Australia’s DemoDAIRY starts winding-up process
DemoDAIRY at Terang, in southwest Victoria, Australia, is starting the process of winding up the cooperative after it says all options to remain open have been exhausted.
Archives for April 25, 2017
Japan’s meat appetite breaks records
Japan’s meat consumption broke new records in the 2016 fiscal year (April 2015 to March 2016) according to recent data, with projected year-on-year growth set to be the fastest in five years.
Smells like teen spirit? Different age groups have specific food smells - and that's important for tailored NPD
Vanilla is associated with children, roasted nuts with seniors and floral notes with adults, and the findings will provide "a deeper understanding" for tailoring new product development (NPD) to age groups, according to a recent study.
Coca-Cola to cut 1,200 jobs after fizzy drink sales fell 1%
Coca-Cola says it will cut approximately 1,200 jobs after global carbonated drink sales fell 1% in the quarter to March 31.
Romanian meat business aims at retail expansion
Romanian meat company SuperStar Com Srl plans to open at least 10 retail stores this year, adding them to its existing chain of 23 outlets.
Goodman Gluten Free’s baked goods enter 2,000 stores with new Ahold deal
As more shelf-space is dedicated to gluten-free products in the snack and bread aisles, one retired baking industry veteran noticed a void in the in-store bakery section—and it pulled him out of retirement and back to the drawing board.
Ukraine poultry company sees strong export growth
In the first quarter of 2017 Ukraine’s largest poultry processor MHP exported 49,150 tonnes (t) of poultry, 60% more than during the same period of the last year, the company’s press service has revealed.
Neogen launches raw pork detection test
Neogen has developed a test to detect raw pork in meat and environmental samples.
Dispatches from GFSI 2017 in Houston
Tetra Pak goes digital for quality issue resolution
Tetra Pak is using advanced analytics to predict potential problems instead of reacting to them.
Irish minister lays out seven-point plan for food and drink industry after Brexit
The Irish minister for agriculture has presented a new seven-point Brexit plan for the food and drink industry, highlighting the country’s particularly precarious position as the UK’s neighbour and chief trading partner.
€220m EU investment injection for Mediterranean food projects
The EU will invest €220 million in water and food projects in the Mediterranean area as part of the PRIMA programme.
Food and drink drives ‘good start’ for Novozymes
Enzymes and food biotechnology giant Novozymes saw a 3% growth in sales in the first quarter of 2017, driven by strong performances in Food & Beverages and Bioenergy.
Tyson Foods in sandwich mega deal
US-based Tyson Foods has agreed to acquire sandwich-maker AdvancePierre Foods in a $4.2bn deal that will expand the giant meat processor’s market share in prepared foods.
FOOD VISION ASIA 2017
Algae and insects: How to feed 9bn people a nutritious diet by 2050
Algae can become the world’s first ‘real superfoood’ and, along with edible insect products, help feed the growing global population in a more sustainable and nutritious fashion.
FOOD VISION ASIA
Diabetes in Asia: Food and nutrition industry action an economic and social imperative
Asia’s food and nutrition companies risk turning their backs on a vast potential market if they fail to innovate and reformulate to provide products to help fight the war on diabetes.
Nestlé departs UK for Poland taking 300 Blue Riband jobs
Nestlé is to move production of its Blue Riband chocolate brand from the UK to Poland with a loss of around 300 jobs.
Ingredion clinical trial shows blood sugar lowering potential of Versafibe ingredient
Researchers baked cookies using Versafibe 1490, a branded resistant starch by Ingredion, and another batch without it. Then they had 28 healthy participants eat either one cookie to compare Versafibe’s effect on postprandial blood glucose levels, and...
SPECIAL REPORT: Consumers and ‘clean’ food: Where is the clean label trend going next?
To the casual observer, ‘cleaning up’ our food sounds like an eminently sensible thing to do. But where is the clean label trend going, and is ditching every ingredient you can’t pronounce really the key to fixing the ‘broken’ food system (as Panera...
Soylent recalls shipments of Soylent 1.8 powder over undeclared allergen
Soylent is voluntarily recalling 890 boxes of its Soylent 1.8 powder because it may contain undeclared milk, says the company, which had hoped to stay out of the spotlight after a rocky few months marred by recalls of version 1.6 of its powdered beverage...