7-Eleven gears up for Brands with Heart event: ‘We’re looking for new and exciting emerging brands’
Is 7-Eleven a good launch pad for emerging food and beverage brands? And if so, what are buyers looking for?
Archives for October 11, 2019
GUEST ARTICLE: Growing market share in a hot new category: CBD
Many consumers are on the hunt for the next 'good-for-me' health ingredient, as part of the $450bn trend in self-care. This trend has continuously evolved with consumers focusing on protein-heavy foods, botanical extracts, probiotics, and more recently...
PAHO develops action plan to remove trans-fatty acids from industrial food production
With support from the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), the countries of the Americas will introduce a six-year plan to end the presence of trans fats in processed foods in a bid to prevent cardiovascular disease. We spoke to Dr. Fabio Da Silva...
FAO and partners intensify efforts to help countries combat banana disease threat
As a new emergency project is set up to address affected countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, we speak with Fazil Dusunceli, Agriculture Officer at FAO and Fenton Beed, Team Leader, Rural and Urban Farming Systems at FAO, to find out what...
Consumer Poll reveals European opposition to EU-Mercosur trade deal
Consumer group SumOfUs urges the European Union to call off its free trade agreement with Mercosur as fires continue to burn in the Amazon rainforest.
Future Meat Technologies raises $14m to commercialize cell cultured meat: 'We see a path to reality here, it’s not just something on a Power Point presentation,' says S2G Ventures
Future Meat Technologies is one of the few players in the nascent space to have shown how cell-cultured (a.k.a. ‘cultivated’) meat could move from the lab to an industrial scale, claims one of the lead investors in a $14m Series A round that will support...
Survey: ALDI shoppers find the retailer simpler and faster to shop
More than three-quarters of ALDI shoppers polled in a survey said they find the store “simpler to shop” and at least 20% faster to shop than Kroger and Walmart stores.
Chr Hansen CFO Søren Westh Lonning talks innovation, investment, and Q4 disappointment
The Danish ingredients supplier has rounded out an overall ‘solid’ 2018/19 with a challenging quarter, CFO Søren Westh Lonning tells FoodNavigator.
Cost-effective data would be a ‘game changer’ for the food system: Prospera
Prospera has developed what it calls some of the ‘world’s most advanced artificial intelligence technologies’ to help optimise crop production. The company believes cost effective data solutions will be key to widespread adoption of ag-tech and, CEO...
OECD on the financial gains of health: ‘Every dollar spent on preventing obesity generates up to a six-fold economic return’
Obesity prevention is an ‘excellent investment’, claims the OECD, which lists potential financial gains of national obesity programmes – including reformulation – in its latest report.
Agroecological farming, not cultured meat, is key to a sustainable future, says campaigner
Think we’re at ‘peak livestock’? Hold your horses, says Robert Verkerk from the ANH Consultancy.
Soup-To-Nuts Podcast: Saffron Road serial entrepreneur shares what inspires millennials
Even as food and beverage brands are starting to look more closely at Gen Z shoppers to determine what they want and what makes them tick, many are still struggling to pinpoint how best to engage with millennials who Goldman Sachs has dubbed “the most...
Food-tech investment data: Simple Feast, Fieldin, Cortilia, IGS and more…
In partnership with data provider Tracxn, FoodNavigator brings you its latest round-up of investment in the European food- and ag-tech space.
Anuga 2019: what did you miss?
Anuga 2019 has been and gone, and as always, it’s the hub for food and drink innovation in Europe.
Carlsberg, Coca-Cola and Absolut create paper bottle research community
Carlsberg showcases paper bottle prototype
Carlsberg has unveiled two research prototypes for its Green Fibre Bottle: bottles made from sustainably sourced bio-based wood fibres.
Japan Focus: Canned chicken, plant-based snacks, alcohol tax hike, KitKat and more feature in our round-up
Canned chicken, plant-based snacks, alcohol tax hike, KitKat and more feature in this edition of Japan Focus.