News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
Corteva Agriscience has completed its spin off from DowDuPont to become a "pure-play agricultural company" with a sharpened focused on the end consumer of packaged food products, a business model it claims sets it apart from the commodity-first mindset...
Nestlé’s new ‘cook from raw’ plant-based Awesome Burger (launching in the fall under the Sweet Earth brand in retail and foodservice) has similar levels of sodium and saturated fat to the Impossible Burger and the Beyond Burger, but has significantly...
Seattle Food Tech – a start-up seeking to carve a distinct niche in the burgeoning plant-based meat market by targeting schools, hospitals, universities, and the military with plant-based chicken nuggets, patties and tenders – has changed its name to...
FoodTech Movement has created a map of Brazil’s food start-ups and entrepreneurial activity, which it says will help facilitate and speed up the food chain’s ‘tech revolution’.
Mexican regulatory authority COFECE has blocked Walmart’s acquisition of e-commerce platform Cornershop on the grounds it could hinder competition.
São Paulo start-up Mun is bringing tempeh - a protein made from whole, fermented pulses that originates from Indonesia - to Brazil. We caught up with the co-founder at BioBrazil last week.
Europeans are the least likely consumers to believe vitamins and supplements are safe and good for their health, Euromonitor International’s 2019 health and nutrition survey has revealed.
Beef burgers that failed to meet legal standards were sold to charities tackling food poverty in France. This latest scandal is horsemeat “chapter 2”, consumer watchdog FoodWatch insists.
MINAGRI, the Peruvian Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation, through its AGROIDEAS program (Compensation Program for Competitiveness), has co-financed business plans related to the adoption of technology for 6,167 small and medium dairy farms.
As organic continues to go mainstream, retailers are placing more pressure on producers for price and spec parity with conventional, creating an increasingly unsustainable competitive landscape for organic farmers who traditionally have commanded a...
‘Clean label’ is a must-have for many shoppers, but it comes at a higher price point that isn’t always easy for manufacturers to re-coup, which is one reason why global ingredient manufacturer Kemin Industries is expanding its range of label-friendly...
Social
Lauren Jauregui, who started touring as a teenager with girl group Fifth Harmony, will headline the candy maker’s first-ever Makers of Good Teen Summit in New York City on June 20.
Commodities
Political and economic turmoil sees Venezuelans switching to cocoa to trade for currency, causing dip in its quality.
China has stepped up inspections of UK beef operations, sparking hope for the approval of commercial shipments.
The risk of heart disease and death increases with the number of eggs an individual consumes, according to a US study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, however it said eating several eggs a week was "reasonable," concluding...
US processor Tyson Foods has teamed up with Auburn University’s National Poultry Technology Center (NPTC), to develop the largest stand-alone solar-powered poultry house to be operated completely off the grid.
Editor's Spotlight: Startup Focus
A startup founder who battled to bring his brand from near failure to international success in just three years has revealed his insight into the world of health food and drink entrepreneurship.
FoodNavigator brings you a weekly snapshot of product innovation from around Europe. This week's highlights include hemp 'super bars' from France and sharing boards delivered via Deliveroo.
Singapore has confirmed the ban of partially hydrogenated oils (PHOs) - a form of trans fats - as an ingredient in all foods, with the new rules expected to come into force from June 2021.