News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
Nut butter brand Wild Friends Foods and organic instant tea company Cusa Tea have both received undisclosed cash injections from New York-based investor S CAP, which the brands will put towards accelerating distribution and product development.
Danone Mexico and Mexico-based fruit processor Grupo Altex have formed a joint venture to support small-scale strawberries farmers in Mexico with training and agricultural resources. Through the program, Danone is seeking to become its own major supplier...
Newly formed, non-profit ProMaíz Nativo will promote Mexico’s native corn biodiversity with a front-of-pack logo to help consumers choose sustainably-grown, heirloom varieties.
On the back of winning a global food safety award, Chilean ingredient supplier Alfa Group is embarking on "a very aggressive commercial mission" in Latin America, it says.
NSF International has just updated its Non-GMO certification scheme and logo. FoodNavigator-USA (FNU) caught up with Sarah Krol (SK), global managing director of food safety product certification to find out what this means... and whether firms are ready...
Direct-to-consumer marketing offers startups a unique opportunity to engage directly with shoppers and learn who is purchasing their products and what they like and don’t like at a more granular level than is feasible in brick-and-mortar, but driving...
The new CEO of Sprouts Farmers Market said he is confident in the natural product retailer’s future growth potential, despite lackluster comparable store sales and a dip in both net income and diluted earnings per share during the company’s second...
From vegan protein bars that 'taste like chocolate' to soup delivering specific health benefits, here is FoodNavigator's weekly round up of product launches from around Europe.
The Australian meat industry has called for harsh sanctions against an alleged illegal abattoir in Victoria that has been exposed as part of an undercover surveillance operation.
Low-income groups would be ‘disproportionately affected’ by the impact that any no-deal Brexit scenario would have on food prices and availability, Professor Tim Lang of the Centre for Food Policy, City University of London, warns.
The confectionery giant says the move will bring all chocolate and biscuit products typically purchased for children to under 100 calories in the UK and Ireland.
The study is the first to examine the association with depression according to the type of chocolate consumed.
Scottish biotech company ScotBio has developed a patent-protected method of enhancing the amount of phycocyanin, the blue pigment, produced in spirulina. The company says this innovation will make indoor grown spirulina a cost-effective option for the...
UK pork processor Tulip is investing in the future of the industry via a new butchery apprenticeship scheme.
The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) is calling on four of the world’s leading cereal makers to make ‘relatively small commitments’ in the way they source grains, which would go a long way to combat climate change.
China’s national health strategy guidelines, dubbed the ‘Healthy China Movement’, has announced ambitious goals of cutting dietary oil, salt and sugar nationwide by 2030, in tandem with the overarching ‘Healthy China 2030’ initiative.
Chocolate and cocoa firm Barry Callebaut aims to capitalise on India’s fast-growing yet ‘price-sensitive’ chocolate market with the establishment of its new local manufacturing facility.
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Consumer demand for ‘better-for-you’ beverages is on the rise. According to Innova Market Insights, consumption of functional beverages rose from 12.6% to 27.2% between 2012 and 2016, whilst in Asia Pacific the non-alcoholic segment of the beverage taste...