News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
Fi Asia Thailand 2019
Thailand rice specialist company MediFoods has its eye on local market expansion after a successful run overseas with its rice-based products and ingredients portfolio.
A ban on all junk food advertising before 9pm has been recommended in Malaysia, with an obesity prevention experts claiming it will complement the health effects of the country’s recently-implemented sugar tax.
Pakistan’s Punjab Food Authority (PFA) has detected and discarded thousands of kilogrammes of adulterated food and beverage items over the past month, with over 100 brands deemed to be ‘unsafe’, amidst its efforts to intensify inspections in the province.
Capro-X - a spin-off from Cornell University - uses microbes to convert the organic compounds in acid whey into high-value flavor and fragrance ingredients such as caproic acid and caprylic acid, which are currently sourced from palm oil.
At a House Education and Labor subcommittee hearing on Wednesday, legislators will consider the extent to which the US Department of Agriculture’s proposed policy changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program would unnecessarily jeopardize...
Most people approach negotiations hoping their request will be granted, and walk away with a lesser compromise. Very few, however, strike a better deal than they originally sought as happened to the founder of TaDah Foods on season premier of Shark Tank...
Poultry robotics specialist Tibot Technologies has secured €3m of funding to support its international growth.
Plant-based innovation is likely to accelerate disruption in the ingredients space, reckons Kale United.
Brazil has authorized more than one thousand pesticides in the past three years - a major health risk leading one politician to propose legislation for a front-of-pack pesticide label.
Suiker Unie, a Royal Cosun Company, officially took its green protein demo plant into operation last week when it started producing protein from sugar beet foliage.
NACS 2019
The cereal and snack giant showed off new products for Rice Krispies, Pop-Tarts, Pringles and Cheez-Its at the National Association of Convenience Stores (NACS) show held in Atlanta, US, on October 1-4.
Scottish processor Quality Pork has been granted approval to export to China from its Brechin site.
More than 250 attendees gathered in Brisbane for the second Australian Meat Business Women (MBW) conference, headlined by founder and global chair of MBW Laura Ryan.
In FoodNavigator's weekly round-up of the most interesting new products hitting the shelves in Europe, we hear about a tie-up between Baileys and Bahlsen as well as an innovative low-carbon water that aims to address consumer push back on plastics.
Lycored, a provider of lycopene-based color and taste-enhancing ingredients for food and beverages, has introduced HueFinder.
Rabobank SustainableAg Asia Challenge
India’s Stellapps Technologies has emerged as the top champion of the Rabobank SustainableAg Asia Challenge following an intense pitching session, as experts and judges urged a mindset shift from ‘competitive’ to ‘complementary’ to achieve true...
Singapore is set to introduce mandatory colour-coded front-of-pack nutrition label and ban advertising for pre-packaged sugar sweetened beverages (SSB), a move that has caused the industry to voice doubts, while health policy experts have welcomed the move
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The challenges and opportunities facing the food and agricultural industry are spurring a wave of innovation. Here, we look at startups trying to change the world.
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Reusable and single-use funnels are both viable options for microbiological analysis teams. Single-use products are arguably more convenient, accurate and safe, while reusable funnels are thought to be cheaper and less wasteful.