Scientists have outlined the effect of fermented foods on the gut environment, as the boost in beneficial bacteria numbers may give rise to better defined personalised nutrition schemes in the future.
Shoppers that purchase around 40-80% of goods on special offer have a greater chance of being obese, says Cancer Research UK, which is pushing for restrictions on price promotions for less healthy products.
Nordic food and ingredients group Orkla today (29 March) unveiled a slate of acquisitions that, it said, reflected its strategy to invest behind priority areas.
The Welsh Government revealed plans to pump an additional £22m into the food and drink industry last week at Taste Wales, an event promoting Welsh food to more than 200 domestic and international buyers.
The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) has become the first regulator to adapt next generation sequencing technology to test plant-based foods and food supplements.
Swedish agricultural cooperative Lantmännen is expanding its oat processing capacity through the acquisition of a production facility from UK ingredients group Tate and Lyle.
French biomarine group Algaia say it is “benefitting from a pool of investors” having announced AgTech firm Sapec will take a 31% stake in the business.
Technology and innovation are playing an ever-greater role in helping the food sector get ahead of changing consumer demands, evolving regulatory pressures and environmental challenges.
By Bruce Friedrich, executive director of the Good Food Institute
Activists should take a pragmatic approach and be willing to work with 'big food' in order to support an increase in consumption of plant-based options, Good Food Institute (GFI) executive director Bruce Friedrich suggests.
The fresh food sector may well be the hardest hit when the UK withdraws from the EU, with a no-deal Brexit potentially costing the UK food industry €1.3bn, according to market research provider, Euromonitor International.
Leveraging Oxford Nanopore’s sequencing technology, the Clear Safety platform allows customers to accelerate ‘time-to-insight’ and ‘time-to-decision’ in the pathogen detection process.
Pfeifer & Langen – the German sugar company and Intersnack owner - has taken a stake in European plant protein innovator Amidori. FoodNavigator caught up with the people behind the deal to find out more.
While its essential for healthy ageing, protein’s ability to repair and grow the body only scratches the surface of the nutrient’s potential. Nandi Proteins is one of the companies exploring that potential.
A new global standard on seafood traceability has been launched in a collaborative effort to address the growing business need for traceability in the complex seafood supply chain.
The nutritional benefits of purple superfoods, together with their social media ‘worthiness’, have contributed to an increase in all things purple on supermarket shelves, according to Mintel analyst.
