Beyond Meat became the first plant-based food manufacturer to go public on a major stock exchange on May 4. The company's stock, which was priced at $25 a share, closed the day up 163%, to $65.75. Beyond Meat ended the day with a market capitalisation of $3.9-billion.
A Scottish firm specialising in high-value products derived from used coffee grounds claim they are developing pioneering environmentally-efficient processes that could lead to a sustainable and alternative ingredient to palm oil.
With two episodes of HBO's wildly popular medieval fantasy saga Game of Thrones to go, fans took to social media this week after heroine Daenerys Targaryen was joined at a wooden banquet table by a rogue Starbucks coffee cup.
Ajinomoto, the world’s largest producer of monosodium glutamate, is on a crusade to rehabilitate the image of MSG, long reviled as the source of so-called “Chinese restaurant syndrome”.
In mid-April, the founder of massively successful US yogurt company Chobani, Hamdi Ulukaya, gave the opening talk for the first night of TED 2019, this year's TED talk conference in Vancouver. In short, he posited, most CEOs are leading their companies wrong.
SA's largest macadamia group, Green & Gold Macadamias, has developed some interesting ingredient applications using this versatile and highly popular nut.
Global introductions of food and beverage products that use sweet potato as an ingredient, flavour, or more increased by a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 21% for the period from 2015 to 2018, according to Innova Market Insights.
A masters graduate at the University of the Western Cape (UWC) has written her thesis on the evolution of Cape Town's signature super sandwich, the Gatsby.
Sugar reduction is one of the most powerful trends, so you would imagine that a brand that’s 56% sugar and comes from a ‘Big Food’ company – and includes palm oil as an ingredient – would be in trouble. But if you did, you’d be wrong. In fact, people can’t get enough of it.
Rolf Uys is a very familiar face of the food safety industry in South Africa and likely its most experienced food factory auditor. Food Focus caught up with Rolf preparing for one of his legendary inspections. When did you first become interested in the food industry? After...
Lard, the go-to, super-tasty cooking fat for aeons, didn't just fall out of popular favour. It was pushed, a casualty of an American battle between giant business and their corporate interests.
The surge in Pick n Pay’s share price and sales suggests that the retailer is returning to its former glory days. Brasher, the Brit who was appointed in 2013 as Pick n Pay CEO, has led the retailer’s spectacular recovery. However, the market wonders if Brasher will remain in the hot seat for another few years to see through the full recovery.
We’re heading for a nutrition crisis. Plants love to eat CO2, and we’re giving them a lot more of it lately. But as Prof Kristie Ebi shows, there’s a hidden, terrifying consequence — the nutritional quality of plants is decreasing, reducing levels of protein, vitamins and nutrients that humans need.
With more options at their fingertips, today’s consumers have the purchasing power to choose the specific flavour innovations that meet their needs and preferences. It’s important to stay up-to-date on the latest flavour trends in order to compete effectively in the market. [American in focus, but of global relevance. Ed]
Taste is a complex phenomenon. We do not experience the sensation through a single sense (as we would when we see something using our sense of sight, for example) but rather it is made up of the five senses working together to allow us to appreciate and enjoy food and drink.
Kraft Heinz has named a new chief executive, appointing a fellow veteran manager of companies backed by investment firm 3G Capital to succeed Bernardo Hees amid some troubled times for the US food giant.
Four men have been found guilty of falsely labeling horsemeat as beef. The convictions stem from a Europe-wide scandal in 2013 in which the meat was used in frozen lasagna and other industrial food products.
The claims of more than 1,000 listeriosis victims are proceeding against the food producer in a single matter.
ULMA Packaging has recently carried out a major installation for the vacuum packing of meat with the Flow-vac system in the cold storage facilities of one of the largest supermarket chains in Argentina.
Governments across the globe are pushing ahead with sugar taxes. In this video, New Nutrition Business discusses if they actually work, and how the food and beverage industry is reacting.