What legalized recreational marijuana can mean for food and beverage
Voters in California, Massachusetts, and Nevada passed legislation to legalize recreational marijuana, while in Maine it’s still too close to call.
Archives for November 10, 2016
Engaging via blogs helps meet consumers where they are, experts say
Interacting with consumers via bloggers is becoming an ever more important part of marketing plans in the dietary supplement and functional foods industries. And that includes both finished goods brands and ingredient suppliers.
Over half kids' food on Spanish TV use health halo claims: Research
Over half of all food products marketed to children on Spanish television make some kind of nutrition or health claim but many of these products are unhealthy, say researchers calling for nutrient profiles.
A cheese by any other name: Let plant-based alternatives use traditional dairy terms
Why call something 'vegan cheese' when you could call it 'a plant-derived, oil-based dairy analog'? How about because it is vegan cheese. It's time for the dairy lobby to see plant-based alternatives as complementary rather than competitive.
Strategies for private label products to reclaim slipping sales and market share
Years after the dot com and housing market crashes pushed consumers in droves to switch from national to store brands to save money, private label sales are starting to sag – forcing retailers to rethink their marketing strategies, according to a new...
US election fallout
How candy lobbying dollars were spent in election year
Discover which political candidates major confectionery firms such as Mars and Hershey backed with donations in 2016.
Major investment in pig processing site in Northern China
Thai conglomerate Charoen Pokphand’s (CP) Chinese business is investing CNY3.6 billion ($531m) in a site intended to process one million pigs annually in one of the country’s less populated regions.
Dateline Southeast Asia
Agrana expands dairy fruit operation to SE Asia and India
One of the leading fruit companies in the Far East has set out to expand in Southeast Asia by opening new offices in Thailand and India and signing an exclusive supply deal.
Methane explosion kills man at Siberian poultry farm
One man died, one is still in a hospital resuscitation unit and four others have been injured after a methane explosion at the sewage pumping station of a Siberian poultry farm run by meat processor the Prodo Group in Russia’s Omsk Oblast region on...
Sustainable commodity commitments rocket but most firms struggle with traceability
New commitments to tackle deforestation in commodity supply chains have almost doubled in the past 12 months, but pledges remain “piecemeal” with very few companies looking beyond palm oil, according to a recent analysis.
Lucozade Ribena Suntory to cut sugar content of portfolio by 50%
Lucozade Ribena Suntory is reformulating all its drinks to contain less than 4.5g of total sugar per 100ml.
EXCLUSIVE
Acrylamide proposals strengthened in new draft
The European Commission has moved to strengthen proposed new regulations on acrylamide, but the amendments are unlikely to be enough to appease campaigners.
Mislabelled fish could be the sustainable choice, especially in cases of fraud - but there's a catch
Deliberate cases of seafood mislabelling often substitute cheaper (and more plentiful) species for ones that are overfished. So is fish fraud a sustainable choice for stretched fish stocks?
Welsh meat gains traction in Hong Kong
Hybu Cig Cymru – Meat Promotion Wales (HCC) made significant progress in improving Welsh meat exports to Asia, as a branch of its Welsh Lamb Club was founded in Hong Kong this week.
Social Nature harnesses social media to drive consumer engagement
How do you generate buzz around your new product without breaking the bank?
Demos are expensive and time consuming, shows and events can be hit and miss, and redemption rates for coupons handed out at events can be frustratingly low. So how can you reach more target consumers, generate more buzz about your products, and use it...
New Zealand
Bigger companies now opting to outsource their sales to agencies
More big Kiwi food and grocery companies have been seeking specialist help from sales and merchandising agencies as cost and margin pressures increase, the boss of New Zealand's biggest field marketing agency has revealed.
Feature
Australian pasture feeding the booming South American cattle industry
The thriving South American beef industry is helping Australian pasture crops find new roots.
Australia-New Zealand
Regulator considers permitting use of all minor steviol glycosides
The antipodean food regulator is surveying opinion on an application by a natural sweetener company to permit a wider range of steviol glycosides for use as intense sweeteners.