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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 partnership strives to improve cocoa farming in Ivory Coast
24 Aug 2022
Conseil du Cafe-Cacao and IDH’s Sustainable Trade Initiative launch a new programme, Cocoaperation, to support cocoa farming and improve the livelihoods of cocoa producers.
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This practical toolkit helps brands to improve food safety
23 Aug 2022
Food safety is one of the biggest challenges facing the global food industry. To combat this issue, companies need to establish strong food safety cultures. This practical guide is designed to help brands progress on their journey to food safety.
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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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Voluntary actions by industry ‘ineffective’ for public health, warns ‘realist review’
19 Aug 2022
Reliance on voluntary actions to control the composition and marketing of unhealthy foods and drinks by industry is not effective and results in weaker regulations in low- and middle- income countries, warn researchers.
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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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Healthier products cannot tackle obesity crisis alone, says expert, as Nestlé discontinues non-HFSS Shreddies
17 Aug 2022
Creating lower-sugar products will “not solve the obesity crisis by itself, especially if these options are so quickly discontinued”, says one expert, as Nestlé withdraws its non-high-fat-high-sugar (HFSS) ‘Shreddies The Simple One’ breakfast cereal af...
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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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Capri Sun adds monk fruit to US juice drinks to reduce sugar by 40%
15 Aug 2022
With parents increasingly focusing on reducing their children’s sugar intake, Kraft Heinz is using monk fruit to cut sugar in US Capri Sun products to deliver on both taste and health credentials.
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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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How plant-based milk brands can address taste and texture challenges
12 Aug 2022
Today’s consumers want plant-based milk products that mimic the desirable sensorial attributes of their non-dairy alternative counterparts. In response, brands and manufacturers are focusing on taste, texture, education and sustainability.
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Exploring the business benefits of food waste reduction
10 Aug 2022
The environmental and human cost of food waste make reduction strategies “one of the most urgent and daunting” challenges to society, but businesses can use the fight on waste to drive additional revenues and profit, according to a report.
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