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Editor’s choice: Our roundup of the most innovative dairy alternative products
19 Sep 2022
There is so much innovation in the alternative dairy space it can be hard to keep track. From sesame milk to bean-based cheese, our editors have rounded up of some products that showcase the trends in this constantly-evolving category.
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UK baby food brand unveils recyclable pouch in sector sustainability drive
16 Sep 2022
Baby food maker Little Freddie has launched a fully recyclable baby food pouch and is calling for other baby food manufacturers to follow by adopting more sustainable forms of packaging.
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Healthy, sustainable eating shapes UK specialty product launches
14 Sep 2022
From probiotic ice cream to CBD-infused chocolate and chorizo seasoning for plant-based meat, Ingredients Network went trendspotting at the Specialty and Fine Food Fair in London.
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Sweden’s Green-On develops palm oil alternative from gas and water
13 Sep 2022
Swedish start-up Green-On is producing an edible fat from carbon dioxide, water, and electricity as a sustainable alternative to palm oil, recently attracting the attention of Nordic investors and Big Idea Ventures.
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Researchers develop automation method to isolate volatile food ingredients
25 Aug 2022
A research team in Germany has applied automation to a long-standing method to isolate volatile food compounds, creating advantages over the existing manual process, which include food manufacturers’ potential to increase yields and lower the contamina...
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New EU project aiming to create a ‘meat database’ to help map out and improve taste and quality
22 Aug 2022
A new EU project set up to assess and improve meat quality in the food supply chain plans to create a large database of EU meat. It investigates whether pork and chicken meat from organic livestock farming tastes better than meat from intensive husband...
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Farm biologicals can make our farming system more sustainable: Rabobank
18 Aug 2022
Replacing synthetic pesticides with farm biologicals - crop production products from living organisms – may help create a more sustainable farming system, says a recent Rabobank report.
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Nestlé launches ‘molecular recycling’ initiative
16 Aug 2022
Food and beverage giant Nestlé introduces Infrasalience, a molecular recycling project in Africa that converts carbon emissions into water and food-grade bicarbonate of soda.
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Drive demand by adding a boost of blue with blueberries
15 Aug 2022
Blueberries are an ingredient and flavour consumers recognize and demand. So why not add blueberries to your next innovation?
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Dairy industry explores advanced technologies to digitalise global production
11 Aug 2022
Dairy manufacturers are increasingly integrating automation, the Internet of Things (IoT) and artificial intelligence (AI) technologies into their production plants in order to meet growing global demand for dairy products, particularly in Asia.
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Chickpea revolution? Companies looking to innovate could face higher prices as global shortage hits
5 Aug 2022
From coffee to ice cream, recent product launches demonstrate how companies are betting on chickpea in the plant-based revolution… but could a global shortage scupper innovation?
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Oman authorities put food security and sustainability centre stage with ‘transformative’ investments
21 Jul 2022
New technologies and initiatives to promote sustainable food systems, healthy diets and improved food and nutrition security have attracted the backing of authorities in the Gulf country Oman.
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