Kellogg tells suppliers to halve GHG emissions by 2050
Kellogg will work with its suppliers directly for the first time to help reduce their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 50% by 2050.
Archives for December 11, 2015
Big food firms are climate smart but social media stupid
Brands are blowing a major opportunity to communicate their sustainability initiatives to millions of consumers with social media updates that are “inane, safe and saccharinely artificial in their bonhomie”, says a report.
Method extension for DuPont’s BAX System X5 PCR Assay for Salmonella
DuPont’s BAX System X5 PCR Assay for Salmonella has received a method extension from the AOAC.
Vietnam opens market to French beef
France and Vietnam have reached an agreement for the former to export beef products to the south-east Asian state after a 15-year ban on French beef.
Tesco to slash sugar content in more children’s food
Tesco is to roll out sugar reduction targets to its own-label suppliers in new categories of food and drink in the New Year, following the success it has achieved in healthier reformulation of children’s soft drinks, its group quality director Tim Smith...
Tomorrow’s Meatballs: Algae, lab-grown meat, insects
Algae, lab-grown meat and insects rolled into balls could be used to replace the traditional meatball in the not-too distant future, according to Ikea’s research lab.
Far East digest
Japanese coalition compromises on planned food tax hike
Japan's ruling coalition partners have agreed to a to exempt food products from a planned tax hike in 2017, when general consumption tax will be increased by two percentage points.
Muller Quaker Dairy JV ends in disappointment, but what went wrong?
Just two and a half years after opening a $206m, 350,000 sq ft factory in Batavia, New York, PepsiCo and German dairy giant Theo Müller Group have agreed to count their losses and exit their joint venture (Muller Quaker Dairy). The plant has been sold to...
Food for kids!
Mobile app aims to help children pick healthy, portion-controlled food
Ensuring children have healthy options in their lunches and for snacks is one way to help them fight obesity, but for the times when they select their own food at restaurants and friends’ houses, a new app and coaching program from Kurbo Health Inc. can...
Food for kids!
True Drinks strikes budget-friendly balance between marketing AquaBall to kids and parents
A common conundrum for marketers of children’s food and beverages is how to engage two sets of stakeholders without doubling the budget.
Definition of 'artisan' urgently needed: Consultant
A definition of ‘artisan’ products is urgent, says one food law expert, as an Italian court cracks down on two crisps manufacturers falsely claiming to be artisanal.
Australia-China collaboration to focus on grains, health and wine
Australia and China are set to foster closer ties in agricultural research and wine production with the launch of a new collaborative research centre at the University of Adelaide's Waite campus in South Australia.
Australia not sheepish about ‘industry’s growing value’
Australian sheepmeat has been buoyed by the “shrinking” competition of New Zealand’s flock and – despite a dip in slaughtered lambs – is predicated to be stronger in 2016.