News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
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NEWS IN BRIEF
Global ingredients maker DuPont Nutrition & Health is divesting its alginates business to Germany-headquartered JRS Group, a specialist in functional additives and plant-based raw materials.
Permanent training, capacity building programs and independent regulatory bodies are needed in countries developing genetically-modified (GM) crop production, like Paraguay and Colombia, to ensure solid risk assessment, say researchers from the...
Demand for local food is climbing, yet our modern food distribution system is ill-equipped to handle small supply from local independent farmers, according to the founder of Foodshed.io, a new app using blockchain technology to solve for inefficiencies...
Meal kit news
Sun Basket has continued its individualized nutrition approach with the launch of a diabetes-friendly, “carbohydrate-conscious” meal plan developed in collaboration with the American Diabetes Association (ADA).
Collagen has long held a place of worth in the beauty industry for its proclaimed abilities to reverse the signs of aging, strengthen nails and thicken hair, but now it is expanding into food and beverage where its restorative powers are quickly earning...
People on a high fat diet lose the ability to sense or taste fat in the food they eat, researchers have found.
US food conglomerate The Kraft Heinz Company has invested around €90m over a two-year period to establish its operations in the Netherlands as a “global growth engine”.
The majority of Norwegian consumers do not believe the grocery industry cares about the environment. Orkla, the region’s largest food maker, believes there is an opportunity to prove them wrong.
Netherlands-based Vion Food Group has temporarily halted activities at its Leeuwarden beef abattoir to resolve “small” technical modifications.
There is a “clear and consistent” correlation between marketing of products high in fat, salt or sugar (HFSS) and their consumption among 11-19 year olds, according to a Cancer Research UK study.
Pernod Ricard says its new whisky joint venture in Myanmar represents the first time a major global producer of wine and spirits has established a formal presence in the country.
US weather conditions, low Brazilian domestic export prices and changes to live cattle trading have all been highlighted as potential factors that could change the course of the global beef market, according to Rabobank Beef Q2 results.
The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) has applauded the introduction of the Transporting Livestock Across American Safety Act (TLAAS) following concerns over the mandate electronic logging devices for livestock hauliers and existing Hours of...
Russian veterinary body Rosselkhoznadzor is to cull 239,000 chickens at the Nadezhdinskaya Ptitsa poultry farm in Primorsky Krai, in Russia’s Far East region, following an outbreak of low-pathogenic avian influenza (AI) H9N2.
news in brief
International meat supplier Jan Zandbergen has expanded its grain-fed beef offering with the new Evita’s Choice range.