Asda hopes time is ripe for avocado 'traffic light' packaging
UK supermarket chain Asda hopes that its new 'traffic light' colour coded packaging system will ensure customers always pick avocadoes off retail shelves at the correct level of ripeness.
Archives for July 17, 2012
Special edition: The new product development process
How can social media fit into the NPD process?
Social media allows companies to feel out consumer perceptions of ingredients and concepts at the beginning of the product development process – and combines well with more traditional consumer research, says social media research firm Loudpixel.
US meat trade welcomes CAFO database decision
The US meat industry has welcomed an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) decision not to introduce laws that would require intensive farms to provide detailed information on their operations.
Tight chia supply? Not us, says Australia’s Chia Co., as it continues global expansion
The much touted tightness in the chia supply is not being experienced by all suppliers, with Australia’s The Chia Company extending its growing area 100% year-on-year to satisfy demand.
Mountain Dew fans will flock to new US malt-based ‘craft soda' - PepsiCo predicts
PepsiCo claims that its new malt-based Mountain Dew is unlike any other soft drink on the US market, and predicts consumers will be keen to try the premium-priced limited edition 'craft soda’.
Casein measuring software offers cheese processing quality boost - developer
Software that enables processed cheese manufacturers to measure, rather than predict the functional protein content of cheese will improve product quality and reduce costs, its developer has claimed.
‘Significant’ vitamin D egg findings should drive industry use, says director
New findings that suggest one medium-sized egg can provide around 66% of vitamin D RDA should prompt increased industry use, says the director of the British Egg Information Service.
Russian poultry body asks for restriction on Belarusian imports
The Russian Union of Poultry Producers (Rosptitsesoyuz) has sent a request to the government demanding that it restricts poultry imports from Belarus, which it claims has violated trade agreements.
FrieslandCampina Kievit makes sustainable palm status clear
FrieslandCampina will make clear which of its palm oil-based products have sustainable status for its spray-dried emulsions business arm.
Danone Greek yogurt honoured at Canadian retail awards
Danone’s Oikos Greek yogurt has been named Canada’s ‘Best New Dairy Product’, just months after its launch in the country.
Pepsi blunder costs Brazil soccer star Ronaldinho Coke millions
Coca-Cola has cancelled Brazilian soccer star Ronaldinho's $750,000 per year contract after he was sighted with two cans of Pepsi at a recent press conference, according to reports.
Canada aims for national pork traceability
An amendment to Canada’s Health of Animals Regulations could make the country the first to use a swine traceability system.
Millennials: Cautious, volatile – and online
Millennials may be the hot new target demographic for food and beverage manufacturers in the United States, but they are a cautious and volatile group of shoppers, according to a new report from market research organization SymphonyIRI.
Gee Lawson enters China-dominated red yeast rice supply
UK supplier Gee Lawson has debuted organic red yeast rice (Monascus purpureus) into a sector dominated by Chinese supply and which has won a European Union health claim for cholesterol maintenance.
To boldly go where no frying oil has been before... Monsanto unveils next generation high oleic soybean oil
The next generation of high oleic soybean oils will give the food industry a cost-effective and healthier alternative to partially hydrogenated vegetable oils (HVOs) with flavor and stability current alternatives cannot deliver, according to biotech...
Bite-size foods are more rewarding, suggests study
Smaller pieces of food are more ‘rewarding’ and lead to a greater feeling of fullness than one large piece of food with equal energy values, say researchers.
Kraft investigates ‘worm-infested’ Cadbury éclair in China
Cadbury parent company Kraft Foods has responded to allegations from a Chinese newspaper that a piece of Choclairs from a Beijing supermarket contained a worm.
Health claims, RCTs and the curious case of the FTC v POM Wonderful: What happens next??
Exactly what kind of evidence is needed to support structure/function or disease risk reduction claims on foods and supplements?