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      <news:title><![CDATA[The cost of conflict: Food supply chains under pressure]]></news:title>
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      <news:title><![CDATA[Caged farming for eggs is being banned in Europe – could an EU-wide ban be on the horizon? ]]></news:title>
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      <news:title><![CDATA[Grocery prices jump in October as food affordability remains political flashpoint]]></news:title>
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      <news:title><![CDATA[Product data is critical to consumer trust in AI shopping]]></news:title>
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      <news:title><![CDATA[Hain Celestial’s portfolio reset faces test as sales continue to slide]]></news:title>
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      <news:title><![CDATA[Consumers spend more for fewer groceries, raising the stakes for brands]]></news:title>
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      <news:title><![CDATA[Just Ice Tea takes on energy drink segment with high-caffeine tea]]></news:title>
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      <news:title><![CDATA[7 confectionery trends set to dominate 2027]]></news:title>
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      <news:title><![CDATA[What ingredient innovators are betting on next]]></news:title>
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      <news:title><![CDATA[Fermentation’s regulatory roadblock: When can next-gen functional foods be unlocked?]]></news:title>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[The 2026 Mars-Unreasonable Fermentation is opening new possibilities for functional foodscohort signals a shift toward ingredients, safety, nutrition and circularity.]]></image:caption>
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      <news:title><![CDATA[Brand New: Coca-Cola, Nestle and Nongfu Spring]]></news:title>
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      <news:title><![CDATA[How clear protein boosted the functional drinks category ]]></news:title>
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      <news:title><![CDATA[Grocery taxes, soda taxes and school meals: How voters decided]]></news:title>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Voters in Arizona, California, Florida and North Dakota weighed proposals on a range of issues, including grocery taxes, food assistance programs and more.]]></image:caption>
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      <news:title><![CDATA[Biomanufacturing promises to transform food production, but when will it deliver?]]></news:title>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Can biology become the food industry’s next factory? In this episode of FoodNavigator-USA’s Soup-To-Nuts podcast, food biomanufacturing innovators explore the potential of cultivated meat, plant cell culture and precision fermentation  and what it will take to scale these technologies commercially. ]]></image:caption>
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      <news:title><![CDATA[Nestlé’s Hot Pockets named the most bipartisan food in the US by YouGov]]></news:title>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Those on the left and the right agree that Vitaminwater is the most acceptable drink.]]></image:caption>
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      <news:title><![CDATA[Democrats’ midterm victory could bring new scrutiny to tariff-driven food price hikes]]></news:title>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Affordability concerns fuel Democrats' plans to investigate food price increases.]]></image:caption>
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      <news:title><![CDATA[Trade shocks and tech shifts: DBS on why Asia matters to global growth]]></news:title>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Shenzhen is part of the Shenzhen-Hong Kong-Guangzhou innovation corridor, which ranked as the world's leading innovation cluster in WIPO's Global Innovation Index 2026.]]></image:caption>
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      <news:publication_date>2026-11-10T17:09:14.55Z</news:publication_date>
      <news:title><![CDATA[Mondelēz shifts strategy to drive growth]]></news:title>
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      <news:title><![CDATA[Saffron squeeze: How the war in Iran is hitting ‘red gold’]]></news:title>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Most of the world's saffron is grown in Iran.]]></image:caption>
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      <news:title><![CDATA[What does the midterms result mean for F&B outside of the US? ]]></news:title>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[The midterms result will have a ripple effect across the world.]]></image:caption>
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      <news:title><![CDATA[Premium K-spirits: CJ CheilJedang takes new soju brand to US]]></news:title>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[CJ CheilJedang's jari range comprises three Korean distilled spirits: Moonbaesool 24, Moonbaesool 41 and Gamuchi 24, aged in traditional onggi earthenware vessels.]]></image:caption>
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