News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
operational efficiency month
Demand for convenience foods is driving the need for product inspection technology allowing food producers to make different products on single lines in shorter product runs.
Consumer concern about sustainability rarely translates into purchases, according to new research from the European Food Information Council (EUFIC).
Food Vision launches big debate on big three issues
An advisor on edible insects to the United Nations predicts that insects on your plate is inevitable, as forward thinking restaurants like D.O.M in Sao Paulo and Noma in Copenhagen are already experimenting with the critters as food.
A test to combat food fraud by detecting DNA in processed foods has won funding from the UK government.
Mediterranean carob seed flours hold potential as a novel, antioxidant ingredient for cereal products, according to scientists.
The omega-3 market continues to grow and appears to have unstoppable momentum worldwide, according to expert Diana Cowland, who keeps tabs on the sector for Euromonitor International.
In the wake of last year’s Fonterra whey protein concentrate (WPC) incident, the New Zealand government has established a working group designed to improve traceability in the country’s dairy sector.
Four Indian scientists have developed a ready-to-eat paste designed for children suffering from severe acute malnutrition (SAM)—the most dangerous level of hunger.
Sales of almond milk exceeded sales of soy milk for the first time at WhiteWave Foods in the latest quarter.
Quality and safety testing outfit Intertek has expanded its range of laboratory capabilities for gauging fitness of film and flexible polymer packaging.
Nestlé, and smoothie company innocent, will take part in the Sustainable Events Summit in London today (February 18).
Health and wellness trends have boosted fruit ingredient sales, with shapes, inclusions and snacks gaining in popularity, says veteran fruit specialist Paradise Fruits.
While most start-ups struggle to raise the funds to turn their dreams into reality, Hampton Creek Foods CEO Josh Tetrick has convinced some of the world’s wealthiest people that his plant-based egg replacers are worth a serious punt.
Ingredients giants DSM and Lonza have settled a patent dispute over production of algal-sourced omega-3 oils (DHA) that lasted for almost ten years.
Kellogg Australia has reduced the sodium content of its Special K cereals by 15% in a recipe overhaul and says it will take a new, healthier direction in 2014.
Nearly two-thirds of nutrition labels on a range of small pre-packaged food and drinks in Hong Kong are breaking trading guidelines by not being easy enough to read.
60-second interview: The day job
In the first of a series of 60-second interviews with movers and shakers in the US food and beverage market, FoodNavigator-USA caught up with Karl Kramer, a 30-year food and beverage industry veteran, on how he got into the business of commercializing...
As CPG’s big guns congregate in Florida for the Consumer Analyst Group of New York (CAGNY) conference, many of them are at a strategic crossroads, says Rabobank.
Sugar sustainability commitments will soon match those made for cocoa, according to Fairtrade International.
A Russian ban on European pork imports is having serious consequences, the European Union (EU) health commissioner Tonio Borg warned last night (Monday) in Brussels. “The price of meat in Europe is going down and the price of meat in Russia is going up,”...
Kendall Packaging has adopted a Food Safety System Certification (FSSC) model developed in part by Nestlé, Danone, Unilever and Coca-Cola.
Poland’s meat industry has reported huge losses because of Russia’s recent restrictions on pork imports from the EU, following the recent outbreak of African swine fever (ASF) in Lithuania. Last week, Polskie Mieso – the Polish Association of Meat...
Prepackaged food is facing criticism for its illegible labels.