In the UK, supermarket retailers are concerned the new proposed deadline of October 2022 for incoming HFSS legislation does not give them enough time to get their houses in order.
Demand for healthy snacks is increasing – and as it does the number of products trying to claim a health halo is also on the rise. But what happens when the nutrition doesn’t live up to claims being made?
EFSA has opened a public dialog on front-of-pack nutritional labelling and health claims as it works to finalise the scientific advice that will help decision makers develop an EU-wide scheme.
A coalition of European health, medical, consumer and family organisations has called on the European Union to adopt legislation to protect children from the ‘harmful impacts’ of the ‘widespread, ubiquitous and insidious’ marketing of nutritionally poor...
Israeli start-up Torr Foodtech is replacing sugar binders with mechanical pressure and ultrasonic energy to ‘weld’ natural ingredients together in snacks.
In this week's rundown of new product launches, healthy food staple the chick pea gets and indulgent makeover, vegan chocolate rides high, and insect protein continues to make inroads.
The sweetener producer claims combining functional ingredients with sugar alternatives can attract a new generation of customers to products that offer guilt-free indulgence and nutritional benefits.
The French supplier says its acquisition of Swiss-based locust bean gum specialist UNIPEKTIN Ingredients will allow it to push into new markets and applications.
Industry experts discuss the key trends informing new product development in the kids’ food category, and gaze into their crystal balls to offer future insights…
With a ban on the use of controversial colouring agent titanium dioxide (E171) looking likely in the European Union in 2022, the ingredient supplier Ingredion Corporation warns that manufacturers might face extra costs when converting to clean label strategies,...
Cereal Partners UK (CPUK), the maker of Nestlé breakfast cereals, says it is removing an estimated 59 million teaspoons of sugar and 3 million teaspoons of salt from its products, as it continues its staggered ‘salami slice’ reformulation approach to...
A recent study has come out in favour of mandatory front-of-pack labelling (FOPL) policies – for both directing consumer choice and encouraging the food industry to reformulate products.
