date:Sep 24, 2012
US bakers are on a collision course with sugar producers after the American Bakers Association (ABA) said that egislative change to ease artificially high sugar prices is imminent.
The ABA claims that sugar prices are artificially inflated to 50-75% higher than in Europe.
ABA members Bimbo Bakeries USA, Flowers Foods and Krispy Kreme recently met with Congress members to make the case for reform of the US sugar programme. According to the ABA, the programme inflates the price of sugar by setti