From bread to bulbs: Food waste could provide environmentally sustainable LEDs
A team of US-based researchers have found a potential new use for food waste; creating new environmentally sustainable LED lights by using quantum dot technology.
Archives for October 13, 2015
Trendspotting at the Food Tech Expo and Summit in Mexico City
What are the hottest trends in food and beverage in Latin America? Steve Osborn, principal consultant, food and beverage, at The Aurora Ceres Partnership, headed to the Food Tech Expo and Summit in Mexico City to find out...
Food manufacturers must respond to consumers’ ‘huge cultural shift’
Food and drink manufacturers must respond to a “huge cultural shift” in consumer behaviour towards own-label products, according to grocery think tank IGD ceo Joanne Denney-Finch.
AB InBev deal set to change region’s beer landscape
With the deal to create the world’s biggest brewer agreed in principle, the Chinese and Australasian beer landscapes are destined to change, say analysts.
Freedom Foods: Gluten-free is well-established, but free-from (foods free of all the big 8 allergens) is the emerging opportunity
It’s the leader in the Australian ‘free-from’ market (free from all eight major allergens), but can Freedom Foods achieve similar success in the US? Two years into its campaign to crack America, the signs are encouraging, says US CEO Michael Bracka.
What are the bestselling food and beverage brands on Walmart.com?
Kellogg, Maxwell House, Quaker, Hershey’s, Welch’s, and Nabisco – all of these are brands that have spent significant time in the top 10 daily bestellers on Walmart.com, but how does it break down by category?
Dutch supplier unveils egg protein with pre-diabetic positioning
Dutch company Newtricious is bringing a new egg protein hydrosolate ingredient market with data backing its cardiovascular and metabolic health benefits.
Standard & Poor's reduces Fonterra credit rating over debt concerns
Standard & Poor's (S&P) has reduced Fonterra's credit rating - reflecting its concerns about the New Zealand dairy's debt levels.
Industrial chocolate to enjoy Asia and Latin America lift, says Technavio
The global industrial chocolate market is expected to grow volumes 2.4% a year up to 2019 as Barry Callebaut, Cargill and others make headway in Latin America and Asia, says Technavio.
Company has been ‘bombarded’ with offers from private equity and strategic investors
Daiya Foods: We always felt that the latent size of the dairy alternatives market was way bigger than people were claiming
In 2009, when Daiya Foods first started selling cheese alternatives, the addressable market (based on what was selling at the time) was an uninspiring $10m, a figure most investors and CPG brands won’t even get out of bed for. Fast forward six years,...
Organic standards review swerves animal welfare changes
Organic standards in Europe will not be tightened up to include more stringent animal welfare requirements, following a vote yesterday by the European Parliament’s Agriculture Committee.
Polish poultry controls backed after FVO audit
Poland’s control system on poultry meat and products has been backed after an audit by the Food and Veterinary Office (FVO).
CEF clears BASF FCM safety evaluation request
A panel of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has given the all-clear after BASF requested the safety of a food contact material (FCM).
Ukraine poultry processor invests in more land
Ukraine’s largest poultry producer, MHP, plans to acquire 100,000 hectares (ha) of agricultural land and several businesses inside and outside of the country.
Another status quo for the European organic sector?
EU organic legislation was supposed to dynamise the sector – but with the agricultural committee’s proposal yesterday deemed another status quo by organic groups, is future investment in the organic sector being compromised by the uncertainty?
This week Down Under
Man appears in court accused of infant formula poisoning threats
After an 11-month police investigation, a man has appeared in an Auckland court charged with threats he allegedly made to poison infant formula with the controversial 1080 pesticide.
NZ beef exports outstrip lamb and mutton returns
New Zealand's beef exports have exceeded the value of its lamb and mutton returns for the first time in 20 years.
The cricket bar: A healthy alternative to steak?
Christine Spliid was looking for a new healthy food business. On a trip to Asia, she found an off-kilter ingredient that worked perfectly: Crickets.