News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
‘Our platform enables us to understand and reverse-engineer all animal products’
Plant-based burger maker Impossible Foods has raised a jaw-dropping amount of money for a food company (almost $400m in debt and equity), albeit one supported by a lot of IP. So what gives its bosses the confidence they can generate the kind of returns...
dispatches from Analytica 2018
Bruker has launched a portable X-ray fluorescence (XRF) elemental analyser at Analytica 2018 in Munich.
News in brief
Boston-based Farmwise – which makes Veggie Fries – has closed a $4.5m financing round led by Cleveland Avenue, the venture capital firm founded by former McDonald’s president Don Thompson, with participation from meat products maker Home Market Foods.
After one year as DanoneWave, to reflect the April 2017 merger of Danone and US-based White Wave Foods, the company has rebranded to Danone North America and has also become the largest Certified B Corporation (B Corp) in the world.
Attorney: 'My client is playing by the rules but he’s not competing in a fair marketplace'
If manufacturers cannot ensure that the alcohol in their kombuchas remains consistently below 0.5% throughout the shelf life, they should stop falsely advertising them as soft drinks and compete “fairly” by selling them alongside alcoholic brands such as...
News in Brief
The International Accreditation Forum (IAF) and the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) are to ensure harmonisation of accreditation practices across GFSI-benchmarked food safety certification programmes.
Nestlé wants to make 100% of its packaging recyclable or reusable by 2025. The company says its ‘clear announcement’ demonstrates its commitment to ‘minimise’ the impact of packaging on the environment but critics argue a more radical approach is necessary.
In a radical revamp of its risk assessment process, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) could publish confidential data if deemed essential to protecting public health, according to draft rules aimed at boosting transparency and trust in science.
For many consumers, “fats” remains a four-letter word to avoid, despite the health claims and media buzz surrounding grass fed butter, coconut oil, avocados, omega-3s and other sources of the nutrient, according to an industry analyst with NPD Group.
State of the organic industry part 3
Manufacturers and other stakeholders must find ways to help close the yield gap that many farmers experience when they transition from conventional to organic, or else risk domestic production of organic crops -- and the lower prices they often offer –...
Dairy that is fermented and brewed like beer could soon be on tap as Sam Alcaine, assistant professor at Cornell University’s Department of Food Science, turns dairy waste into an alcoholic drink.
The European Commission’s New Deal forbids dual quality food and gives authorities the power to fine companies for marketing products that are ‘significantly different’. "Consumer authorities will finally get teeth to punish the cheaters," said justice...
Beef + Lamb New Zealand has produced eight guidelines for graziers to prevent cattle from contracting the bacterium mycoplasma bovis.
Growing interest from Moroccans in poultry genetic materials has led to the purchase of fertile turkey eggs and chicks from Brazil.
Brazil’s Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply (MAPA) has reported a record month for beef exports in March totalling US$591.97 million (m).
World Animal Protection has described the decision by Thailand-based Charoen Pokphand Foods to remove pregnant pigs from cages as a “significant step” in improving pig welfare on farms.
Industry 4.0 represents a fundamental shift in the global manufacturing sector but questions abound around who it effects, what are its challenges, and when it will begin.
Start-ups including a Cambodian firm that produces a unique banana sugar and a Vietnam cricket protein company are among the 23 businesses selected to take part in the Mekong Agritech Accelerator (MATCh) programme.
Singapore has launched its first organic standard, which officials believe is possibly the world’s first organic standard for produce grown in urban and indoor conditions.
Havi and SF Holding have announced that they have entered into a joint-venture agreement aimed at building a leading cold chain logistics company in China.