News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
Long-awaited guidance from the FDA spelling out which isolated or synthetic non-digestible carbohydrates it believes should be classified as ‘dietary fiber’ on the Nutrition Facts panel brings to an end a period of extended uncertainty for companies...
Finnish meat processor HKScan has revealed that 34 of its employees at its Paimio unit have started striking “illegally” in a dispute over wages.
A myriad of solutions are needed to make plastic food packaging more sustainable, said top brass at Ekoplaza, Ikea and Futamura last week. “In some cases we need to completely break free, in some we need to use different materials and in others we need...
Children and adolescents across Latin America are not meeting fluid intake recommendations, raising concerns about their hydration status, says a new study.
Gluten-free and lactose-free are two of the leading growth categories in the evolving free-from category in Brazil, with ‘free-from’ also tipped as the most promising trend across the whole region, according to Euromonitor International.
While the US beverage industry is “fundamentally strong” with double-digit sales growth in the last five years, it also is experiencing “big swings” that are reordering the leaderboard as consumers revamp their daily routines to focus more on their...
Butter can have a bright future in Brazil but the category needs clever flavor and packaging innovation to tempt consumers who traditionally prefer margarine, says a Mintel analyst.
Exclusive interview
Nestlé has kicked its innovation engine up a gear and is rolling out new products that tap into emerging consumer trends. Nestlé UK Food MD Paula Jordan tells FoodNavigator that plant-based is “an important growth platform” for the company in Europe and...
Wanting everything to be perfect when launching a new brand is understandable – but it is also a huge detriment that can delay the initial takeoff or hold back a product or company from reaching its full potential long-term, according to the CEO of ice...
Using heirloom coloured rice, Lotus Foods' premium products pack a nutritional punch and are grown in a sustainable way that yields 'more crop per drop'. "I don’t know of any other farming system that does both environmental and social achievements in...
Official controls of infant formula plants in Ireland are mostly well-organised and structured, according to an audit.
Child labor
A raft of promises and reports were published on this year’s World Day Against Child Labor, highlighting the extent of forced labor in the cocoa industry with calls for greater transparency to help solve the problem.
New Zealand’s Commerce Commission has released its opinion that Fonterra’s estimate of risk in calculating the cost of financing milk processing operations is too low.
Execs on the move
Mars Wrigley Confectionery has promoted its current chief marketing and customer officer, Andrew Clarke, to the role of global president.
Israeli-based Aleph Farms has urged the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) to promote the clean meat movement, such as antibiotic- and pathogen-free products, to improve food safety.
Romanian poultry meat business AAylex Group has signed a deal worth €25 million with Poland-based investment fund Credit Value Investments (CVI).
The US senate has rolled out the Modernising Agricultural Transportation Act, designed to revise existing trucking regulations and improve flexibility for livestock haulier drivers.
The Agriculture & Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) has created a best-practice guide that will facilitate sharing data among the agricultural industry.
Japanese company Nippon Luna has signed an agreement with Icelandic firm MS Iceland Dairies (MS) for production of the latter’s Ísey Skyr dairy products.
New research by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) shows that Australians are not eating the right types, or the right quantities of protein for healthy weight loss.
US functional coffee and matcha tea firm NuZee has established a new, wholly-owned subsidiary and broken ground on a new manufacturing plant in Korea as it seeks to boost its trade in Asia.
Healthy Ageing APAC Summit 2018
Reformulation experts have warned food and beverage manufacturers against seeking to create ‘wonder foods’ in an attempt to solve Asia Pacific’s growing health challenges.