A strong interest in protein content and high-protein products across the food and drinks market is continuing to develop, reports Innova Market Insights, despite the fact that most Western consumers already get enough protein in their diets.
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Yielding only 1 kcal/g, polydextrose has become a multipurpose synthetic ingredient helping manufacturers increase non-dietary fibre content while replacing portions of a product's sugar, starch and fat. This, in turn, helps food and beverage makers create products with reduced calories and lower energy density in...
Several new developments in the world of microalgae-derived ingredients have transpired recently. Agribusiness giant, ADM, is entering the fray to produce DHA, and there's a new name hailing from Portugal and that's calling for its products to be considered for several good reasons.
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Consumers from Beijing to Boston are gobbling up more meat and dairy products, fueling multibillion-dollar mergers in the food industry and reshaping global agriculture.
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After a six-month investigation, the Guardian newspaper has uncovered how big supermarkets in the UK, US, Europe and Australia are selling prawns in a supply chain fed by slave labour. The Thai fishing industry, it claims, is built on slavery, with men often beaten, tortured...
US baby-food giant, Beech-Nut is hoping to bring millennial parents back to a declining category – they are leaving the baby food aisle in preference to making their own food at home using simple and nutritious ingredients – with a new line of superbly designed...
Upmarket UK retailer, Waitrose, is now selling bags of tomatoes that have either fallen naturally or are misshapen as a drive to cut food waste.
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Leading South African snack manufacturer Simba has officially commissioned its new state-of-the-art manufacturing plant in Prospecton, KwaZulu-Natal, its third in the country. The new plant was ceremonially opened by Simba's Business Unit CEO, Alan Henderson and supply chain director, Rod Robinson (seen left).
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A moment on the lips, a lifetime on the hips – or so the saying goes. UK-based food inventor Charlie Harry Francis is looking to challenge the idea that the sensory delight offered by our favourite foods need live on in the form of bulging...
The global food industry is on the eve of an online retailing revolution that will lead to fundamental changes for players along the supply chain, from processors through to retailers. For brands and private-label food processors of every size it means exploiting opportunities and tackling...