Farm waste, sweet taste: Comet Bio transforms harvest leftovers into sweeteners and fibre
Comet Bio transforms farm leftovers, such as wheat straw, into functional ingredients such as sweeteners and fibres with a lower carbon footprint.
Archives for October 30, 2018
Clean Label Project founder: ‘The next frontier of food safety is food toxicity’
“…‘I should not have eaten that salad yesterday, I think I just woke up with infertility…’ says nobody, ever,” observes Jackie Bowen, executive director at nonprofit the Clean Label Project. Regulators, she argues, are great at dealing with health issues...
Hillhouse Capital and VMG Partners launch $200m fund, invest in babyfood brand Little Freddie
Hillhouse Capital and VMG Partners have launched a strategic partnership to co-invest in innovative consumer brands looking to expand their global reach, with the first tranche of capital going to organic baby food brand Little Freddie.
‘Addressing key sustainability risks’: Cargill wants to strengthen waxy corn supply chain
Global ingredients producer Cargill wants to build a more sustainable crop supply for food starch with a commitment to source its waxy corn “100% sustainably” from European farmers.
Yummex 2018
Spotlight on MENA from the Yummex Middle East trade fair in Dubai - video
Current trends and innovations for sweets and snacks in the MENA region take over Dubai Trade Centre in what is becoming a growing and significant market for confectioners.
Time is ripe for aged vegan cheese, says French 'fauxmage' start-up
French start-up Tomm' Pousse swaps cow's milk for cashews to make its vegan Camemvert that is aged (and mouldy) like traditional Camembert. "Our product is for everybody - including the French," it says.
Dropnostix offers a one-stop, and one device, solution to tracking dairy cows’ health, productivity
Dairy farmers concerned about the health of their herds and the quality of their milk increasingly are turning to big data to identify problems earlier, but a major tradeoff for accessing this information has been the plethora of uncomfortable and...
Construction begins on £60m poultry facility
Building work has commenced on a new £60m poultry facility in the UK.
Emerging food tribes represent a small but highly influential market segment
Consumers’ approach to what they eat is changing from “monolithic meat, potatoes and veggies,” to increasingly “heterogeneous” diets that go beyond sustenance to represent values and lifestyles – a shift that is translating to big business for companies...
Guest Article: The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Five innovations you’ve never heard of that will make nutrition more affordable for millions
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is launching a new effort to work directly with the private sector to address a fundamental driver of undernutrition globally: the lack of nutritious, affordable foods in marketplaces that serve the world’s poorest....
Weather hits UK red meat industry
The UK’s red meat sector has been adversely impacted by the shifting weather patterns of 2018, hindering future supplies.
Novozymes sees 5% organic sales growth in Q3
Novozymes, the world’s largest industrial biotechnology company, has announced its results for the nine months of 2018.
UK to introduce plastic packaging tax
The UK is planning to introduce a ‘world-leading’ tax on plastic packaging in 2022: applying to all single use plastic packaging that doesn’t include at least 30% recycled content.
Cancer link to red meat consumption may not exist for Asians: Study
Researchers in Korea have discovered that the link between meat consumption and colorectal cancer may not apply to Asians.
India’s organic dream: LT Foods ups investment amidst booming market growth
With the Indian organic products market expected to hit up to US$1.7 bn (INR120 bn) by 2020, LT Foods has upped investments into its organic arm Nature Bio Foods Ltd (NBFL) by US$19.6 mn (INR1.4 bn).
Satellites for sustainable fishing: Indonesian fishing sector to benefit from international project
Fisheries in Indonesia are receiving much-needed communications assistance via a new project, which also prevents illegal and unsustainable fishing.
Business is brewing: How Australia is steaming ahead with green tea exports to Japan
The Australian Green Tea Co-operative is planting rising numbers of green tea to keep up with Asia’s demand for it, in collaboration with Japanese tea company Kunitaro.