MHP plans to acquire Perutnina Ptuj
Ukrainian poultry producer MHP has announced that it is seeking to acquire meat processor Perutnina Ptuj.
Archives for September 25, 2018
NEWS IN BRIEF
ReGrained closes $2.5m financing round to commercially scale its upcycled ‘super grain’
San Francisco-based ReGrained, a startup transforming food waste into value-added food ingredients, has closed a $2.5m series seed financing round led by privately-held global product development company Griffith Foods with participation from Barilla...
Urban Roots Veggie Side Kits expansion: ‘Home cooking shouldn’t require a subscription’
Convenient solutions for getting dinner on the table at a reasonable hour are growing and the expansion of produce distributor Baldor Specialty Foods’ retail line, Urban Roots Veggie Side Kits, is intended to give consumers a time-saving and creative...
Monogram to invest $30m in snacks division
US-based manufacturer of value-added meats Monogram Food Solutions is to invest $30m to expand its snacks division in Virginia.
Japan beef exports to Taiwan grow after lifting of BSE ban
Taiwan has become the top importer of Japanese beef, less than one year since lifting a ban on the product.
Opertech Bio to team up with Tate & Lyle on a novel approach to sugar reduction via TERRA accelerator
Opertech Bio – the Philadelphia-based firm behind an automated high throughput system for rapid characterization of taste sensory properties – will team up with Tate & Lyle to apply its technology to sugar reduction after winning a place on the TERRA...
Vion Pork unveils senior management changes
Vion, the international meat producer, has appointed Frans Stortelder as chief strategic projects from 1 January 2019.
IPA defends probiotic efficacy & safety after questions by Pieter Cohen in JAMA journal
Supplement critic Dr Pieter Cohen has trained his sights on probiotics for a new opinion paper, stating that the sector has spun hundreds of small studies favorably and also practices creative advertising.
Preview: Tokyo Pack 2018
Braskem to strengthen its market presence in Japan
Braskem, thermoplastic resin producer, will strengthen its market presence in Japan by exhibiting at Tokyo Pack for the first time (October 2-5).
Industry leaders adopt tighter voluntary nutritional standards for advertising to children 12 and younger
A voluntary decision by leading food and beverage manufacturers and restaurants to strengthen the nutritional requirements for products advertised to children in the US will require nearly half of the products currently marketed to kids to be...
‘What gets measured gets managed’: Tesco suppliers commit to sharing food waste data
Tesco CEO Dave Lewis is calling on the global food industry to be more transparent about food waste by publishing food waste data - and some of the retailer's largest suppliers have already signed up to the initiative.
Citizen petition to prohibit non-GMO claims as misleading likely won’t gain traction, attorneys predict
A citizen petition filed Sept. 24 by the Information Technology & Innovation Foundation asking FDA to prohibit 'non-GMO' claims on foods and beverages likely will not gain broader industry support or traction with the agency, according to industry experts.
Better than bouillon: Carrés Futés blends cocoa butter & vegetables in healthy 'flavour bar'
French start-up CarréLéon has created a culinary aid that blends cocoa butter and vegetables in a bar that consumers add to sauces and other dishes to make them more healthy and tasty.
UK yogurt study finds high sugar content
A study in the Journal of Dairy Science on sugar reduction in dairy products comes at a time when yogurt is under the spotlight for its sugar content in the UK.
Hydrosol: Addressing current food trends with new stabilizing systems
At Gulfood Manufacturing in Dubai, Hydrosol is presenting new stabilizing and texturing systems.
Vitafoods Asia 2018
"Feeling good is looking good": Asia leading the way for nutri-cosmetics and healthy ageing
Asia is leading the charge in the nutri-cosmetics and aged care sectors, riding on the growing 'beauty from within’ trend driven by the notion that "feeling good is looking good".
Australia and New Zealand set for retail sales of monk fruit sweetener by 2019
Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) aims to permit the sale of monk fruit as a sweetener in the two countries by January 2019. Currently, monk fruit is only approved for sale as a fruit or drink flavouring.
Taxing soda vs sugar: Which is the way to stop sugar over-consumption in Malaysia?
Implementing a tax on soda will not be enough to stop Malaysians' over-consumption of sugar, says a local think tank.
Lower socioeconomic status linked to greater appetite for meat: New study
You are what you meat, with poorer people having more of a taste for protein than those who are wealthier and have more power.
Manufacturers warned as Vietnam government raises food safety violation fines by 350%
The Vietnamese government has passed a ruling approving a 350% raise in penalties for food safety violations.