News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
The recent drop in diet soda sales in North America has been “a little more rapid than we expected” says PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi, but PepsiCo remains convinced that “significant disruptive innovation” rather than “ridiculous pricing” is the best way to...
As egg white prices continue to rise on the heels of continual popularity in foodservice applications, egg replacement firms like Arla Foods Ingredients are seeing growing interest in egg white replacements, in particular the gluten-free arena, given...
Battle Creek-based microbrewer Arcadia Brewing Company has broken ground on a new facility set to open later this year in Kalamazoo that will initially triple its capacity and could ultimately increase it six-fold.
Oreo maker Mondelez International will introduce video display units near checkouts that estimate a person’s age and gender to deliver targeted advertising.
BPF (British Plastic Federation) president, Mike Boswell, welcomed Philip Law as director-general of the organization, with effect from July next year, at its 80th anniversary dinner on Friday.
EFSA backing of a blood glucose lowering health claim for fructose products spells good business prospects, Israeli supplier of the ingredient Galam Group has said.
The US Food and Drug Administration has issued a letter of no objection to Sabinsa for the Generally Recognized As Safe (GRAS) status of its Curcumin C3 Complex for use in food and beverages.
The Ontario Food Cluster is encouraging global food and beverage buyers and suppliers to join the likes of General Mills Canada, Maple Leaf Foods and Unilever by investing and becoming part of Ontario’s $39 billion, 3,200-company food and beverage...
Saudi-based company Almarai has partnered with Oystar Gasti in a deal that will help fulfill continuing consumer demand for high quality dairy products in the Gulf.
Danone has issued a profit warning for 2013 to account for the impact of Fonterra's recent whey protein concentrate (WPC) botulism scare, which the French dairy giant has claimed cost it around €170m ($230m) in sales.
There is a gap in the market for artisanal breads made on an industrial scale, says the CEO of Philibert Savours.
Another outbreak of bovine johne’s disease (BJD) has been reported in Australia.
Process Expo 2013
The speakers for the ‘Packaging in the New Millennium’ sessions at Process Expo (3-6 November) this year have been announced by the Food Processing Suppliers Association (FPSA).
Nestle USA has announced plans to launch its Butterfinger brand in peanut butter cups to challenge category leader Reese’s, made by Hershey.
The UK’s Advertising Standards Agency has ordered Unilever to pull two television commercials for Flora pro-activ that make cholesterol-lowering claims.
Food producers and consumers from all over the world will join together this World Food Day to discuss the key issues facing them in battling against food security and malnutrition.
A California wholesaler is recalling nearly 40,000lb of rotisserie chicken products over fears they could be a source of the current salmonella outbreak.
General Mills took its faith in the struggling cereal category up a notch this week with a national cereal lovers initiative across the US in a bid to inject the fun back into consumption.
China’s demand for dairy imports look set to grow for at least the next two years, while its local milk production struggles under structural change in the supply chain.
Recent changes within the potash industry could signal the beginning of a food price drop across the region, as prices of the potassium fertiliser look set to fall.
A meta-analysis that found that vitamin D supplements have no beneficial effect on bone density has drawn intense criticism from Australian experts, who say the study’s conclusions could have “dire consequences” for public health.
The European Commission is planning to recommend only partial country-of-origin labelling for products containing processed meats in a report set to be released by the end of October, Globalmeatnews.com has been told.
Global food production and bees are closely interrelated – but optimising how honeybees pollinate food crops could help improve yields, despite declining populations.
The leader of a packaging organization fires back at claims that reusable plastic containers used to transport produce are unsanitary.