News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
Clean meat technology is progressing rapidly, says Brian Spears, co-founder at cell cultured meat start-up New Age Meats, but perhaps not as quickly as we've been led to believe, as there’s a huge difference between launching at a high-end restaurant and...
Global demand for products made with tapioca starch is set to rise, supported by increased interest in products that deliver health benefits and are free from gluten and other allergens.
A lawsuit alleging that Nestlé USA is misleading shoppers with its ‘No GMO Ingredients’ seal is unlikely to make much progress, predict legal experts, but it does highlight the confusion surrounding Non-GMO claims given that the standards underpinning...
Some 90% of India’s dairy farms have adopted a ration balancing software tool that reduces methane emissions by 12-15% per kg of milk while reducing feed costs and increasing productivity.
Increased interest in functional foods and beverages across Central and South America is helping to drive Naturex’s sales of its health and wellness ingredients, as well as its natural colors and preservatives.
The Sugar Association is fighting back against sugar’s increasingly bad reputation by launching a new consumer-oriented, science-based website that seeks to place the ingredient in a “more accurate context of an overall diet and restore consumers’ sense...
Thanks to rising consumer interest in functional ingredients and the idea of food as medicine, the global mushroom market is, well, mushrooming.
Financial results
B&G’s recent acquisitions of Back to Nature and McCann’s Irish Oatmeal have driven the company’s Q2 revenue to increase by 7.4% year-over-year.
The first four months of the UK’s sugar tax has failed to create any significant change in consumer behaviour; but it has encouraged widespread reformulation and the proliferation of lower sugar options, according to Nielsen.
analysis
Brexit has loomed over the UK meat industry, as well as EU countries, for a number of months, with meat processors and farmers being left in the dark about what the future might hold.
Thailand pork and poultry business Charoen Pokphand Foods PCL (CPF) has benefited from overseas market growth, which contributed to an 8% rise in the company’s overall sales in the second quarter.
Canadian-based Abattoir Zampini is to benefit from a CA$300,000 support package issued by the Government.
Acquistion
Irish company Valeo Foods to expand its global reach with acquisition of Tangerine, a year after buying Raiso’s Big Bear Confectionery brands.
News in brief
The a2 Milk Company has reaffirmed its strategic arrangements with China State Farm Holding Shanghai Co., Ltd. (CSFA Shanghai).
Korean food company Lotte Foods Co., Ltd. has announced it has signed an MOU with New Zealand sheep milk nutrition company, Spring Sheep Milk Co.
German dairy cooperative DMK Group said it is responding to changing consumer needs with updates to its Milram brand as more consumers are paying attention to a health-conscious diet and are increasingly turning to products with as little sugar as possible.
Spanish authorities have seized 45 tons of “illegally treated” tuna fish as part of a crackdown on fraudulent food coordinated by Europol and Interpol.
Swallowable sensors that could revolutionise how scientists and medical professionals monitor the gut and diagnose conditions will be the focus of a keynote presentation at our upcoming Probiota Asia Summit in Singapore.
Philippine conglomerate San Miguel revealed that it is preparing to sell a 20% stake in its food and beverage business unit, valued at around $1.7bn, on the same day it posted promising half-year figures.
Mitsubishi Corporation (MC) will purchase an 80% stake in Gourmet Delica Co. Ltd. from current owner Kewpie Corporation.