TreeHouse Foods explores a sale, says 'orders are outpacing our disrupted capacity'
Private label specialist TreeHouse Foods is exploring a sale of all or part of the company following a strategic review.
Archives for November 8, 2021
‘Welding’ tech eliminates sugar binders in snacks category: ‘We’re the game changer of the snacking industry’
Israeli start-up Torr Foodtech is replacing sugar binders with mechanical pressure and ultrasonic energy to ‘weld’ natural ingredients together in snacks.
JBS inks feed additive deal to cut cow methane emissions globally
JBS, the world's second-largest food company and the largest meatpacking company, has signed a deal with Royal DSM with the goal of reducing enteric methane emissions from cattle on a global scale.
Leading supermarkets pledge to make UK shopping baskets greener
The CEOs of the ‘big five’ major UK supermarkets have committed to slash their impact across climate, deforestation nature and guide the whole food retail sector towards halving its overall impact on the natural world by 2030.
Vertical farm innovator IGS secures funding to accelerate ‘transformational technology’
Scottish ag tech business Intelligent Growth Solutions (IGS) has raised £42.2m in funding. According to CEO David Farquhar, the successful Series B funding round demonstrates the potential of IGS’s ‘transformational technology’.
The Real Good Food Company goes public in bid to lead better-for-you segment of frozen foods category
The Real Good Food Company is aiming to become a major player in the frozen foods category with its line of comfort foods that many consumers crave but with the nutrition credentials (low-carb, low-sugar, and high-protein) that could help change the...
Sprouts Farmers Market tweaks marketing after foot traffic falls following drop of ‘ineffective and unprofitable promotions’
Sprouts Farmers Market’s decision before the coronavirus outbreak to pull back on “ineffective and unprofitable promotions” may have helped boost margins, but it took a toll on traffic and sales – a problem that has been exacerbated by the drawn-out...
Soup-To-Nuts Podcast: Rapid rise of ‘mindfulness’ creates marketing opportunities for food, beverage
During the pandemic, ‘mindfulness’ became a lifeline for many Americans whose anxiety spiked as they balanced old and new obligations without the in-person support so many previously relied on to get through the day – for some this came in the form of...
NPD Trend Tracker: From cookies & cream chickpeas to Katsu Curry rice
In this week's rundown of new product launches, healthy food staple the chick pea gets and indulgent makeover, vegan chocolate rides high, and insect protein continues to make inroads.
Four principles that companies engaging in the cell-cultured food market should follow
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Companies are touting alternative meat and seafood products as more environmentally friendly than conventional meat. They promise that these products will improve efficiency and/or cut emissions from the global food system. Companies are also...
Edible insects in focus part V. Gym-N-Eat Crickets: ‘My ideal customer is a woman with kids under 10’
“A lot of cricket protein products seem to be bars and powders targeted at 18-35 year old males that are into mountain biking,” observes Shelby Smith, founder of Iowa-based edible insect startup Gym-N-Eat Crickets. “But in my experience, having...
Edible Insects in focus part IV. Hargol FoodTech: Grasshoppers, gummies, and patience…
Edible insects were always going to be a slow burn in the alternative protein market in Europe and North America, given the ‘ick’ factor and the lack of infrastructure to farm and process them at scale, says Israeli firm Hargol FoodTech. But while the...
Low carb lowdown: Aussie flatbread firm stresses lower carb and gluten-free trends in product reformulation and innovation
Australian flatbread specialist firm Diego’s has noticed a significant uptick in consumer demand for lower carb and gluten-free products, which the firm is taking to heart in its reformulation and new product development efforts.
‘Preventing harm’: South Korea treads fine line between meeting plastic waste goals and food safety fears
South Korea has unveiled new rules for using recycled material to make food packaging in an attempt to ‘prevent harm to the public’, while simultaneously pushing towards its 2030 plastic waste reduction goals.
Spreading recycling: Mondelez looks to bring Cadbury’s recycled packaging tech to more APAC markets beyond Australia
Mondelez believes that the recycled packaging technology recently rolled out for Cadbury Dairy Milk in Australia will be able to deliver sustainable packaging options for more markets in the Asia Pacific region in the coming years.
Idea to commercialisation: How PepsiCo, Yili and start-ups are innovating across product formats for probiotics growth
Probiotic products that have strong scientific backing for health claims, innovative delivery formats and added functionalities via vitamins or botanicals have a strong basis to anticipate successful commercialisation in the post-pandemic era, according...
Sustainable palm oil is on everybody’s lips
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The past couple of weeks have seen a lot of action around the issue of sustainable palm oil, as more and more people and organisations have become aware and have sought out solutions.