Latest News in the food Industry

7 Jun 2022

Danish startup, Clutch Cognition, has entered the functional drinks space targeting cognitive health with a blend of botanicals and plant-based ingredients such as sage, green oat, green tea, and guar beans.

6 Jun 2022

Food safety testing technologies such as automation and next-generation sequencing methods are instrumental to building industry transparency, consumer confidence and detecting foodborne outbreaks and infectious diseases.

3 Jun 2022

The war in Ukraine has resulted in a reduction in spring crop planting by at least one third and heavily disrupted supply routes, according to a report by the International Panel of Experts on Sustainable Food Systems. 

2 Jun 2022

Dutch ingredient supplier DSM and Swiss flavour & fragrance supplier Firmenich are to merge in a deal they say will create an industry leader in food, nutrition, flavour, and wellbeing.

1 Jun 2022

Seen as a better-for-you, natural sweetener, tapioca syrup is growing in demand, particularly among consumers in Asia and North America.

31 May 2022

As Gen Z consumers gain disposable income, they are looking to quench their thirst with beverage brands that are clean, sustainable and socially responsible, according to a report from the global consumer trend forecaster WGSN.

30 May 2022

Chocolate made without cacao, peanut butter without peanuts, coffee without the beans. All these futuristic-sounding possibilities have become a reality with Voyage Foods’ reverse engineering technology that recreates these popular foods using ot...

27 May 2022

Manufacturers explore the use of Chlorella, a type of single-celled green algae known for its rich nutritional profile, to offer a vegan alternative in food and drink formulations.

26 May 2022

Functional ingredients “over and above” general nutrition needs have seen “dynamic growth” in pet foods recently, with increasingly health-minded owners seeking-out similar benefits for furry family members, Nicole Paley, deputy...

25 May 2022

The continued conflict in Ukraine has sparked concern over the future food security in Europe and beyond. A new survey from ProVeg International found that over half of respondents have reported changes in the availability and access to ingredients as ...

24 May 2022

On average, retailers in the UK only scored a 3.3 out of 10 in their efforts to promote healthy nutrition choices for their consumers, according to an index composed by the Access to Nutrition Initiative (ATNI) that analyses and benchmarks efforts by r...

23 May 2022

It is “hard to find any silver bullets” that could bring the wheat market’s skewed supply-and-demand back into balance after the latest blow due to India’s wheat export ban, RabobankResearch grains executive Stephen P. Nicholson...