News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
Despite the escalating ‘war on sugar,’ including so-called sin taxes and manufacturers’ efforts to cut-back on the ingredient in some products, industry stakeholders remain confident sugar can hold its own against competing sweeteners and reduction...
FDA commissioner: 'We will have more to say on the 'natural' issue soon'
While defining ‘natural’ for the purposes of food labeling has not appeared to be high on the FDA’s priority list since it announced its 2015 probe, things could be about to change, predict Perkins Coie attorneys Charles Sipos and Lauren Staniar.
Unilever USA’s first foray into the organic snacks category – via plant-based clusters and bites under the Growing Roots brand - is underpinned by a social mission, with half of the profits to go to expanding urban farming initiatives in the US.
UK regulators want a 20% reduction the calorie content of certain “popular foods” by 2024 as part of the government’s drive to tackle obesity.
Researchers from the University of Granada (UGR) have found a cereal-based bread enriched with soluble fiber, proteins and dried fruit could alleviate hunger.
New research showing organic farming more effectively restores soil carbon and reduces the cause of climate change compared to conventional techniques could sway more shoppers to buy organic – especially as conscious consumerism continues to rise.
An infusion of nearly $1 million in seed funding is helping three students from Yale offer consumers the ultimate convenience: a nutrition bar that combines sustenance and caffeine, and a novel text-to-purchase option that allows shoppers to place an...
The Ahmedabad branch of India’s Consumer Dispute Redressal Forum has fined Indian bakery giant Brittania Industries for selling underweight packets of biscuits.
NCA State of the Industry Conference 2018
Mars Wrigley Confectionery CEO Martin Radvan says the company is looking at emerging markets like China to spot future consumer trends.
Brazilian authorities have re-ignited their investigation into the meat industry, with a probe into processor BRF SA as well as laboratories accused of covering up salmonella in chicken.
Dispatches from Pittcon 2018 in Orlando
The trend of bringing the lab to the sample instead of the sample to the lab is continuing, according to the head of the MicroNIR business at Viavi Solutions.
Brain has opened a US subsidiary called B.R.A.I.N. Biotechnology Research and Information Network US (BRAIN LLC) to expand its business across North America.
New Zealand pork and pork products have been granted access to Australia.
The US has been given approval to export pork to Paraguay.
Following the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s (ACCC) comments over a potential lack of competition should Saputo’s purchase of Murray Goulburn go ahead, the Canadian company has said it will sell the plant in question so its takeover can...
European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) scientists have confirmed the safety of the food additives, sodium, potassium and calcium salts of fatty acids and magnesium salts of fatty acids.
New data on how the probiotic lactobacilli can help honey bees live longer and healthier lives, as well as how beneficial bacteria may lower the risk of humans being contaminated by environmental chemicals, is to be unveiled in Singapore.
Nestlé will assess how the food and nutrition industry can best meet the needs of China's rapidly ageing population at our Healthy Ageing APAC Summit in Singapore in June.
Astaxanthin supplementation may benefit type 2 diabetics by lowering their blood pressure and enhancing their glucose metabolism, say researchers in Iran.
Sri Lankan beverage firms appear to have been hit in the pocket by the country’s new tax on sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs).
Asian-inspired healthy snacking brand Dang Foods has picked up a sizeable chunk of new business this year with Walmart, Kroger, Starbucks, Hudson News and Whole Foods that will see it boost store numbers to 11,000 by the summer, and hinted at plans to...
Consumers are more likely to view nutrition labels for convenience foods, cereals, snack foods, bakery products and oils, research in New Zealand has revealed.
FoodEx Japan 2018
With the 43rd FoodEx Japan show underway in Tokyo this week, we uncover what some of the nation’s product buyers are on the lookout for when it comes to selecting new imports.