How Mars is planning to green-up its dairy supply
The snacking, petcare, nutrition and confectionery major is engaging long-term dairy suppliers to accelerate sustainable measures on-farm – here’s how
Archives for July 29, 2024
IFT FIRST 2024
Butter Buds expands beyond butter, focuses on dairy concentrates
Butter Buds, a supplier of dairy concentrates and flavor solutions, is rebranding itself to reflect its expanded product line and focus on meeting the evolving needs of the dairy and non-dairy markets, Mike Ivey, national sales director at Butter Buds...
Digital Food & Beverage 2024
How IHOP is finding retail success with the help of PepsiCo, General Mills, Kraft Heinz
International House of Pancakes (IHOP) expands beyond its diner tables to retail store shelves with a line of CPG products created with General Mills, Kraft Heinz and PepsiCo, including Mini Pancakes cereal, Signature Blend coffee, Lay's potato chips and...
Digital Food & Beverage 2024
Mondelēz on creating the future of ecommerce, AI 'is not about who goes fastest’
Mondelēz is investing in new omnichannel shopping capabilities and educating employees on digital shopping best practices, the snack giant’s Global Ecommerce Director Abhishek Ahluwalia said at the 2024 Digital Food and Beverage event in Palm Springs, Calif.
IFT FIRST 2024
Soup-To-Nuts Podcast: Trends at IFT’s Startup Pavilion include upcycled ingredients, clean label preservatives, novel proteins and more
The Startup Pavilion at the Institute of Food Technologists’ annual Food Improved by Research Science and Technology (IFT FIRST) in Chicago earlier this month featured cutting-edge solutions to some of the most pressing challenges facing the food system,...
Is cultivated meat a concern or an opportunity for farmers?
Cultivated meat aims to replicate traditional meat. How concerned are UK farmers about this, and how open are they to potential opportunities?
Future Food Tech Alternative Proteins
Startup Hatchless recreates ‘miracle’ of egg to produce poultry without complications or processing chickens
Using proprietary technology that mimics the “miracle” inside an egg for a chick to develop, startup Hatchless says it can make real poultry meat from infertile eggs without applying chemicals, growth factors or genetically modified cells and without the...
NPD Trend Tracker: Summer drinks special
We’re getting hydrated in this weeks’ trend tracker, with everything from ready-to-drink coffees to refreshing fruit juices.
Mexico, Canada and beyond: Keurig Dr Pepper’s international growth strategy
Keurig Dr Pepper’s international portfolio represents an ‘increasingly significant growth driver’ for the company: with international sales up 15% in the latest quarter.
Iron and vitamin D deficiencies among preschool children remain key nutrition challenges in Jordan – study
A new study underscores the ongoing nutrition challenges among Jordanian preschoolers, including persistent issues of vitamin D and iron deficiencies.
MENA+ strategy: Agthia looks to shift focus from UAE-centric to developing more international key markets by 2025
Middle East F&B firm Agthia will shift its strategy beyond a focus on the United Arab Emirates to firmly establish itself as a leader in markets in the wider MENA region and beyond by 2025.
‘Deliberately different’: Vow targets Singapore’s premium consumers to boost awareness and acceptance of cell-cultured meat
Sydney-based firm Vow is targeting premium consumers in Singapore through the launch of its cell-cultured meat at high-end restaurants, which it says is the first step towards wider acceptance and adoption of such products.
Dubai’s Freakin’ Healthy ramps up consumer-driven NPD to beat growing competition after Agthia acquisition
Dubai-based healthy snack brand Freakin’ Healthy is leveraging Agthia Group’s resources and doubling down on consumer-driven product innovation to stand out in an increasingly crowded category.
Personalisation potential: Caffeine's benefits greater in athletes with specific genetic profiles – study
A study suggests that individuals who are carriers of a specific genetic variant may reap better exercise performance from caffeine supplementation, underscoring a potential approach for developing personalised sports nutrition products.
NutraIngredients-Asia Awards 2024: The finalists are revealed!
Today we can reveal the suppliers, brands, researchers and projects that are the finalists for this year's NutraIngredients-Asia Awards.