News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage, Inc., a major dietary supplements and organic foods retailer, has reported 30.5% sales growth and double digit comparable store sales growth in the third quarter of fiscal 2013.
Ken Roseboro, publisher of the Organic & Non GMO Report, thinks an unstoppable tide is building in favor of mandatory GMO labeling of foods.
A two year extension of US zero-duty access to the EU beef market is the latest step in the longest running trade dispute dividing Europe and America.
3M Food Safety’s Molecular Detection Assay Salmonella has been validated through AOAC International as a First Action Official Method of Analysis (OMA) for the detection of the pathogen in selected foods.
As Nestlé put a brave face on underwhelming first half results that fell far below market expectations, its Jenny Craig weight management brand was singled out as being one of its worst performing.
Food firm Kerry Group has posted promising half yearly figures despite UK brands flat-lining in spreads and frozen food as a result of heavy promotions and the horsemeat effect.
WhiteWave Foods has filed a motion to dismiss the latest in a “tsunami of lawsuits” alleging consumers are being misled by the use of the term ‘evaporated cane juice’ (ECJ) to describe dried sugar cane syrup (aka sugar).
Contamination crisis
The tone of Theo Spierings, chief executive of Fonterra, changed from mea culpa earlier in the week to defiance last night as he assured New Zealanders that Chinese authorities and consumers had “appreciated” the speed with which Fonterra had acted to...
There’s a marketing experiment going on in the yoghurt aisle. Two yoghurt brands recently have positioned themselves as ‘yoghurt for men’. Is ordinary yoghurt really so girly?
A high fat and high sugar diet during pregnancy may increase the risk of children becoming vulnerable to alcohol and drug abuse in later life, according to new research in rats.
Lithuania, Latvia and Poland are considering building a giant wall on the border with Belarus in a bid to protect themselves from African Swine Fever (ASF).
A welfare charity has revealed plans to hold a “peaceful” march in London on Saturday (10 August) to protest against the UK live export trade.
Seafood fraud is often driven by economic adulteration in the US, according to a report from an ocean conservation agency.
Nestlé has cut its sales growth expectations for the full year – but even the revised target will be a stretch, according to the company’s financial chief.
Gum sales are still down for the category's second largest player, but the segment might be showing its first signs of recovery, according to Mondelez’s CEO.
Tate & Lyle has got the thumbs up from regulators to market its PROMITOR Soluble Corn Fiber 70 and 85 as sources of dietary fiber in Canada.
Nestlé USA has launched three limited edition Butterfinger bars featuring Bart Simpson as part of its latest marketing campaign.
Cadbury’s Indian arm has revealed plans to build the biggest chocolate plant in the Asia-Pacific region. The Indian plant, in Andhra Pradesh, will come at an investment of more than Rs1,000cr (US$163m).
Certain oysters and clams have been recalled by a Canadian importer over fears of Vibrio parahaemolyticus contamination.
US meat processor Cargill has seen profits surge in the fourth quarter and nearly doubled its earnings in fiscal 2013, although its beef business has suffered in the face of drought and tight cattle supplies.