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Innovations spotted at SIAL 2024 show direction of travel for food industry. Credit: GettyImages

Innovation watch: Spotted at SIAL 2024

By Rachel Arthur, Teodora Lyubomirova and Gill Hyslop

Edible cutlery, reimagined sushi, and vitamin-enriched cheese are just a handful of exciting food and drink innovations entering the market.

The experts wade in on what food and drink start-ups get wrong. Image/Getty

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Ask the experts: What do F&B start-ups get wrong?

By Nicholas Robinson

What do food and drink start-up businesses get wrong? It’s the big question facing many fledgling businesses. FoodNavigator speaks to nine industry experts to find out.

Start-up pitch: How BettaF!sh is creating seafood from seaweed. GettyImages/Aamulya

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Start-up pitch: How BettaF!sh is creating seafood from seaweed

By Donna Eastlake

The plant-based seafood market is underserved – enter BettaF!sh. This week we're discovering how founder, Deniz Ficicioglu, is revolutionising the fish-free fish space in the first edition of FoodNavigator’s start-up pitch series.

Alternatives to commodities such as cocoa have seen some consumer interest. Image Source: Getty Images/GoodLifeStudio

Future Food-Tech 2024

Do consumers want alternative raw materials?

By Augustus Bambridge-Sutton

Alternative raw materials aim to provide sustainable versions of commodities, including cocoa, coffee and palm oil, that are both integral to food and linked to deforestation. Will consumers accept them?

Food and drink businesses seeking investment face a cautious market. Image/Getty

Food tech investment slump seeing slow u-turn

By Nicholas Robinson

Food and drink investors remain cautious over which businesses to pump funds into on the back of a “challenging” market that’s remained stagnant following a steep decline, a banking expert tells FoodNavigator.

The future financial success of dairy is locked in technology. Source: Getty

How precision tech will reboot dairy industry profits

By Nicholas Robinson

Dairy value sales will balloon to over $1tr in the next decade as the sector combats myriad issues by adopting emerging food technologies like precision fermentation and cellular agriculture.

How to recruit the right staff for your brand. GettyImages/andresr

How to recruit the right staff for your brand

By Donna Eastlake

Making the decision to recruit staff is a big step for any new business. It presents multiple challenges and can generate unexpected costs. We’re here to help guide you through the process.

No mention: the food and drink industry was omitted from the EC's competitiveness. Source: Getty

F&B excluded from European Commission’s competitiveness strategy

By Nicholas Robinson

Food and beverage – Europe’s largest manufacturing industry – has been omitted from the European Commission’s ‘The future of European competitiveness’ report designed to accelerate the EU’s finances ahead of competing nations.

How to effectively label your food product. GettyImages

How to effectively label your food product

By Donna Eastlake

Front- and back-of-pack food and nutrition information is essential. Here’s how to ensure the details are legally tight to not only attract customers, but to keep them safe.

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