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What You Don’t Know Might Kill You Millions of Americans wake up every morning and make a decision about what they will eat for breakfast to jump-start their day. Some may reach for a bowl of Cheerios or multigrain cereal, while others may opt for yogurt, toast, or a pastry. Some people choose to wash down their breakfast with pulp-free orange juice, while some may drink a protein drink or an invigorating coffee to get them going. For lunch, many people will consume sandwiches piled high with meats

ECONOMICS PAPER 1 We all love Maggi, is it safe to eat Maggi? Will the government take actions to ban Maggi? The Indian Central Government has declared a nationwide ban on Maggi due to excess of MSG and lead in the product, which is manufactured by the company Nestle India. The ban has forced the organization to cut its production of the product by one third as costumers discard the product amidst health concerns. In brief, the supply is cut down due to the decrease in demand. Demand is the willingness

indebtedness and market ratios of Ajinomoto (Malaysia) Berhad based on the latest three historical years of annual report of the company which will be following a financial year that starts from the 1st of April to 31st of March in the following years which is calculated annually for each financial report.. Current ratio measures the liquidity ratio of a company’s obligation to pay short-term and long-term obligation. According to the financial report from Ajinomoto (Malaysia) Berhad, the current ratio

2010 AJINOMOTO (MALAYSIA) BERHAD Incorporated In Malaysia (4295-W) Contents Corporate Information Ajinomoto (Malaysia) Berhad | Annual Report 2010 | Chairman’s Statement On behalf of the Board of Directors, it is my pleasure to present the Annual Report of Ajinomoto (Malaysia) Berhad for the financial year ended 31 March 2010. Ajinomoto (Malaysia) Berhad | Annual Report 2010 | Director’s Profile Ajinomoto (Malaysia) Berhad | Annual Report 2010 | Director’s Profile

acts as a sugar substitute at a cheaper price and it can be made available to the companies at a lower cost (Ajinomoto food ingredients, 2011 para. 2-3). This will then induce more profit for the food companies. Also, since aspartame has a taste stronger to sugar, a small amount of it can already be utilized to match natural sugar taste therefore this can result to lower cost per usage (Ajinomoto, para. 4). With advantages, there also exists several disadvantages. If aspartame will be over consumed in

The two manufacturers Ajinomoto (NutraSweet) and Tosoh Corporation (HSC) could compete, with quite same net income in 1985, but with two advantages for Tosoh: around $150 000M more assets value than its competitor and an important decrease in Ajinomoto’s net sales (thus in net

manufacturing cost by 70% by 1992. This gives them the incumbency advantage as compared to the new entrants in the market. Supply-side economies of scale: NutraSweet already was a dominant player by obtaining the process manufacturing technology from Ajinomoto, a Japanese based firm to manufacture aspartame and also gain exclusive access to Japanese aspartame market. NutraSweet have invested heavily in the business, which challenges the new entrant, as they too have to start it on a large scale. Demand-side

Introduction A multinational company of Kraft Foods is an American firm doing the business for food and beverage. It produces belong to a global markets and has many brands that over 170 countries (Kraft Foods, 2011). And its brands are divided into five main sectors: snacks, beverages, cheese, grocery, and convenient meals. The major competitors of Kraft are Nestlé S.A.; Unilever; ConAgra Foods, Inc.; Groupe Danone; H.J. Heinz Company; Sara Lee Corporation; etc. One of the world's fourth biggest

Introduction Maggi noodles is a brand of instant noodles manufactured by Nestlé. The brand is popular in Australia, India, South Africa, Brazil, New Zealand, Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Fiji and the Philippines. Maggi is Malaysia’s no 1 bag noodles and voted as best Performing brand by Readers Digest Readers Survey (2000 / 2001 / 2002). Good range of great tasting popular flavours. In Switzerland in 1863, Julius Michael Johannes Maggi developed a formula to bring added taste

Delissa in Japan Agria - Sweden’s leading dairy products cooperative. It is a united organization that develops and sells a line of fresh dairy products. Individual cooperatives had been persuaded to drop their own trademarks, the Delissa line was launched. It compromised yogurts, dessert, fresh cheese and fresh cream. Agria’s share rose from 3% to 25% of Swedish fresh milk products market. 20 000 farmer members of the cooperative had helped build Agria into a powerful national and international