Cost-cutting in food: How tech and ingredients can keep expenses down
Precision fermentation and ingredient diversification could provide answers for struggling food companies
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What Mondelēz looks for from food tech start-ups
The snacking multinational on what its investment arm wants from tech pioneers
FAO on tackling food security through innovation
Combining tech with other forms of innovation is the only way forward
Meet Spot: Cargill’s new robotic watchdog
Cargill’s Amsterdam facility has a new member that’s turning heads - and maybe wagging a few tails
Solar Foods on cracking $10bn whey isolate market with ‘food from air’
The Finnish start-up is turning its attention to the US, where it hopes to disrupt the health and performance market
The Protein Brewery’s plan to survive the alt protein slump
New CEO Thijs Bosch maps out The Protein Brewery’s path forward in a challenging alt protein market
Clean Food Group to boom with one-million litre facility buyout
UK food-tech start-up Clean Food Group is to make a major step in upscaling
Why CPGs are back-sliding on sustainability – and why it matters
The food industry made bold promises – on health, on sustainability, on transparency. But now, under pressure, many of those pledges are quietly being shelved. Editor-in-chief Jess Spiring exposes the rollback and explores what this retreat means for the...
High-protein: Why are consumers so obsessed?
Protein consumption through enriched functional foods is on the rise as consumers seek to boost intake levels
Why has the attack on UPFs re-intensified?
Ultra-processed foods are facing increasing levels of criticism again, despite the category not being wholly defined
The nut shortage caused by a chocolate trend – how bad is it?
Dubai chocolate craze caused global pistachio nut shortage
Food fraud and recalls – industry stresses are ramping up
The food and drink industry is facing some of its biggest threats
Tired of tariff talk? Big food’s shares up after Trump’s reprieve
Another tariff rollout twist has led to a stock market rebound, with big food showing gains too
Welcome to ‘Liberation Day’: What the tariffs mean for the EU
How will the US president’s tariffs affect Europe’s food and drink industries?
Natural Products Expo West
Mondelez SnackFutures’ investments reveal playbook to tackle snack industry’s biggest challenges
Snacking may be here to stay, but what consumers want - and how companies source it - are evolving quickly, prompting Mondelez to narrow the aperture of its investment strategy
Should big pharma Novo Nordisk’s UPF interest worry food?
Will big pharma like Novo Nordisk entering the UPF conversation benefit food and drink?
Is this the start of a palm oil alternative market?
Palm oil replacements already exist, but researchers claim to have a mass-process solution
Tit-for-tat tariffs as EU–US trade war begins
Who will win out in an EU–US trade war?
Is Nutri-score dead in the water?
The European Commission has refused to confirm or deny whether the rollout out of Nutri-score will be pushed across all Member States or not
Why did Unilever CEO Hein Schumacher step down?
Though the CEO had delivered some of Unilever’s strongest results, it appears shareholders wanted more
Can farming and food in Europe be improved?
What will the European Commission’s Vision for Agriculture and Food report do to farming and food in Europe?
Cocoa prices shock 2025 financial outlook for big food
Food and drink majors have highlighted cocoa prices as an ongoing threat to their financial performance in the year ahead
Where will Unilever’s ice cream business live?
The big question of which country Unilever will list its ice cream business remains unanswered
Bird flu: caution urged as protective measures stepped up
Scientists are growing increasingly concerned as the threat of avian influenza jumping from birds to humans intensifies
Donald Trump’s first week in office: How F&B has fared
Returning US president Donald Trump promised a barrage of tariffs on importing countries, but that didn’t happen. So, what can Europe’s F&B sector expect next?
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How HydroWatt Zero is supporting innovators to protect food security
Future food security is under serious threat. But industry innovators are fighting to revolutionise the food system and change the story. Discover more...
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How New Wave Biotech is using AI to make biotechnology scalable
Developing and scaling the production of new food and beverage technologies is a major focus for the industry. But it can be complex and extremely costly. Enter New Wave Biotech.
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How Carbiotix is making upcycling pay
Cutting food waste at all stages of production is key to future food security, but it needs to be profitable for brands to embrace it. Carbiotix can help.
The 3 big focus food and drink ingredients trends
Three macro trends will dominate the food and drinks sector – and ingredients landscape – in the year ahead, as FoodNavigator reveals.
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Why Exberry is focusing on innovation to drive growth
Plant-based colour creator, Exberry, reveal why innovation is at the centre of its long-term growth strategy.
Dsm-firmenich focuses on trio of business-driving investments
Ingredients major dsm-firmenich will invest in a trio of areas to bolster business growth over the coming years.
