Drinking vinegar with raw honey and a yerba mate beverage help consumers detox in the new year while other manufacturers are already gearing up for Easter. We take a look at some interesting recent food and drink launches.
French pea protein supplier Roquette believes pea protein could make waves in the booming plant-based dairy alternative category. “It’s a big market, and there’s more innovation to come," says its head of pea protein.
Momentum is growing behind calls to impose fiscal sanctions on unhealthy foods. And while such stringent action is not on the immediate horizon that could change if the food industry fails to step up its efforts on reformulation.
Public Health England has expanded its ‘swap when you shop’ campaign to include a scanner smartphone app and a ‘good choice’ badge, in an effort to address rising childhood obesity rates in the UK.
Human error caused by a lack of standardised procedures and insufficient training are major drivers of food waste and a “cultural shift” is needed to tackle the issue, a new European study has found.
The founder of Oakmeal, a Greek start-up producing a range of clean label acorn-based snacks and baked goods, wants to shatter the fallacy that acorns are toxic and indigestible.
Manufacturers and retailers have achieved “a mixed picture” on UK salt reduction targets, according to a government report, although there has been clear progress in cutting salt since targets were first set in 2006.
From equity-based investment to reward-based crowdfunding; mini-bonds to peer-to-peer lending, there is no 'one-size-fits-all model for start-ups looking to access to capital, says Forward Fooding CEO.
The United Nations adopted a draft resolution on improving global nutrition last week. Calling for a focus on improved education to combat obesity, the agency remained silent on the key issues of taxation and nutritional labelling.
2019 could be the year fibre becomes fashionable as consumers learn more about gut health and weight management, according to a leading ingredient supplier.
General Mills is bringing its healthy snack brand Lärabar to the UK; French firm Nature & Cie creates a gluten-free brand just for kids and German confectioner Viba expands its popping nougat. Here are some product launches that caught our eye this...
'Date paste, sugar beet juice... Using pseudonyms for sugar is not acceptable,' says complainant
The Dutch Advertising Authority has told seven manufacturers and retailers, including Kellogg, Albert Heijn and Hipp, to remove ‘no added sugar’ claims from products that are sweetened with date paste, apple juice concentrate and sugar beet syrup.
From plant-based sweeteners to clean label additives; urban farming to healthy eating apps, we round up some of the most interesting start-ups to come out of France in recent years.
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