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Diet & Health
The five frozen food trends expected to reshape the US market in 2025
27 Jan 2025
The future of frozen food is being shaped by the preferences of younger generations who, compared to their older counterparts, are more likely to embrace bold flavours, global cuisines, and adventurous options.
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Louis Drefyus Company powers on in plant-based with BASF ingredients acquisition
17 Jan 2025
BASF has agreed to sell its food and health performance ingredients business to Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC).
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Kraft Heinz, Mondelēz, Coca-Cola, and Nestlé accused of marketing ‘addictive’ UPFs at children
15 Jan 2025
Major food manufacturers have been hit with a first-of-its-kind lawsuit alleging that they specifically engineer their ultra-processed foods (UPFs) to be addictive, and that they market the products towards children.
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HyFun Foods team up with Woolworths to expand frozen foods
13 Jan 2025
Ready-to-eat frozen food provider HyFun Foods partners with multinational retail giant Woolworths to move the premiumisation of frozen foods further into mainstream food aisles.
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California companies required to disclose heavy metal content in baby food
10 Jan 2025
As of January 2025, baby food manufacturers selling in California must disclose test results for four heavy metals – arsenic, lead, cadmium, and mercury – via an on-pack QR code.
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FDA reviews red food colour additive, Red No.3
9 Jan 2025
Amid considerations to tighten regulations around artificial ingredients, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is exploring a potential ban on particular type of red food dye.
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Is meat consumption a barrier to China’s GHG emission-lowering potential?
8 Jan 2025
New research by the global industry community Food and Land Use Coalition (FOLU) finds that adopting healthy diets could halve the amount of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in China from the country’s agricultural sector by 2050.
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Sperri builds investment momentum with US expansion plans
7 Jan 2025
Hailed as Canada’s first organic and allergen-free plant-based meal replacement drink, food-as-medicine brand Sperri progresses its efforts to enter the US market.
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Metabolic health, brain food, and fibre among Holland & Barrett’s top wellness trends for 2025
6 Jan 2025
UK health and wellness retailer Holland & Barrett has published its top wellness trends for 2025, including metabolism support, brain food, fibre, fertility, and functional tea.
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BelliWelli secures funding for retail and team expansion
2 Jan 2025
US fibre brand BelliWelli has confirmed a further $10 million series B investment from Invus. The investment will help the company further expand its presence in the US.
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EU calls to harmonise allergen labelling increase
1 Jan 2025
Allergy awareness efforts focus on implementing a European reference laboratory and collaboration to standardise labels and support allergen identification.
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Japanese study points to risk of excessive nutritional fortification
31 Dec 2024
Fortified foods and supplements are mainly beneficial but there is a small risk of over-supplementation – particularly for vitamin B6, a Japanese study has concluded.
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