Step away from the buffet: The recipe to eating a healthy festive dinner
It’s no secret that people eat more than usual during the festive season, but the buffet holds nutritional promise too. We visited a few...
Archives for December 23, 2015
Race to use only cage-free eggs could create supply challenge, predicts exec from the happy egg co.
As the race for manufacturers and restaurants to switch to 100% cage-free eggs in the US gains momentum, the speed of the transition could create short-term supply challenges for manufacturers and long-term opportunities for existing specialty egg...
Sorghum takes pressure off wheat production in drought-hit Australia
Increased consumption of Australian sorghum in China is behind a boom in the production of the supergrain, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
Trends food businesses should take note of for 2016
Consumer trends-analyst Phil Lempert offers a remedy to brand agnosticism, the trend he says “food businesses should be most worried about.”
New culture developed to enhance the quality of reduced-fat cheese
Chr. Hansen has launched a new cheese ripening culture, Delight TM, to help improve the texture, taste and flavor of reduced-fat cheeses.
Grass Fed Coffee hopes to bring butter coffee back in easy, RTD format
Butter is back, and soon too could be butter coffee if the manufacturers of Grass Fed Coffee, a ready-to-drink version of bullet coffee, meet their Kickstarter goal to raise $15,000 by Feb. 1.
FOOD VISION USA: The highlights!
If you didn't make it to Chicago in October for FoodNavigator-USA's inaugural Food Vision USA event, you missed a truly awesome ensemble of industry experts covering everything from our nutritional needs on a manned mission to Mars to the challenges...
Zambeef experiences strong profit growth
Zambia’s largest agri-businesses producer, Zambeef, has seen its operating profits rise by 189%, according to the company’s financial report.
Mothers' salt & sugar intake effects offspring long-term (but is gender specific): Study
A maternal diet high in salt and fructose has lasting effects on offspring in animals, researchers have found.
Poison blackmail response should prompt confidence in Kiwi food safety
Consumers in New Zealand and abroad should take confidence in the way a criminal blackmail threat to contaminate infant formula with a pesticide was handled, the country’s food ministry has claimed.
Australian beef goes online in China
Australian cattle producer Bindaree Beef Group has entered the realm of internet shopping and will start offering fine cuts of beef online in China.
Vietnam raises bird flu alert as dangerous strain detected
Panic-stricken Vietnam has raised the bird flu alarm as two strains of avian influenza infect people in China.
NutraInterview: Dominique Speleers, Beneo executive board member
Beneo: EFSA forced us to change our strategy
Dominique Speleers is a long-time Beneo man who has seen a lot in his 15 years with the European ingredients giant from back when it was Belgian inulin and chicory player Beneo-Orafti and now as a board member of the more European, more international,...
ASA ruling
Hare today, gone tomorrow: Nestlé boots Nesquik healthy bunny claims after UK challenge
Nesquik is no longer "a great start to the day" after the UK advertising authority ruled the product too high in sugar to bear health claims.
This week Down Under
Soft drinks seeing surge in young Australian consumption
Good news for Coca-Cola Amatil. The bottler and distributor might have posted its lowest profit in eight years, but research figures suggest that consumption of soft drinks is increasing in a key segment of the Australian population.
FoodNavigator-USA’s 10 most popular articles of 2015
Gluten-free Cheerios, Soylent, trendspotting, the rise of veganism, and lawsuits: All of these made the top 10 most read articles on FoodNavigator-USA, but what was #1?