FuturMaster has developed artificial intelligence software that, it says, can predict demand levels, improve supply chain efficiency and even forecast whether innovation will be successful.
Increasing regulation restricting junk food advertising leaves FMCG brands facing the question of how to balance building awareness in a restricted landscape while also being good corporate citizens.
The UK government has been urged to introduce a levy on all processed, unhealthy foods containing ‘excessive calories’ – a move campaigners say would reduce consumption of saturated fat and sugar.
Scottish biotech company ScotBio has developed a patent-protected method of enhancing the amount of phycocyanin, the blue pigment, produced in spirulina. The company says this innovation will make indoor grown spirulina a cost-effective option for the...
Latest data from the United Nations reveal obesity and overweight rates are ‘increasing in all regions’. Could ‘healthy food’ subsidies and taxes on products high in saturated fat, salt, and sugar, curb the trend?
A new initiative has been launched in the Netherlands to help disruptive food start-ups scale to ‘move the needle’ in terms of value creation and impact.
According to France’s Ministry for the Economy and Finance, supermarket retailer E.Leclerc’s ‘improper business practices’ forced a number of its suppliers to lower their prices.
Nestlé accelerated its organic sales growth in the second-quarter of this year. Delivering the result, CEO Mark Schneider updates the market on two ‘big’ opportunities for the group moving forward: Starbucks and plant-based.
From vegetarian children's ready meals to eco-friendly dairy, palm oil-free bakery and botanical brews, FoodNavigator brings you a weekly round-up of hot products to hit the shelves in Europe.
Carbon neutrality is an imperative global goal to halt global warming. But it can also have a significant benefit on a company’s performance, writes Mark Chadwick, CEO of international climate change and sustainability consultancy EcoAct.
Anglo-Dutch consumer goods giant Unilever is focused on developing connections with consumers through its digital strategy which is focused on four key planks: relevance, quality, segmentation and targeting.
The European Commission set out its stall with commitments to end global deforestation related to EU imports of agricultural commodities. But is the rhetoric backed up with action and investment?
