Spanish biotech company AB-Biotics suggests that spiking interest in fermented foods and microbiome health represents a significant opportunity for the food and beverage industry. We caught up with Executive Director Sergi Audivert to learn more about...
Additional strategies beyond a soft drinks levy will be needed to reduce obesity, particularly in older boys and younger children, according to new Cambridge University research that some have called ‘speculative’.
The ‘UK’s first’ oat milk powder is preparing to launch on the market, trading in conventional milk cartons for a flexible, recyclable pouch. We catch up with founder Sandy Eyre to ask about the sustainability benefits associated with his brand, Overherd.
From deposit return schemes to ‘dumpster diving’ legislation and single-use plastic bans, sustainability-driven policies are making a mark in Europe. How will this progress in 2023?
Inflation and sustained demand drove 8.9% value sales growth of water-based drinks in Europe in the last year (full year ended August 2022) to €35.6bn, reveals analysis from IRI data from actual sales of FMCG products across Europe.
ProVeg UK claims the British Government is preparing to ban plant-based products from using dairy descriptor names such as ‘m*lk’ and ‘b*tter’, plans that it has branded ‘outrageous and unnecessary’.
Despite cost and inflation concerns, trend reports note rising demand among many consumers for foods with functionality, such as those that can help bolster the immune system. Many brands are responding.
With low/no alcohol consumption set to rise a third by 2026, according to some estimates, Synergy Flavours has crafted flavour pairings for premium soft drinks and alcohol-free beverages that complement some of the UK’s favourite global cuisines, including...
US-based MycoTechnology says it is set to accelerate its growth plans in Europe after the European Commission granted Novel Food status to two of its mycelium-based plant proteins.
Low-to-no beer, cider, wine and spirit products grew over 7% in volume across 10 key global markets in 2022, according to fresh data from IWSR Drinks Market Analysis.
Survey of 5,000 consumers in 10 European countries reveals majority of people report feeling the impact of rising food prices because of the conflict in Ukraine.
The German federal government has adopted a new nutrition strategy that places increasing plant-based consumption and reducing the intake of products that are high in fat, sugar and salt (HFSS) at its heart. The reaction has been mixed, with critics suggesting...
No longer a lumbering giant when it comes to R&D, Nestlé significantly increased its number of new product launches and number of patents in priority areas by simplifying its innovation process, fostering an entrepreneurial culture and collaborating...
Natural colours have undergone a significant makeover. Once seen as too expensive, unstable and unable to deliver vibrancy, these challenges have been overcome by an industry working to deliver on consumer demand for cleaner labels with zero compromise....
Buoyed by a fresh $6.4 million fund raise, Denmark-based aroma start-up EvodiaBio says its engineered yeast can make non-alcoholic beer taste better and provide a greener alternative to the growing, transporting and processing of hops.
Nutrition, health and bioscience company DSM’s business includes solutions it believes will help make the food system more sustainable across both human and animal nutrition. When we caught up with Elisabeth Hirschbichler, VP of Strategy, Innovation and...
Already a dominant player in coffee with 22% of the nearly $108bn global retail market, Nestlé wants to capture additional share and drive growth in- and out-of-home in the coming years as consumption across both continues to rebalance post-pandemic with...
Toast Ale wants to ‘rescue’ 1bn slices of surplus bread from waste streams. The company has secured fresh investor backing and is planning to collaborate with Heineken as it works toward this ‘earthshot goal’.
Players in Brazil’s orange juice industry have been investigating a technique known as densification, whereby more citrus trees are planted in the same area to increase yield. We catch up with CitrusBR’s Tatiana Campos to learn about the productivity...
Nestlé is strengthening its policy on responsible marketing to children by voluntarily banning the direct marketing of products that don’t meet the Nestlé Policy Nutrition Criteria to audiences under 16-years-old.
Danone has launched a new energy programme, Re-Fuel Danone, that aims to ‘transform’ the energy footprint of its global manufacturing sites. This offers the potential to make the Alpro-to-Activia manufacturer’s operations more agile, cost efficient, resilient...
Made from paper pulp and biopolymer, the new home compostable capsules – compatible with Nespresso Original machines – will enter the European market from spring next year.
Pascual’s open innovation arm has picked two precision-fermentation dairy startups to invest in, while a quintet of companies has been selected for the second edition of the startup accelerator program.
Louis Dreyfus Company has developed a not-from-concentrate orange juice with less sugar, more fibre, while preserving its original taste and vitamin C level.
Developments in innovative user-testing environment technologies are unlocking new opportunities for food scientists and businesses to understand the consumer path to purchase, helping to drive innovation and grow sales. FoodNavigator visits the Perceptual...
Carbon tracking experts are urging the UK government and industry to work together to introduce one unified front-of-pack labelling system displaying the carbon footprint of a food and beverage product to consumers.
Ahead of this week’s trilogue negotiations on the EU’s Deforestation Regulation, the Indonesian Palm Oil Association (IPOA/GAPKI) has complained the legislation “will increase poverty, decrease sustainable development, and undermine decades of progress...
Food and drink labels showing the amount of physical activity required to burn off their calories have no impact on tackling obesity, according to the largest study of its kind in the UK.
The market researcher’s latest ‘FMCG Demand Signals’ has revealed that private labels now make up 36% of total FMCG value sales in Europe (€216bn) – up from 34% earlier this year, illustrating the extent retailers are trying to manage the impact of rising...
Pricing negotiations are rarely easy. But the downbeat consumer outlook in Europe is prompting retailers across the region to resist attempts to pass cost inflation along to shoppers and stiff competition from private label leaves brands exposed to market...
A range of flavours free from citrus-derived molecules, fractions and oils, has been developed by IFF to overcome challenges in the citrus supply chain.
UNEP 2022 Adaptation Gap Report and Emissions Gap Report
Whilst many countries worldwide are working to tackle the climate crisis, actions are not keeping pace with real-world risks and impacts on planet and people, largely due to huge funding gaps, according to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
Signatories to the Global Commitment and Plastic Pact – which includes more than 20 packaged food and beverage producers – are unlikely to all meet 2025 targets designed to ‘tackle plastic pollution at its source’.
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s presidential election win in Brazil will make it easier for food and beverage companies to comply with their zero-deforestation commitments, it has been claimed.
Surging energy prices may be helping fresh vegetable sales, but with the crisis expected to linger food producers need to reassess their energy strategies, warns a new report from ING.
Europe’s consumers are displaying signs of severe ‘inflation fatigue’ as they face a declining standard of living that is forcing a range of coping behaviours not seen since the austere late 70s and early 80s, warns a sobering report from IRI.
Unlike most sugar reduction solutions on the market, BlueTree Technologies isn’t replacing sugar with a substitute. Meet the Israeli start-up working with ‘simple’ technology to remove disaccharides from milk and juice.
Could ‘carbon neutral’ claims land food & beverage brands in legal hot water, even where they are certified by a third party such as the Carbon Trust? FoodNavigator-USA asked attorneys to weigh in after Danone Waters America found itself at the receiving...
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