News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
Social media has made photogenic food a must – meaning that colour is becoming an increasingly important purchase driver. To meet this demand, food manufacturers need to deliver vibrant colours that are also perceived as natural.
NEWS IN BRIEF
Kemin has developed a “consumer-friendly” plant-based shelf life extension solution, NaturFORT RSGT, for ambient products such as salad dressings and sauces, using a blend of rosemary, spearmint, and green tea extracts.
Blue mermaid lattes and unicorn smoothie bowls may have star status on social media but their appeal is not just visual. The ingredients behind the blue hue – spirulina and butterfly pea flowers – are seen as inherently healthy.
Dispatches from Analytica 2018
IRSweep is looking to take advantage of applications including food analysis with mid‐IR sensing being a young and developing field in the laboratory analytical instrumentation market.
With an estimated one in three people suffering from malnutrition, the extent of hunger around the world is significant – but so too is the impact of investments in malnutrition prevention, such as those made this week in Washington, DC, by Kraft Heinz.
Artificial intelligence has the potential to radically reinvent the global food production system, with far reaching consequences on health, nutrition and environmental impact.
A new method of detecting Arabica coffee that has been tainted by lower-quality Robusta beans has been developed by food science training centre The Quadram Institute.
Singapore’s premium wine sector shows plenty of promise, with a growing economy and increasingly affluent consumers searching for quality products, according to data and analytics company GlobalData.
News in Brief
Iberchem Group is to acquire a majority stake in a specialist developer and manufacturer of food flavours and colours, Versachem.
Scotland has set a target of halving childhood obesity by 2030.
From beetroot juice to red radish colouring food or fermented vegetarian leghemoglobin, manufacturers are finding ways to mimic the colour of meat in meat analogues. We take a look at some of the offerings.
The Sustainable Food Trust has called for government action over the high rate of small UK abattoir closures, describing the situation as reaching “critical level”.
Market investment
Private equity firm Sonoma Brands has invested an undisclosed sum in vegan and paleo chocolate maker Hu Products for its US national expansion.
British-based women’s networking group Meat Business Women has inspired a similar concept in New Zealand.
news in brief
Tyson Fresh Meats, the beef and pork subsidiary of Tyson Foods, has launched the Chairman’s Reserve Prime Pork Certified Butcher Program.
Sales success across JBS’ American business units has boosted its overall net revenue up by 5.8% from R$37.6m to R$39.7m in its Q1 results to 31 March 2018.
The UK pig industry has been praised for reducing antibiotic usage by 28% in 2017.
The safe level of a natural ingredient in potatoes has been revised downwards in Germany following cases of poisoning.
Heinz Wattie’s is set to cut more than 40 jobs in the Hawke’s Bay region of North Island, New Zealand.
Coca-Cola India has launched two new drink categories — Enhanced Hydration and Nutritious Dilutables — as it seeks to enhance its range of more healthy and functional products.
Singapore has launched its first standard for manufacturers and processors to manage food waste, along with new software to track and trace production inefficiencies, as part of its fight to reduce the 800,000 tonnes of food that is discarded each year.
Japan’s largest convenience store chain, 7-Eleven, has launched a 24-hour delivery service, Net Konbini, to compete with e-commerce players such as Rakuten and Amazon.
A scientific survey has found half of Pakistan's population to be obese and facing a high risk of diabetes.