The cultivated protein sector holds a distinct advantage over its plant-based counterparts by having better relationships with existing big meat and food industry brands, but more work still needs to be done in terms of boosting government partnerships...
Research findings from the Accountability Framework initiative (AFi) and CDP show that companies cannot afford any more delay in tackling deforestation across supply chains, with forest-related risks identified at almost US$80bn.
Food companies are increasingly opting for insetting over offsetting their carbon emissions, it's been claimed, as the voluntary carbon offset market continues to look to improve its credibility.
Dairy is in a ‘strong position’ to meet the nutritional needs of the global food market and help feed a growing and ageing global population, the Nordic Dairy Congress heard last week.
Ingredient supplier Sweegen hailed its victory against PureCircle in a stevia Rebaudioside M (Reb M) patent battle as opening the door to ‘major expansion’ opportunities. However, FoodNavigator understands PureCircle owner Ingredion is already preparing...
Regenerative practices and new technology could be a ‘game changer’ for dairy farming, according to the Unilever-owned ice cream brand, which is looking to bring greenhouse gas emissions at 15 of its dairy farms to half the industry average by the end...
With the plant-based boom showing no signs of slowing, FoodNavigator profiles the technology, ingredients and culinary science powering innovation in meat and dairy alternatives.
A new study in the Journal of Dairy Science determined that adding pickled cucumbers to sour cream can improve its antioxidant properties and enhance its health-promoting activities.
Coffee-to-snacks group Paulig is investing in Dutch plant-based cheese start-up Willicroft. We hear from Marika King, Head of Paulig’s venture arm PINC, about what makes Willicroft stand-out in the alt. cheese space.
Flavours are not currently defined by their most important functionality: taste. We speak to flavour tech innovator iSense about how it is using sensory data and digitalisation to develop a marketplace approach that delivers transparency to boost agility...
By René Floris, NIZO Food Research Division Manager
In plant-based milk, consumers are increasingly aware of the importance of nutritional parity - including protein levels - with dairy milk or high-protein beverages. Is it as easy as simply adding protein to the mix?
A tie-up between Finnish dairy major Valio and biotech start-up eniferBio could unlock new possibilities to upcycle of dairy side-streams for novel sustainable protein.
A major research study investigating dairy consumption and cancer risk suggests a greater intake of dairy is associated with higher risks of liver cancer and breast cancer.
The UK Dairy Roadmap has issued an extension to its target on carbon auditing - an important early step in its 2050 net zero plans - citing increasing pressure on farmers and ‘soaring’ production costs.
Brazil is introducing new labelling requirements that include the addition of front-of-pack warnings alerting consumers to high levels of added sugars, saturated fats and sodium. Arla Foods Ingredients says its whey permeate Variolac can stop brands falling...
A cheese mark made from casein, integrated with a silicon microchip, has been developed to help the Parmigiano Reggiano Consortium guarantee the authenticity of producers’ products.
Private label loyalists (shoppers that buy them over 75% of the time) now equal those of national brands in all key European markets, claims fresh IRI data.
Whether on a journey to net zero or carbon neutrality, environmentally conscious brands are working to reduce emissions across Scope 1, 2, and 3. Three UK-based brands – Pip & Nut, Minor Figures, and Shed 1 Distillery – reveal the ‘easy wins’ that...
With an increasing number of consumers looking to make more sustainable food choices based on what they read on social media, Arla decided to study what impact this has on attitudes to dairy. “The rise in cancel culture is playing too much of an influence...
Vienna’s Fermify claims its digitised production platform delivers casein proteins with the same superior functional properties and nutritional profile of real cheese and allows producers to produce cow-free cheese at scale.
The IPCC’s Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) has revealed animal protein production is under significant and accelerating pressure from climate change – representing a significant material risk for investors. This is according to the FAIRR Initiative, an...
Despite environmental and ethical concerns, consumers are unwilling to give up conventional cheese, according to Real Deal Milk. So the start-up is taking a different approach to dairy production: one that uses microbes, rather than cows.
Unilever has said it will stop advertising its brands to children under the age of 16. But, in a digital advertising space that experts liken to the ‘Wild West’, can the company deliver? And will the move place its brands at a competitive disadvantage?
Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine is taking a toll on major CPG companies, including PepisCo and Mondelez, both of which reported a hit to annual profits yesterday due to restricted production and sales in the countries and surrounding area as well...
The ingredients supplier is investing €50m in the new facility to make protein concentrate, starch rich flour and hulls from faba beans – a crops that comes with ‘convincing sustainable credentials’, Beneo’s Christoph Boettger tells FoodNavigator.
Arla Foods Ingredients has received a favourable response from the European Food Standards Agency (EFSA) for Lacprodan beta-lactoglobulin (BLG)-100 as a novel food (NF) in a variety of applications.
UK retailer Co-op is getting rid of use-by dates from all of its own-brand yogurts in a bid to reduce food waste and combat the 42,000 tonnes – £100m ($127.6m) worth – of edible yogurt thrown away by UK householders each year, due to guidance printed...
This question is soon to be on industry’s lips, according to Dr Jeremy Chignell, senior fermentation scientist at BIO-CAT Microbials, who, together with Eva Sommer from Fermify and regulatory expert Dr Hannah Lester, talks the ‘biggest obstacles’ facing...
Agrifood SMEs are crucial to the development of much-needed innovation in the food system but encounter limited access to scale up facilities and technological proficiency, reveals a new report from EIT Food, the food arm of the EU-funded European Institute...
Ag-tech start-up Better Origin wants to fix the broken food chain through its AI-powered insect ‘mini-farms’. The group has just completed a Series A funding round. FoodNavigator catches up with CEO Fotis Fotiadis to learn more about what the future holds.
Spanish ingredient supplier Nektium is expanding its botanic ingredient portfolio into the food and beverage sector for the first time. FoodNavigator caught up with R&D experts at the company to learn more about the ‘exciting opportunity’ for botanicals...
Industrial livestock are responsible for a ‘huge’ environmental footprint. But alternative proteins aren’t necessarily the silver bullet solution they have been billed as, food systems specialists at International Panel of Experts on Sustainable Food...
We are nowhere near on track to keep global warning below 2°C, was the stark conclusion of the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report. But hope was also on offer. FoodNavigator looks at how food system transformation can help mitigate...
In an important legal case that may delay the advancing fortified foods sector, products containing vitamins are not required to list the chemical source of the vitamins on the labelling, the EU’s highest court has ruled.
European grocery CEOs have a generally negative outlook on market conditions for this year, reveals a new report from McKinsey & Company and EuroCommerce.
Precision technology, assisted by photonic technology, allows a faster, lighter, more durable, and much cheaper way of producing plants and animals believe Dutch growers.
Scaling back livestock production? Tougher regulation of commodity trading? Pushing back green legislation? FoodNavigator looks at what can be done to limit the impact of this latest food price crisis.
ADM has developed PearlEdge, a proprietary white colour solution that it says fills a ‘vital white space’ in the market. “We saw the need for plant-based white colorants that tick the boxes on brilliance, stability and uniformity,” Hélène Moeller, Vice...
