News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
In a motion to dismiss a lawsuit* filed in California accusing it of selling ‘illegal’ CBD-infused products, PlusCBD Oil maker CV Sciences deploys multiple arguments: no one was harmed; plaintiffs lack standing to seek label changes; the case is...
Social media users are likely to eat more fruit and vegetables as well as junk food if they think their online peers are doing the same, a new study reports.
Claimed to be more versatile than granola and with more antioxidants than many other grains, crunchy sprouted buckwheat by Lil Bucks is introducing buckwheat into more Americans' diets through new distribution with Midwest Whole Foods stores this week.
Greece has become the latest country to have a confirmed case of African Swine Fever (ASF).
The long-held consumer perception of convenience stores as a last resort for a fast in-and-out trip to grab a six-pack of beer and, if they weren’t too picky, a few staple ingredients, is quickly being replaced by a new class of elevated – and...
Plant-based start-up Yofix Probiotics has secured $2.5m to fund ‘global expansion’ of its non-dairy yoghurt alternatives. Dairy players Müller and Bel Group are among its backers.
Agrimetrics, a UK ag-tech centre with public backing, has launched what it describes as the ‘first’ data marketplace for the agri-food sector. Announcing the innovation, Agrimetrics said it wants to help solve the ‘big problem’ facing food production.
Supermarkets hold the key if the UK’s organic market is to reach a ‘tipping point’ in 2020, according to the Soil Association.
African Swine Fever (ASF) is a devastating disease occurring for the first time in certain eastern areas of the European Union (EU), according to EFSA (European Food Safety Authority).
Our latest news and views from Brussels looks at new animal welfare measures in France, the TAPP Coalition’s ‘sustainability charge’ on meat, and EFSA’s green light for coffee leaf tea.
The International Production & Processing Expo (IPPE) took place at the end of last month (January 2020) in Atlanta, Georgia, with some of the latest equipment in the food manufacturing world being showcased. More than 32,000 attendees from more than...
FNA F&B Trailblazers Podcast Episode 4
In this episode of our Food and Beverage Trailblazers podcast, we speak to the CEO and Co-founder of Singapore-based artificial intelligence company AI Palette Somsubhra Ganchoudhuri (Som) about using AI for food product innovation, and making the switch...
Readers of The Guardian’s recent report on pollinating California’s almond crop (‘Like sending bees to war: the deadly truth behind your almond milk obsession’) were left with a clear message: honey bees are dying en masse, and almond growers luring them...
After more than a decade working in the food industry, Hector Saldivar knew the lay of the land better than most aspiring entrepreneurs when he quit the day job in 2016 to start his own food brand, Tia Lupita, and part of that was knowing the power of a...
Opinion
Here’s our Editor-in-Chief’s completely subjective and occasionally irrational take on three food, nutra and cosmetics stories that have caught his attention – not always for the right reasons…