A year and a half ago, a group of anti-GMO activists overran one of the golden rice test plots in
the Philippines' Bicol region and destroyed it in a protest against the project. The incident raised
the profile of the conflict over golden rice, and led some to accuse Greenpeace of being behind
the protest and the destruction. But the organization says it had nothing to do with it.The
International Rice Research Institute just south of Manila has been doing breeding experiments
with golden rice for nine years, but said they must still conduct more research before it is ready
for human consumption.
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Hain Celestial Celebrates Innovation At Natural Products
Expo West 2015
Features Over 100 New And Exciting Food, Beverage, Snack And Personal Care
Products PR Newswire,LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y., March 6, 2015
LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y., March 6, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- The Hain
Celestial Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: HAIN), a leading organic and
natural products company providing consumers with A Healthier
Way of Life™, today announced that over 100 new products will be
featured at Natural Products Expo West in Anaheim,
California starting today. Expo West is the world's largest event
devoted to natural and specialty food and beverages, organics,
supplements, health and beauty, natural living and pet
products. Hain Celestial's products will be rolling out now through
the end of 2015 and sold in selected markets in the United States. In its last fiscal year, Hain
Celestial's new products generated over $100 million in net sales on a worldwide basis.
"This is a banner year for Hain Celestial's innovation pipeline. We are proud of our brands and our
new product innovation that demonstrates our continued leadership in the organic and natural space,"
said Irwin D. Simon, Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer of Hain Celestial. "Our ability
to globally source distinctive ingredients, coupled with our nimble, innovation-focused culture, has
resulted in product uniqueness with quality and speed-to-market that rival the rest.
Our exciting line-up features food, beverage, snack and personal care products for all age groups and
lifestyles, with particular attention to millennial consumers, an important segment for Hain Celestial's
growth."Natural Products Expo West 2015 is expected to feature over 2,600 exhibitors and more than
60,000 participants who will be able to preview the exciting Hain Celestial product line-up first-
hand.
"This year, our booth includes a digital experience in support of two programs. The first is our
new partnership with CARE to support girls' education around the world, and the second is our
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on-going leadership to make mandatory labeling of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in
food products a reality in the United States.
Our new products along with these digital initiatives exemplify our high standards for quality,
value, enjoyment and social responsibility," concluded Irwin Simon.In the year since the last
Expo West Hain Celestial has acquired new brands that extend the Company's existing portfolio
of innovative and high quality natural and certified organic products.
The new brands include Rudi's Organic Bakery®, a leading organic and gluten-free brand
offering a diversified line of bread and baked goods products and fresh and frozen
FreeBird® chicken and Plainville Farms® turkey that are never, ever given antibiotics. More
recently, Hain Celestial purchased the Live Clean® personal care brand and Empire Kosher.
Some of the highlights of this year's lineup of new products includes:
o Arrowhead Mills® brand adds three new cereals including two new Organic Sprouted
Granolas made with organic whole sprouted oats and buckwheat in Maple & Apple and
Apple and Ginger varieties, and Organic Gluten Free Coconut Rice and Shine Hot Cereal
made with Fair Trade Coconut.
o BluePrint® introduces new nutrient-packed 100% juices—Arugula Kale and Chard Basil.
Arugula, kale, apple, romaine, celery, cucumber, lemon and ginger provide a dose of
essential daily vitamins and minerals and superfoods chard and collards, basil, apple,
romaine, celery, cucumber and lemon combine for a flavorful and nutritious choice.
o Celestial Seasonings®
announces completely re-imagined packaging and a variety of
innovative new product lines that appeal to new and existing tea drinkers alike. The new
products include Sleepytime® Honey and Watermelon Lime Zinger
® Herbal Teas;
Celestial™
Organics Herbal and Wellness Teas; Celestial™
Teahouse Chai Teas;
Celestial™
Lattes in shelf-stable ready-to-drink and aseptic concentrate formats;
Celestial™
Loose Leaf Tea Blending Kits; and two new flavors of Celestial™
Organics
Kombucha.
o The DREAM® brand expands its plant based offerings with a new platform of coconut based
yogurts and frozen dessert bites. Coconut Dream™ Yogurts have a creamy consistency with
a tropical twist and come in five luscious flavors: Plain, Vanilla, Strawberry, Blueberry and
Raspberry. Coconut Dream™ Frozen Dessert Bites, the first and only coconut based bite
size frozen treats, are delicious frozen nuggets coated with rich thick chocolate.
o Earth's Best Organic®
introduces redesigned and value sized packaging and new snacks for
toddlers. The Earth's Best Tendercare® Diapers and Wipes have a fresh new look, giving
babies pure, chlorine free protection. Value size options include Earth's Best™ Frozen Fish
Nuggets, made from Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certified Sustainable Alaskan
Pollock and Earth's Best Organic® Infant formula the #1 Organic Formula brand*, is now
offered in 50% larger value can. Earth's Best Organic® Freeze Dried Snacks are tiny finger-
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sized freeze dried fruits and veggies with a soft texture for a nutritious first snack. Varieties
include Corn & Edamame and Strawberry, Banana & Apple.
