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Thinning is winning in the US snack aisle, as food companies introduce thinner, crispier cookies and crackers. “Less is more” is the essence of the “thin” trend – less thickness means more pieces the consumer can eat for less or the same amount of...
For confectionery manufacturers, Lindt is currently something of a shining city on a hill. It continues to make what the majority of its competitors have found very difficult to achieve...
Most people have no idea that a xylitol, a sugar alcohol sweetener in sugarless chewing gum and now dearly beloved by the growing population of low carb/Banting fans, could kill their precious pooches if they happen to ingest it.
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Meeting the demands of an ever-changing marketplace, such as 'natural' and 'clean label', is a challenge for food processers, and often technically/financially infeasible for many plants and their personnel. But, ironically, it is technology that opens the way to meeting these current NPD heights.
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The next superfood is more often seen in ponds than on plates, but this is changing fast. While headlines herald seaweed as the next superfood, few have yet realised the game-changing potential of algae.
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A grain that was cultivated exclusively for feeding birds may soon find its way as a healthy and tasty ingredient in bread, cookies and pasta for consumers.
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On Jan 7, the Obama administration released its much-anticipated 2015 update to the Dietary Guidelines. Revised every five years, they are based on evolving nutrition science and serve as the government's official advice on what to eat. One concrete change: Americans are being told...
America's Whole Foods Market is one of the nation's trendiest retailers. Here's what its product experts have pinpointed as the 10 top food trends to watch in 2016. From “old-world” ingredients to emerging flavours and sourcing trends, ttheir forecast covers a lot of ground.
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In the US, a small contingent of venture-funded startups are trying to capitalise on the move away from meat. In the Netherlands, however, the pressure to go meatless, or at least less meat, is felt even more intensely. A Dutch startup called the Vegetarian Butcher...
Looking to 2016, Mintel has announced six key trends set to impact global packaging markets over the next year, including implications for both consumers and brands. Here's a synopsis, but you can download the whole report for FREE!
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SA's biggest food firm, Tiger Brands, says it has made "good progress" in its search for a new CEO after former head Peter Matlare gave notice late last year amid fallout from the group’s failed multibillion-rand Nigerian investment.
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Firmenich, the world’s largest privately-owned company in the fragrance and flavour business, has announced coconut as its "Flavour of the Year" for 2016.
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McCormick & Company, a global leader in flavour, has unveiled its annual Flavour Forecast predicting the trends that will shape culinary exploration and innovation – in home kitchens, at restaurants and on retail shelves – across the globe.
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Food Technology magazine, published by the Institute of Food Technologists in the US, is a foremost mouthpiece of the American food-beverage industries. Its editors have announced their predictions on hot food trends for 2016. Here’s what they’re forecasting for this year...
JSE-bound consumer goods group, Bounty Brands, has made its first local and international food acquisitions.
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Irene Rosenfeld's job won't get any easier in 2016. The headwinds buffeting her company, snacks giant Mondelez International, show no sign of slackening.
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This is the fast food chain like you've never seen it before...
Launching a premium and improbable product into SA's township takeaway market has allowed Parmalat to generate hundreds of millions of rand in sales in an invisible market, a market which is now hotly contested by all the dairy industry players in the business.
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Public Health England has launched a new 'Sugar Smart' app to help raise awareness of the dangerous levels of sugar in products consumer by children, causing an array of health problems for today's youth including obesity and diabetes.
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