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Beneo eyes the rise of rice starch: ‘It is becoming ever more popular‘

Beneo is investing €50m to increase its rice starch production capacity. Operations MD Roland Vanhoegaerden tells us demand is growing organically and being boosted by new applications.

FSA chief on trust, collaboration, and food business: ‘I object to an ideological distrust of the private sector’

FSA chief executive Emily Miles says when working with food businesses, the regulator must both be trusting and suspicious at the same time: “To assume that the food industry is stuffed with exploitative corner-cutting businesses is lazy thinking.”

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The importance of naturalness: Using botanical extracts and organic ingredients to satisfy evolving consumer needs

Based on the constant evolution of consumer aspirations for health and well-being, authenticity and clean label products, the industry is facing a changing demand for new product developments

Frozen sales continue to surge as sector outperforms fresh and chilled

UK sales of frozen food increased by £285m in the last three months according to the latest statistics from market researcher Kantar and the British Frozen Food Federation (BFFF).

Probiotic experts launch startup to tap into burgeoning wellness market

A microbiome health focused B2B startup has launched with its first products tapping into the growing beauty-from-within and women's health markets.

Warburtons supports start-ups with new fund

Warburtons has teamed up with small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) accelerator Mission Ventures to launch a new joint venture to support bakery start-ups.

Coronavirus: Your one-stop blog for food industry updates

Bringing together trusted global food industry coverage from across our universe of B2B titles to provide rolling updates and breaking news on the implications of COVID-19 for the food sector.