A standard language is needed to describe texture, according to
National Starch, to help manufacturers understand the needs of
consumers and increase speed to market of their products.
Long term R&D strategies look to be paying off as Danisco is
recognised as being one of the strongest patentees compared with
other companies in the food sector.
US food firm Kraft has launched a customer-led research and
development programme, in a bid to re-engage with consumers and tap
growing health and wellness trends.
The European subsidiary of a Malaysian plantation giant is set to
sign a four-year deal with Nizo food research in order to tap the
latest innovations in vegetable oil.
Cargill's patented starch, designed to deliver higher food quality
and cost savings for manufacturers, has been shortlisted in the
Most Innovative Ingredient category at the forthcoming FiE show.
Chr Hansen's latest Magical Sensory Tour is designed to bring
innovative products to customers and underline the company's ethos
that ingredients can be fun and imaginative.
Each country has its own distinct culinary taste, and this has
proved to be both a help and a hindrance to the world's major food
groups. The British, for example, have taken to curry as if they
had invented it themselves, but...
Increasingly mobile and health-conscious consumers are forcing food
and drink manufacturers to become even more inventive when it comes
to creating new products. Positive nutrition, convenient packaging
and even food which is good...
In the mature and stable food and drinks industry innovation is
often seen as the lifeblood of growth, writes market analysts
Datamonitor this week. But effective innovation and trend spotting
is inextricably linked to real consumer...
US agribusiness Cargill digs deeper into its pockets with the
recent announcement that - via its venture capital arm - the
company is to invest more in emerging technologies in food
applications, animal productivity and industrial...
Products made by small and medium-sized food producers will form
the backbone of Systeme U's ongoing development following the
signing of an agreement with FEEF.
Long-established brand icons such as Toblerone chocolate and Polo
mints would be considered unacceptably innovative by marketers
looking to launch them today and would be "either strangled at
birth or sent back to the drawing...
BioProgress Technology International, Inc. announced this week that
it has signed a Product Development Agreement with Swiss food group
Nestle to develop...
