Young Germans embrace meat reduction
Meat reduction and vegetarianism is a growing trend among German consumers – and one in five young people buys meat alternatives, according to new research from Mintel.
Archives for June 9, 2015
Low-income families need to spend one third of income to eat healthily
Low-income families need to spend at least one third of their weekly income on food if they want to eat healthily, a Food Standards Agency survey has found.
Nestlé strengthens Chinese ice cream business with $16m investment
Nestle has moved to strengthen its Chinese ice cream business with investments totalling RMB100m (US$16m) at its plants in Tianjin and Guangzhou.
General Mills launches Yoplait brand in yogurt-hungry China
General Mills has launched the Yoplait yogurt brand in China - a move described as a "major milestone" for the US food giant.
Diamond Food’s expands healthy, natural snack offerings under Kettle and nut brands
Efforts by Emerald Premium Snack- and Kettle brand chip-maker Diamond Food’s Inc. to meet consumer demand for healthy, natural and convenient snacks are paying off with sales climbing 2.5% to $662.4 million in the first three-quarters of the year,...
Fits like a glove: Anchor Safety and Stalsen get grip on food industry
Anchor Safety is urging poultry food processing companies to look at the role of personal protective equipment (PPE) in reducing cross-contamination when handling poultry.
Noosa on course to generate revenues of $100m in 2015, says co-founder
Just over five years after hitting the US market, honey-infused Aussie-style yogurt Noosa is on course to generate revenues of $100m in 2015 as more consumers embrace whole milk products promising healthy indulgence, says co-founder Koel Thomae.
Three Twins organic ice cream CEO: ‘My cash reserves were down to zero, but I made it, because people believed in the brand’
There have been some hairy moments during Neal Gottlieb’s decade at the helm of Three Twins organic ice cream, from maxed out credit cards to sleepless nights trying to secure capital at the height of the recession. But his tenacity paid off and his...
Fermented food intake linked to fewer anxiety symptoms: Study
Increased intakes of fermented foods may be associated with fewer symptoms of social anxiety, particularly for people at higher genetic risk, says a new study.
Benecol enters China
Finnish food-agriculture giant Raisio has launched its cholesterol-lowering, plant stanol-based Benecol brand in China in a powder form via mostly medical channels in its big coastal cities.
India
Maggi: Regulator to test other brands' noodles as outrage grows
India’s food regulator will test all brands of instant noodles, pasta and macaroni that contain Tastemaker masala in the wake of what has been labelled by observers as the highest profile case they have ever had to tackle.
Shimadzu expects ‘considerable and rapid’ LC/MS/MS growth
Shimadzu says its LC/MS triple quadrupole mass spectrometer will strengthen its rapid growth in the sector and push the limits of quantitation for applications requiring high sensitivity.
CDC repeats antibiotic resistance message
Antibiotic resistance in foodborne germs is an ‘ongoing public health threat’, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), exactly the same message it delivered last year.
Germans shunning meat, report reveals
Traditionally big meat eaters, young Germans are turning towards vegetarianism, a new study of 1,000 people aged over 16 from Mintel has revealed.
Cross-promoting center-store items with produce could boost sales, FMI study finds
Manufacturers could boost the struggling sales of shelf-stable products sold in the center of the store by co-branding and merchandising them with related, high-velocity produce, sales of which are outpacing those of the total- and center-store,...
Coca-Cola Enterprises pledges to cut calories by 10% by 2020
Coca-Cola Enterprises is positioning itself as ‘part of the solution to obesity,’ as it pledges to reduce calories by 10% per litre across its beverage portfolio in the next five years.
Researchers take aim at food-waste in the home
The top causes of food waste in homes include buying too much, preparing in abundance, unwillingness to consume leftovers, and improper food storage, say researchers from the Cornell Food and Brand Lab.
Boulder Brands CEO Steve Hughes quits as firm warns Q2 sales will decline
Shares in Boulder Brands – the firm behind EVOL Foods, Udi’s Gluten Free and Smart Balance – plummeted this morning after CEO Steve Hughes resigned and the firm warned that second-quarter sales would likely be 5-7% lower than they were in Q2, 2014,...
Big Inter-chew: Gum giant talks strategy & innovation in 2015
Wrigley sees recovery after ‘bringing the fun’ back to gum with Juicy Fruit and sours
Wrigley says marketing dollars and R&D efforts put into its Juicy Fruit brand last year helped win back young U.S. consumers who had moved away from the category and hopes innovations with sour flavors will pull in even more young people.
This week Down Under
Government consults public on new country-of-origin system
Government consults public on new country-of-origin system
Review takes probiotics for preterm infants ‘another step forward’
Supplementing enteral nutrition with a probiotic strain may reduce the risk of bowel tissue death and other serious health risks in premature infants, says a systematic review.