Cargill invests in lab-grown meat outfit
Meat giant Cargill has joined business tycoons Bill Gates and Richard Branson by investing millions of dollars in lab-grown meat start-up Memphis Meats.
Archives for August 28, 2017
Sen. Roberts outlines three must-haves for agriculture in 2018 Farm Bill
As negotiations for the 2018 Farm Bill continue, legislators across the aisle need to work together to ensure “small differences do not get in the way of the larger goal” of passing a bill that will spur agricultural growth and ensure the competitive...
EU opens comment period on draft BPA regulation
The European Commission has opened a comment period on draft regulation to crackdown on bisphenol A (BPA) limits.
Cocoa prices to stay low in short term even as chocolate markets are ‘strong’
Cocoa prices are expected to remain fairly flat until Q1 2018 even as the world’s largest chocolate market, the US, is growing, according to Rabobank.
WORLD FOOD SUMMIT 2017
Cheap food has expensive consequences but how can we make 'better' food?
Cheap food has expensive consequences for people and the planet's health but how can we make healthier and more sustainable food a reality for a global population? Grass-root movements will be key but industry must also be receptive, says Carolyn Steel.
Chinese firm sees first pork shipment to Tajikstan
A Chinese meat processor is celebrating the export of 22 tons of chilled pork to the central Asian state of Tajikistan.
Russian poultry company culls one million broilers over AI fears
One of the largest poultry producers in the Far East part of Russia, Amur Broiler, has culled one million heads of broilers since mid-August, when laboratory inspection of samples taken from the corpses of dead poultry showed the possible presence of...
Hormel moves into South American market with Ceratti acquisition
Hormel Foods Corporation has acquired Brazilian value-added meats brand Ceratti for $104 million.
Amazon acts fast to tackle barriers to online grocery sales with help from newly acquired Whole Foods
Amazon is wasting no time in leveraging Whole Foods Market’s reputation and physical locations to tackle two of the largest barriers for online grocery sales: consumer concerns about product freshness and delivery costs.
Hippeas founder: 'This could be a $100m brand in the next three to five years'
It’s barely more than a year old, but Hippeas is already generating monthly revenues just shy of a million dollars, says founder Livio Bisterzo, who reckons the chickpea-fueled brand could generate two or three times that amount next year.
Trimming the fat off dietary guidelines: Study links high carb intake to mortality risk
Global dietary guidelines should be revisited, according to a Lancet study, which found reducing fat intake and replacing it with a high carbohydrate intake may be linked to worse health outcomes.
Australia
Size matters when it comes to dairy innovation
Fat globules are the secret to creating low-fat cream that’s easier to whip, cold butter that’s more spreadable and dairy cream powders that can be tailored for a range of products from milk to cheese to yoghurts.
Seaweed start-up dives for success as specialty ingredient
Seaweed start-up Dansk Tang, which uses divers to hand harvest its macroalgae from the North Sea, is making a splash in Denmark's specialty food retail space.
Bonduelle CFO: 'We are pushing our brands'
European vegetable giant Bonduelle smashed €2bn in annual sales for the first time ever this year: Finance chief Grégory Sanson speaks to FoodNavigator about how the company is using a mix of innovation and investment to drive its brands.
Firm has licence cancelled as part of gov crackdown on fake sickness claims
A UK firm that encouraged people to make holiday-sickness claims has had its licence cancelled.
HKScan aspires to be Scandinavian poultry giant
Finland-based HKScan aims to be Scandinavia’s leading poultry processor, according to a company-wide strategy, crafted to revitalise the loss-making business.
Atlantic Natural Foods seeks to disrupt sleepy shelf-stable plant-based protein category
The shelf-stable plant-based protein market is ripe for disruption, says Atlantic Natural Foods (ANF), which is hoping to bring incremental growth to the segment with a category-first: fully prepared vegetarian and vegan microwaveable meals in “healthy,...
Startup to launch plant-based beverage line using leftover barley from breweries
US beverage startup, Canvas, has developed a way to convert unused grain leftover from the beer brewing process into a line of sustainable plant-based beverages.
General Mills loses bid to trademark yellow Cheerios box
The US Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) has declined General Mills' bid to trademark the yellow background color on boxes of Cheerios cereal.
Foodstuff most frequently intercepted counterfeit product
Foodstuff was the most frequently intercepted counterfeit product during a joint World Customs Organization (WCO) operation in Asia Pacific.
South Asia Radius
Lightning fish farming growth is transforming Bangladeshi economy
An “important driver” of the Bangladeshi economy, the fish farming industry has grown 25-fold in three decades, with farmers having little cause to rely on NGO and goverment support.
How to market beverages to a ‘hipster demographic’ in China
‘"Hipsters" in Chinese has a special meaning. The closest approximation, 文艺青年, literally translates to “young people into literature and art.”