Premier is concentrating on eight brands it thinks have the best prospects, including Hovis and Oxo.

BBC: Premier Foods sells Sarson's and Haywards for ?41m

The owner of Mr Kipling and Oxo is selling off a number of brands to cut its debt levels.

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The company manufacture a pro-degradant additive (called d2w) which, when added to polyethylene during production, transforms it into an oxo-biodegradable product.

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The fruits of a competition, sponsored by the foundation, asking for ideas on how London can be made more habitable are currently on display at the Oxo Tower wharf.

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Symphony Plastics have been supplying oxo-biodegradable plastic bags to Co-operative supermarkets in the UK for five years, and the UK's Periodical Publishers Association recommends that their members use their products.

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Others include Mr Kipling, Bachelors, Oxo and Sharwood's.

BBC: Premier Foods sells Sarson's and Haywards for ?41m