News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
Consumers are contending with inflation by changing their food buying behavior, and the packaged food industry should focus their efforts on keeping customers without sacrificing medium- and long-term profits, according to consultants and market researchers.
From Polish to Korean flavor mashups to low-alcoholic beverages, these are a few areas that CPG companies and tastemakers should be on the lookout for in 2023, according to a recent consumer trends report from flavor house Symrise.
With several recent wins, including a partnership with Disney and expanding beyond the ready-to-eat (RTE) space, natural food brand A Dozen Cousins has a goal of doubling its business in 2023 while delivering on its mission of creating minimally...
According to a SEC filing, Abbott Laboratories has also made more than $20bn in COVID-19 testing-related sales over three years.
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Pea and fava bean proteins are at the centre of a new project with two aims: to develop a French plant-based source sector; and offer healthy and sustainable alternative to dairy
Change is inevitable, and for most it is uncomfortable – but it isn’t necessarily bad given it can be a catalyst for tremendous growth, deeper connections and betterment, which is good news for the consumer packaged goods industry considering research...
The tightening of belts presents a major challenge for start-ups seeking investment. How do innovators want investors to make financing decisions?
Chia became a household name in the 1980s, popularized by the fascination with fur-sprouting animal figurines, but its use as health aid dates as far back as the Aztec and Mayan empires. Today, after a slight dip in the market, chia is back on the scene...
Holland’s Source.ag has raised $23 million Series A to empower the world's fruit and vegetables growers with ‘next level’ AI for greenhouse agriculture.
In NPD news this month, The Coca-Cola Company is moving its Lilt brand into the ‘Fanta family’ with the launch of Fanta Pineapple & Grapefruit, and Starbucks is incorporating olive oil into a new line of coffee products in Italy. In the UK, The Kraft...
The facility gives Black Bag Roasters the ability to roast up to 300 tonnes of coffee beans per week and easy access to the city’s port, facilitating the export process.
ASEAN consumer confidence in regional trade relations with the European Union have plummeted on the back of the latter’s recently-passed deforestation law and its impacts on various food commodities, as major palm oil producing countries in the region...
It is “still too early to tell” how a post COVID-19 pandemic consumer environment will look like, says Blackmores, which has seen a mixture of gains and losses across Asia-Pacific in its latest financial results.
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