Not too long ago, food manufacturers had to contend with challenging supply conditions for locust bean gum (LBG), a key food ingredient, particularly in ice cream manufacture. Today, LBG availability has finally recovered and pricing - normalized, claims IFF.
Not too long ago, food manufacturers had to contend with challenging supply conditions for locust bean gum (LBG), a key food ingredient, particularly in ice cream manufacture. Today, LBG availability has finally recovered and pricing - normalized, claims IFF.
after making landfall near biscayne bay earlier this morning. forecasters now say the storm could strengthen as it moves into the gulf later tonight. bp has suspended work on the relief well designed to permanently seal the leak. the incident commander thad allen has ordered ships in the area to go to shore, leaving the new well cap unattended for at least 48 hours. allen says it s not yet clear how the storm might affect the spill, itself. there s been some question about the fate of the oil during the storm passage. i think there s a good and a bad part to that. sometimes the increased activity on the surface, wind and wave activity, can actually help the emulsification of the oil and the distribution of the biodegradation of the oil. on the other hand you have a chance of a storm surge driving it up into beach and marsh areas where it wouldn t have been otherwise. we re mindful those are two opposite consequences and prepared to move out and aggressively attack this once the threa