News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
Market research firm Euromonitor International has pinpointed five ‘frontier’ economies in Africa that it says could hold investment potential on the back of increasing wealth – as growth outpaces that of many stagnant economies elsewhere.
Want on pack nutrition information to be noticed? Then make sure your packaging isn't suffering from 'information clutter', say researchers.
ADM Cocoa UK has committed to supplying 100% segregated certified palm oil for the European market, from its Liverpool-based facility.
Campaign marks shift from 'saying and showing' to more real actions
A senior Coca-Cola Company executive tells BeverageDaily.com that the company is ‘working hard’ to decide whether it can viably scale-up its phenomenally successful ‘Sharing Can’ pilot launched in Singapore.
Case study: Synergy's new Bangkok hub
Last month, Synergy, the Irish-owned flavours and ingredients company, opened a new manufacturing facility in Thailand, making it the latest in a long line of Western companies tapping the country as a major outpost.
Australian beef and veal exports hit record levels in May, exceeding 100,000 tonnes (t) swt for the first time in the nation’s history.
Daily supplements of curcumin – the natural pigment that gives the spice turmeric its yellow color – may support healthy aging, with two new studies indicating benefits for arterial aging and cognition.
Health Canada has approved Taiyo’s ingredient, Sunfiber, for use as a dietary fiber source.
Jif peanut butter to Folgers coffee maker JM Smucker said sales of K-cups topped $290m in fiscal 2013 (ending April 30), compared with just under $180m in 2012, a 61% increase.
Canada’s government has published a list of US commodities that are potential targets for retaliation unless the dispute over country of origin labelling (COOL) is resolved.
The European Commission has published its annual report on the EU’s Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF), which showed that notifications were falling before the horsemeat scandal.
Global stevia supplier PureCircle has introduced a range of sustainability targets for reducing carbon emissions and water use, as well as calories in global diets by 2020.
The EU is likely to backtrack rapidly on sanctions to stop cheap Chinese solar panel ‘dumping’ in the bloc, given alarms that possible tariffs on wine exports would hurt a ‘terminally stagnant’ French economy.
Microbiological criteria for Listeria are not always strictly adhered to in ready-to-eat foods leading to an increased risk of infection, according to a study by the German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR).
Blanket opposition to genetically modified crops is “a morally unacceptable position to take on the basis of unsubstantiated suspicions and fears”, according to the boss of Toronto-based firm Maple Leaf Foods.
Restaurant menus that highlight how much exercise you would need to do to burn off the calories in your selections could prove more persuasive than calorie information alone in encouraging diners to think about what they are ordering, according to a new...
Seven out of the 10 biggest markets for flavoured milk are in developing countries, while nations like India will drive massive growth of the product.
Fiber is a core selling point of breakfast cereal in Japan given the low dietary intake in the country, says a Canadean analyst.
Mondelez International plans to close gum factories in Lebanon and Morocco as it moves to consolidate production into larger facilities.