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Ingredient suppliers normally focus on marketing their ingredients to brand owners in the hope of getting them used in their products. And as most ingredient sales and marketing professionals know, it’s a frustrating process. Comment by New Nutrition Business's founder and editor-in-chief, Julian Mellentin.
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Major dairy manufacturer, DairyBelle has taken a new step to community and environmental stewardship with its newly-launched Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certified aseptic UHT milk carton packs from SIG Combibloc Obeikan. [Click pic to enlarge]
Green rooibos tea has higher levels of antioxidants than traditional rooibos, but recent studies are proving that both kinds of rooibos protect against a range of diseases, and that drinking green rooibos is not necessarily better....
3M's Food Safety Division has launched the 3M Molecular Detection System for pathogen testing - technology that permits fast, simple detection and a solution that it describes as "fast, accurate, easy-to-use and affordable". [Click image to enlarge]
Daiwa House, Japan's largest homebuilder, has introduced a line of prefabricated hydroponic vegetable factories, aimed at housing complexes, hotels, and top-end restaurants. Called the Agri-Cube, these units are touted by Daiwa as the first step in the industrialization of agriculture, to...
Diet Coke celebrates its 30th anniversary this year, and like many crossing over into their 30s, the brand can look back on some significant achievements and forward to some daunting challenges as well, says Mintel analyst, Sarah Theodore. [This article has...
The plant hormone ethylene lets green tomatoes ripen even after the harvest, whereas the closely related chilli peppers show no such effect. German researchers wanted to understand the reason for that and compared gene expression levels and metabolic pathways of both plant species....
The next time you go to the store, pay attention to the long lines of horizontally stacked products on the shelves. Depending on how tall you are, different products fall into your main field of vision. When you look at the cereal...
This is a fascinating scenario playing out. The pharmaceutical industry is currently experiencing a rather precarious period, often referred to as the “patent cliff”, ie the mass expiry of drugs patents.
As Euromonitor has reported, the situation is further compounded by a...
Any limitations or crackdown on liquor advertising will be undermined by the Internet and social media, says Yoav Tchelet, of dotJWT, the digital division of advertising agency JWT....
"As more consumers learn about the various health benefits of daily probiotic consumption, we'll continue to see strong demand for probiotic-fortified products across all categories," says Peggy Steele, global business director for Danisco US. This article in Food Processing (with an American focus)...
A glimpse inside older people's stomachs reveals how gut bacteria and diet might influence health....
Last June, scientists from Harvard University announced the development of their new SLIPS (Slippery Liquid-Infused Porous Surfaces) technology. When used to coat surfaces, it is highly effective at keeping ice, frost, or just about any type of liquid from accumulating on them. Now, it turns...
With class action lawsuits now possible in SA under the Consumer Protection Act, there are some insights to be learned from Ferrero USA's recent legal tribulations - in late April, it announced it had settled a class action suit over its marketing of Nutella –...
As reported in the recently published Beverage Industry 2012 State of the Industry report, for the first time, energy drinks have outsold bottled water (in the year ending April 15). During that period, energy drinks garnered more than $6.9 billion...
Some 60% of consumers [American] express a high concern about pesticide residues, much of which is based on misleading information. With the aim of putting the facts to the fore, a non-profit organisation of organic and conventional farmers, The Alliance for Food and Farming, has...
Kellogg South Africa has come up with a nice piece of innovation catering to local tastes: Kellogg’s Corn Flakes Instant Porridge. (Click to enlarge)
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An article published in Advances in Nutrition explores the role of processed foods in meeting the Dietary Guidelines for Americans. Additionally, it aims to address the widely held misconceptions about processed foods, a situation that presents challenges to both food scientists and nutritionists...
As pharmaceutical companies struggle to devise new drugs to treat symptoms of dementia, a host of supplements and products called "medical foods" purporting to improve cognitive function are advancing toward the market....