Fruit and veg can lower blood pressure according to reviewers
Increasing potassium-rich natural foods in the diet could reduce blood pressure and thus, cardiovascular and kidney disease, according to a review conducted in the US.
Archives for April 5, 2017
Palm oil and cocoa commitments undermined by poor regulation
Food manufacturers are struggling to tackle deforestation because of failures by governments both at home and overseas, according to candid interviews with a number of high-profile firms.
Mexico preparing export push if NAFTA fails
The Mexican government has begun preparing for a “negative outcome” should the North American Free Trade Association (NAFTA) crumble, according to Rabobank.
Ingredia and La Prosperité Fermière partner with WWF France on sustainability
French company Ingredia and its parent group, the cooperative Prosperité Fermière, have signed a strategic partnership with WWF France to reduce the impacts and negative environmental factors of dairy production.
How many hot dogs do Americans eat?
Baseball fans in the US are expected to devour nearly 19 million hot dogs this year, as the new Major League Baseball (MLB) season runs into play.
Sunrise Strategic Partners invests in Vital Farms: 'When consumers understand what cage-free really means, they'll switch to pasture-raised'
Emerging brands accelerator Sunrise Strategic Partners has made a minority investment in Vital Farms, which launched with 20 hens in Austin, Texas, in 2007 and is now the largest provider of pasture-raised eggs in the country.
ADM calls for single strategy to plug jobs gap
A senior Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) executive wants the public and private sectors to work on a single strategy to address the millions of jobs expected to go unfilled in food manufacturing.
Dateline Southeast Asia
Logistics firm expands Japanese chilled food deliveries to Thailand
A door-to-door food delivery service linking vendors in Japan with customers in Thailand will launch next week to tap into the increasing Far Eastern food fad in Southeast Asia.
Chr. Hansen posts ‘strong’ H1 with organic revenue growth of 10%
Food and nutrition bioscience firm Chr. Hansen says it is well positioned to deliver its ambitious full year targets, as it reports 10% organic revenue growth for the first half of its financial year.
Potential new head of FDA could postpone Nutrition Facts label changes if confirmed
The implementation deadline for the new Nutrition Facts label, which includes a new line indicating added sugars, could be pushed back several years if President Trump’s nominee for FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb is confirmed.
Russia defends Brazil over rotten meat scandal
Russia has enhanced laboratory controls over meat imported from Brazil but will take no further action following the rotten meat scandal, according to Julia Melano, press secretary of Russia’s veterinary body Rosselkhoznadzor.
China to employ European animal welfare standards
Britain’s animal welfare standards will act as a guideline for procedures in China, with the help of a new grant.
Move aside peas... chickpea protein has just as much potential, claims Israeli start-up
Soy, rice and peas still dominate the plant-based protein market, but chickpeas could soon give them all a serious run for their money, predicts Israeli start-up CHiCK.P, which is seeking a strategic partner to commercialize its patent-pending process...
Spindrift CEO: 'We have all the makings of a brand that can be disruptive'
Multinationals are investing in – or snapping up - smaller, more entrepreneurial brands in the natural and organic food and beverage space faster than you can say ‘because that’s where the growth is’. So will Spindrift – which is on a mission to disrupt...
Over 170 firefighters tackle meat factory inferno
A “relentless effort” from the Los Angeles Fire Department saved half of a massive meat factory in the US state of California after a “raging inferno” ripped through the facility.
USDA reassures poultry farmers that their organic status is safe if birds moved indoors to avoid flu
USDA encourages organic poultry farmers in areas where outbreaks of avian flu have been reported recently to bring their birds inside, and reassures them that doing so will not risk their organic status, according to a memo released this week.
Pladis plans health focus for British biscuit market
At the launch of its second annual biscuit review, the manufacturer of McVitie’s (the UK’s largest selling biscuit brand) said it will make Britons’ much-loved snack even healthier.
FSMA rule requirements already best practice - C.H. Robinson
Industry is already complying with requirements of a FSMA rule that comes into effect this month, according to a produce and cold chain logistics company.
Unilever to sell off spreads business
The Anglo-Dutch food giant has announced its intention to sell off its spreads business as part of a range of new moves following a failed acquisition attempt by KraftHeinz.
Snaxpo 2017
Kraft Food Ingredients ups clean label portfolio with dairy-based snacking prototypes
Kraft Food Ingredients (KFI) said the Kraft Heinz merger is a definite advantage in developing novel clean label snacks.