News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
Food safety is never far from the headlines in APAC, and our latest monthly review reveals the latest developments in Indonesia, Philippines, Singapore, China anad Hong Kong.
After honing its direct-to-consumer online model since launching in 2015, FBOMB macadamia nut butters and oils have expanded distribution into thousands of retail locations in specialty and grocery channels, targeting three-tiers of consumers.
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) in the UK has issued an urgent recall of Farmhouse Biscuits Honey and Oat cookies, as biscuits that contain wheat were accidentally packed into some packets.
Addressing a perceived market need, PURIS will debut a plant-derived alternative to gelatin for gummies at the upcoming Supply Side West trade show.
Not enough big food companies have the "digital maturity" needed to embrace open innovation, according to the national director of France's start-up network FoodTech.
Instant coffee sales in the US have been lukewarm at best, but Ian Bernal, founder of Santo Cubes – a startup making compressed cubes out of Colombian Coffee and raw cane sugar– believes that’s because the category hasn’t seen much innovation in terms of...
Ingredients supplier Roquette has expanded its capabilities in premium textured plant based ingredients through the acquisition of Texpall’s extrusion unit in the Netherlands.
A proposal to introduce carbon labelling on food products has been welcomed by the Danish food sector. “In Denmark, we want to showcase our production.”
Processing innovation: Tokyo Pack 2018
An MiR100 portable heavy goods robot by Kantum and a flying drone called Prodroneto, which will be launched in December, made their debut at this year’s Tokyo Pack 2018.
For many Americans, canned tomatoes are a commodity that they regularly use in their home kitchens, but rarely think about beyond price and convenience – but Mutti, the number 1 selling tomato brand in Italy, wants to change that through a new...
Finnish meat processor HKScan has secured a listing with arguably one of Sweden’s largest retail outlets ICA for its Karinäs poultry brand.
Irish dairy and nutrition giant Glanbia will fork out more than €300 million to acquire weight management mega-brand SlimFast, as it looks to add more bulk to its offerings in the category.
Funding
Subversive Capital investment fund sees potential in company’s ‘disruptive products and unique approach'.
Maple Leaf Foods, the packaged meat company, said it has converted over half of its sows to a more humane housing system.
The US National Pork Board (NPB) has advised pork producers to take action on feed ingredients to protect domestic herds from foreign animal diseases (FADs).
UK-based bodies the Agriculture & Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) and the National Farmers’ Union (NFU) is calling on farmers to join its independent body The Sheep Health and Welfare Group.
Nuritas, a Dublin-based start-up making waves in the personalised nutrition sector, has appointed some world leading experts to its new scientific advisory board (SAB).
Fi Asia 2018
Azelis Indonesia will utilise its well-developed technologies in flavours, hydrocolloids and modified starch to expand its local market, company representatives have told FoodNavigator-Asia.
Opportunities to boost food science and safety in Singapore, as well as academic findings around the benefits of camel milk consumption and the dangers of high salt intake are under the microscope in our monthly food science round-up
Global Food Industries (GFI) is planning to open a manufacturing plant that produces the company’s “Healthy Farm” line of products in Asia.
Coca-Cola, Mondelez and Perfetti van Melle have been identified as the ‘top polluters in Asia’, according to the results from Greenpeace’s Break Free from Plastic global brand audit.
Jordanian Member of Parliament Ahmad al-Raqab has suggested that the government ban alcohol in Jordan.