ADM reveals 2025 strategy – healthy indulgence takes centre stage
Ingredients giant ADM has revealed the NPD and consumer trends driving its business forwards, including healthy indulgence.
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How MicroHarvest is making sustainable protein from microorganisms
Climate change is threatening existing food sources, making the discovery of viable alternatives essential. MicroHarvest believes microorganisms to be a sustainable, scalable solution.
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How Senoptica Technologies is fighting food waste with smart packaging
Food waste is a serious issue for the planet and a major threat to food security. Senoptica Technologies claims to hold a solution to one of the many flaws in the food system – ‘use by’ dates.
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How Fabas Foods is making alt dairy nutritious and sustainable
Alt dairy is proving to be one of the great plant-based success stories. But associations to UPF and questions over sustainability are holding it back. Fabas Foods believes it has the solution.
Lack of imagination to novel food blocks – food and drink industry challenges
Red tape, lacking investment and negative connotations around new and novel food types are just three of many issues standing in the way of Europe’s food and drink sector progress, experts have warned.
Top technologies food and drink makers are using now
Using the best technologies can help food and drink businesses stand out from the competition. But what’s out there and how are companies using tech in different ways?
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Ask the experts: What do F&B start-ups get wrong?
What do food and drink start-up businesses get wrong? It’s the big question facing many fledgling businesses. FoodNavigator speaks to nine industry experts to find out.
Novonesis develops ‘cleaner ingredient deck’ for plant-based meat with biosolution technology
Biotech company, Novonesis, addresses core taste, texture and nutritional challenges in plant-based meat and dairy with its biosolution technologies, potentially reducing the ingredient label deck.
Future Food Tech Alternative Protein Summit
50/50 Foods targets flexitarians with Both Burgers featuring half beef, half veggies
50/50 Foods' Both Burgers with a 50/50 beef and veggie blend target flexitarians who love meat but want more plants, while also addressing water scarcity caused by traditional agriculture, according to CEO Drew Arentowicz at the Future Food Tech...
Spate brings the speed of machine intelligence to trendspotting in food, beverage
Two former Google researchers, who helped write the algorithm for trendspotting using queries from the search engine, are using their knowhow to empower product developers to create the must-have meals and breakout beverages of the future with the...
Trend spotting: Holistic hydration a hit across demographics
'Holistic hydration' and 'hydration+' appeared as popular concepts across the Vitafoods tradeshow in Geneva earlier this month, with Arla Foods Ingredients and PharmaLinea offering dynamic options.
WATCH – Down on the cultured meat farm with Ivy Farm Technologies
Ivy Farm Technologies invites FoodNavigator to its pilot plant in Oxford, UK, to talk cultivated meat production, sustainability credentials, and plans for regulatory approval.
Youth Athletes: Setting the right nutrition foundations
Nutrition is a critical aspect of development and performance in youth athletes, but one that can be undervalued, according to an expert panel at the Active Nutrition Summit.
WATCH: How Birds Eye grows, harvests, and processes its frozen peas
FoodNavigator visits Birds Eye during harvest season to learn how the company works with partners to cultivate, harvest, and freeze its peas for the UK market.
Sustainability and future-proofing the food system
Building a business case for sustainability requires bridging the gap between what consumers say and do
Improving the sustainability of the food system is no longer optional from an optics and long-term business perspective, but short-term challenges – including consumer engagement – threaten immediate and mid-range returns and margins, complicating the...
WATCH: Working with fungi to ‘break the plant-based ceiling’
Libre Foods is working with both fungi fruiting bodies and mycelia to boost diversity, functionality, and taste in meat-free offerings, CEO Alan Iván Ramos tells FoodNavigator.
WATCH: Paleo talks animal-free myoglobin, regulatory challenges, and the ‘vegan’ opportunity
The taste, appearance, and nutritional profile of plant-based meat analogues can be improved by a single ingredient, according to Belgian start-up Paleo: myoglobin. We catch up with co-founder and CEO Hermes Sanctorum to ask about this novel, animal-free...
WATCH: Collagen in functional food and drink – the next ‘hot trend’ after CBD?
The collagen trend has been building over the last few years and Romain Quillot, co-founder of functional collagen food and drink brand Humble+, expects it to continue. We ask about the challenges of incorporating collagen into products, the functional...
WATCH: SuperMeat CEO on cultivated meat metrics: ‘We have a trajectory to cost parity, and I'm not just talking about beef, I'm talking about chicken…’
What’s the most efficient way to make meat, outside of an animal, at scale? Startups in the nascent cultivated meat space are deploying multiple approaches from hybrid strategies combining cell biomass and plant-based protein, to tissue engineering and...