News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
Amid a spate of direct-to-consumer subscription snack launches, the founders of NatureBox say the power of their model lies in keeping all products under the NatureBox brand and the company’s use of data to create the ultimate customer service experience.
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In its third year of tracking greenhouse gas emissions, global stevia supplier PureCircle has lowered its carbon emissions by 15% compared to 2012, resulting in carbon savings of nearly 40,000 MT of GHG, according to the company's most recent carbon...
Meat processing grant Danish Crown has warned meat industry unions that the pressure to pay higher wages in Denmark at its Danish meat processing plants means most future fixed capital plant expansion and capacity investments will take place outside its...
India’s regulator responsible for agriculture exports has said it was not consulted ahead of the European Union’s decision this week to temporarily ban the import of Indian mangoes and vegetables due to pest concerns.
Breastfeeding advocate Baby Milk Action (BMA) has accused the Danone Group of attempting to “whitewash” the activities of its Nutricia India business, which is facing allegations it approved illegal payments to doctors.
Carlton & United Breweries will relabel stocks of beer that it acknowledges might have “misled” consumers into believing the product had been brewed hundreds of kilometres away from its real source.
The former owner of a poultry processing business has been jailed for four months and fined £8,000 for nine breaches of regulations.
Many UK foods marketed as halal may not hold up under external certification standards, according to the Halal Food Foundation.
Non-stick coating bakeware specialist FBS Prestige has seen phenomenal demand from the Middle East as the country’s bakery sector evolves, its CEO and chairman says.
Foods that are grown, produced, and traded internationally have a major impact on global water scarcity, according to new research suggesting water should be better considered in the food trading equation.
Turkey lags behind Western Europe when it comes to salt reduction, but has an openness that makes it ripe for bakers to introduce innovative technologies, according to Leatherhead Food Research.
Dietary recommendations for protein intake should be increased for healthy older adults to 1.0 to 1.2 g protein/kg body weight/day, says an international team of experts.
Porcine epidemic diarrhoea virus (PEDv) killed around 150,000 young pigs in Taiwan from October last year to this February, causing pork prices to reach a 10-year high in the country.
As part of our Healhy Reduction special edition, FoodNavigator asks what more can be done to reduce sugar, salt and fat consumption. And is it really necessary?
Norway’s meat and poultry industry federation meat (KLF - Kjøtt- og fjørfebransjens Landsforbund) has requested urgent talks with the country’s ministry of agriculture amid fears that the government’s present policy to charge full duty on imported meat...
A Supreme Court ruling in favor of POM Wonderful in its false advertising case against Coca-Cola could generate a lot of sleepless nights for food and beverage manufacturers, says one legal expert.
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Salt and sugar may have synergistic effects on the texture and quality of extruded snack products, and there is potential to reduce both without negative effects, according to new research.
Interactive Coding Equipment (ICE) which provides date, barcode and batch coding for products and packaging is using its Clarity software to prepare for the EU food regulation, due to come into force in December.
Water-assisted pulsed light processing could be a non-chemical alternative to chlorine washing to decontaminate blueberries, according to researchers.
Vivione Biosciences has received a Letter of No Objection (LNO) for its RAPID-B non-O157 Shigatoxigenic group of E.coli (STEC) test kit.
Multisorb Technologies is to host a presentation on quality retention and shelf-life extension for food products, on its stand (hall 11, stand D19) at Interpack 2014.
Canadian association Manitoba Beef Producers (MBP) has been awarded CA$297,000 in government investment, in order to improve the tools available for monitoring bovine tuberculosis (bTB) in livestock in the Riding Mountain Eradication Area of Manitoba.
Special edition: Healthy beverage trends
Chia and quinoa are hot; fruit and veg fibers are cool again, and chamomile is still #1 for calming. But baobab - once touted as the ultimate super-food and healthy beverage ingredient - has failed to live up to its early promise, says one leading...
A University of Auckland research team has found that people who eat both fruit and vegetables will have the best protection against common pancreatic diseases.
It is true for nearly every internationally traded commodity, and it is true for New Zealand’s meat. China wants it.. and its appetite is growing fast.