News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
2017 has been a rollercoaster ride for the food industry, with Amazon coughing up a cool $13.7bn for Whole Foods, a flurry of M&A activity from Nestlé, Hershey, Campbell Soup and Kellogg, and an exodus from the industry’s biggest trade association,...
Russia's meat industry grew by 4% for the past 12 months based on current forecasts sourced from the country, according to Russia's Minister of Agriculture Alexander Tkachev, with turkey the fastest growing segment.
Polish meat processor Sokołów S.A. has completed investments worth a total of PLN 110 million (€26 million) this year to increase and modernise its production capacities and launch new products.
Chicago-based Label Insight, a data company which collects and crunches label information on packaged food and beverages, has raised $21m in a Series C funding round.
News in brief
Firmenich is expanding its presence in the organic flavors market via a deal to acquire New Jersey-based Natural Flavors, Inc.
Bay area start-up Finless Foods – one of a new wave of cellular agriculture companies producing meat by culturing cells (without raising or slaughtering animals) – has slashed production costs by 50% since September and is aiming to achieve price parity...
Barry Callebaut has launched a 65% dark chocolate under its gourmet and organic chocolate brand, Van Leer, using coconut sugar.
Europe’s food and drink industry performed “positively” in the third quarter of 2017 with a 0.6% rise in turnover compared to the previous quarter, according to trade group FoodDrinkEurope.
US fast food chain The Wendy’s Company has announced that it is to expand its sustainability practices to beef and pork.
Agri-giant Cargill is partnering with water and hygiene group Ecolab to launch a start-up accelerator that aims to attract the world’s “brightest minds” in food production and agricultural technology.
Dublin-based biotech Nuritas says the closing of a €16 million of series A funding will allow it to scale up and grasp the ‘huge opportunities’ for the discovery and use of bioactive peptides through artificial intelligence (AI) and genomics.
Polish poultry processor SuperDrob Group has announced that it has signed a preliminary purchase agreement with Indykpol SA for a chicken slaughter facility in Lublin and a hatchery in Turiec.
Diets that are rich in plant-based foods are associated with a lower risk of cardiometabolic diseases, a new study highlights.
Aromyx has developed a biosensor that places the human taste and olfactory receptors into a bio-chip, digitising taste and smell for empirical and tailored reformulation.
Hershey’s acquisition of Amplify Snacks has made the chocolate company the second largest popcorn producer in the US market, ‘second to Frito-Lay,’ who owns Smartfood, said Euromonitor analyst Jared Koerten.
Smart Cups has launched its first ever 3D-polycapsule printed line of energy drinks in four flavors; Tropical Recess, Nerdy Lemon-T, Pucker Up Brain Boost and Magna Cum Latte.
Asian-style dietary patterns may be linked to a lower incidence of diabetes in the Gaza Strip, say researchers in Iran.
Interviews with top execs from Nestle, Crown and Jebsen & Jessen took the top spots in our most-viewed videos list of 2017.
Australia's supermarkets display "few positive impacts" when it comes to improving public health, despite the great power they wield in the nation's food system, according to a new study.