o Ella's Kitchen® has new, nutritious snack and beverage options for children. Ella's
Kitchen® Organic Cookies are lightly sweetened only with honey and contain 2 grams of
sugar per serving. Organic Multigrain Snacks are made with gluten free grains including
Quinoa & Brown Rice and are available in varieties including Lentil & Carrot Sticks. Kids
beverage options from Ella's Kitchen® include Organic Coconut Water to help rehydrate and
replenish nutrients and Nutritional Shakes that are packed with vitamins and minerals
essential for growing big and strong.
o Garden of Eatin'® Cantina Style Corn Tortilla Chips are thin and crispy like you'd find in an
authentic "Mexican Cantina." Available in White Corn with Lime and Blue Corn with Sea
Salt.
o GG Unique Fiber® Scandinavian Thins, baked wheat crispbread in Raisin & Honey, with 40
calories and 3 grams of fiber per serving.
o Imagine® has a strong soup season planned for Fall of 2015. New products include
Imagine®
Seafood Stock which is MSC (Marine Stewardship Council) certified,
Imagine®
Organic Unsalted Free Range Chicken and Vegetable Broths sold in a 4-pack of 8
fluid ounce cartons, and a new line of refrigerated Imagine®Culinary Soup in 22 ounce tubs
in 5 delicious varieties, including 3 vegetarian soups such as Potato & Kale, and 2 chicken
soups including Lemon Chicken Quinoa.
o Plainville Farms® debuts Organic Deli Breast products—Oven Roasted Turkey, Honey
Turkey and Hickory Smoked Turkey and Organic Ground Turkey.
o Rudi's Gluten-Free Bakery™ Garlic Toast and Cheese Toast are a gluten-free take on the
popular Texas Toast category. These delicious "heat and serve" items also contain 5 grams of
fiber per slice.
o Sensible Portions® Puffs made with Organic Corn are gluten-free and available in four delicious
varieties: Cheddar, Sour Cream & Onion, Tomato Basil and Veggie.
o TERRA® Wasabi Chips, sharp and spicy wasabi flavor on a seasonal blend of potato chips.
o Tilda® ready-to-heat rice is made with only the finest, authentic Basmati rice. Available in four
delicious flavors: Pure Basmati, Brown Basmati, Brown Basmati and Quinoa and Mexican Style Chili Bean.
o Spectrum® Whole Chia Seed is now available in a 22 ounce Value Size. Whole Chia Seed is rich in
Omega-3 ALA fatty acids and a good source of fiber.
o Westbrae Natural® condiments have the same great taste but are now USDA Organic. The full line of
Organic condiments include: Stoneground Mustard, Stoneground Mustard–No Salt Added, Dijon Style Mustard, Yellow Mustard and Unsweetened Ketchup.
o Yves Veggie Cuisine® brand is introducing delicious new vegan burgers, patties and appetizers to its
line-up which contain on-trend ingredients such as Kale & Quinoa. New Yves Veggie Cuisine® Kale
& Roots Vegetable Patties with brown rice and ancient grains and Yves Veggie Cuisine® Kale &
Quinoa Bites are non GMO, gluten free and packed with veggies.
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Hain Celestial's featured personal care products include:
o Alba Botanica® brand introduces Fast Fix, four botanically-powerful solutions to common beauty
emergencies, and Clear Spray SPF 50 Broad Spectrum Sunscreens for single-touch continuous spray-
on sun care convenience without chemical propellants.
o JASON® brand introduces two Sheer Spray Lotions for feather-light moisture in a convenient,
continuous spray and the Smoothing Coconut Body Care Collection to deliver intense moisture to extremely dry skin.
The Hain Celestial Group, Inc.
The Hain Celestial Group (NASDAQ: HAIN), headquartered in Lake Success, NY, is a leading organic and natural
products company with operations in North America, Europeand India. Hain Celestial participates in many natural
categories with well-known brands that include Celestial Seasonings®, Earth's Best
®, Ella's Kitchen
®, Terra
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Garden of Eatin'®, Sensible Portions
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Casbah®, Rudi's Organic Bakery
®, Gluten Free Café™, Hain Pure Foods
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Walnut Acres Organic®, Imagine
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BluePrint®, FreeBird
®, Plainville Farms
®,, Empire Kosher®, Kosher Valley®, Yves Veggie
Cuisine®, Europe'sBest
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®, New Covent Garden Soup Co.
®, Johnson's Juice Co.
®, Farmhouse Fare
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Hartley's®, Sun-Pat®, Gale's
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UniqueFiber®, Tilda
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