Key Insights from Food Vision
How to innovate: Ignore competition – it’s boring and very 80s
Manufacturers looking to succeed in innovation must forget competition and collaborate, says chocolate chef Dominique Persoone.
Archives for May 4, 2014
Big interview: Justin Gold, founder & CEO, Justin’s
Justin's CEO: When you start out, you say yes to every opportunity; as you get bigger, you have to start saying no
He doesn’t have the celebrity status of Chobani founder Hamdi Ulukaya, but in the world of nut butters, Justin Gold has pulled off a similar trick, transforming a business that began with a food processor and some nuts in his kitchen into a multi-million...
Millennials, food shopping and smartphones: Are you up to speed?
They’re addicted to their smartphones, big fans of social networking sites, and more likely than their parents to buy store brands. But what else do we know about Millennials - the 100 million Americans born between 1980 and 2000?
Digging into innovation & NPD with Datamonitor consumer
Black cereal: How to make a splash in China
Black ingredients are considered healthier in China and black breakfast cereals are making a debut splash in the market; a trend Western companies should take note of, says a Datamonitor researcher.
Ganeden secures patent protection for ultra-stable Bacillus coagulans probiotics in coffee, tea, cereal
Ganeden Biotech - the Ohio-based company behind ultra-resilient probiotic BC30 (Bacillus coagulans GBI-30, 6086) - has announced the issuance of a US patent covering the use of all Bacillus coagulans strains (including BC30) in coffee, tea and cereal.
China slaps temporary ban on British cheese imports
China has slapped a temporary ban on the import of British cheese after health officials from the country identified several hygiene issues at a single UK dairy.
Fire strikes three food facilities
Processing and packaging facilities in three different states have been hit by fires; crews are still assessing damages, estimated at more than $2.5m.
Drivers in an evolving food testing marketplace
Faster analysis and more accurate results are driving the food testing industry in an evolving marketplace, according to Thermo Fisher Scientific.
AFA to expand in China amid increased foreign competition
AFA Systems whose clients include Kellogg’s, ConAgra Foods, Kraft Foods and Nestle is looking to expand in China.
Australian regulator starts legal action against Coles
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has started proceedings in the Federal Court of Australia against local supermarket giant Coles over an alleged breach in the country’s consumer laws.
Devondale Murray Goulburn to invest AU$127m in 'dairy future'
Australian cooperative Devondale Murray Goulburn plans to plough an additional AU$127m (US$118m, €85m) into its "dairy future" with investments in cheese, infant formula and dairy beverages.
Fibre may increase post heart attack life expectancy by a quarter
Recommending a higher intake of cereal fibre after a heart attack may improve long-term survival rates, according to a nine-year research project.
IFT's Future Food 2050 project
The future of food, rooted in science
It’s becoming harder to avoid the looming UN statistic that the world population will reach 9.6 billion by 2050, and harder still to evade the question: How will we feed them all in an environment of dwindling resources?
Unilever withdraws Slimfast bars
Unilever has withdrawn three varieties of its Slimfast bars due to a packaging mix-up.
Oz acrylamide, aluminium levels safe yet still 'potentially harmful'
Food Standards Australia New Zealand, the Australasian regulator, has said that consumers’ exposure to acrylamide and aluminium through their diets is within international guidelines, even if these levels are still sufficient to pose a concern to health.
ADM to expand non-GMO soybean processing in India
US-based ingredient supplier Archer Daniels Midland Company will increase its production of non-GMO lecithin by expanding capacity at its soybean processing facility in the Maharashtra city of Latur, in India.
EPA: US consumers waste 36m tons of food each year
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is challenging food firms, cities, businesses, and others to join forces and stop food waste.
CANARY helps pathogen detection
PathSensors Inc. is introducing the portable Zephyr Pathogen Identifier system, which it claims delivers rapid, detection of bacteria, virus and toxins in powder and liquid samples in minutes.
GM acceptance in decline as global crop cultivation falls
The number of countries cultivating genetically modified crops has fallen for the first time, as acceptance of the technology declines, say Friends of the Earth (FoE).
Coca-Cola removing BVO from Powerade
UPDATED - Coca-Cola is removing BVO (brominated vegetable oil) from Powerade and other products by the end of this year.