Latest News in the food Industry

19 May 2016

Farmer-owned Arla has taken the decision to start to incentivise more farmers to convert to GM-free feed. The market is increasingly willing to pay a price premium, the company says, and Arla believes it is in a favourable position to capture this new ...

19 May 2016

ADM’s WILD Flavors and Specialty Ingredients business unit (WFSI) is expanding its portfolio to include new concepts featuring nuances of mint, targeted at beverages and tablets.

17 May 2016

ADM has acquired full ownership of Amazon Flavors, a Brazilian manufacturer of natural extracts, emulsions and compounds. ADM had previously owned a 40% equity stake in Amazon.

17 May 2016

In comments submitted to the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA), the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) has called on the agency to more clearly define the use of the term “natural” in food labelling.

4 May 2016

Danish Biotech Company Asiros and German-based distributor Breko have agreed to work together for the sales and marketing of MitoActive and BerryShield products.

4 May 2016

Naturex is launching Xtrablend OA, a 100% natural solution to increase colour stability by preventing colour degradation in chilled products. It combines acerola standardized in ascorbic acid and onion standardized in polyphenols.

28 Apr 2016

Algatechnologies notes that he market for ‘green’ dietary supplements is growing more than twice as quickly as that for sustainably produced food and drink, new figures from Mintel show.

28 Apr 2016

As raw food diets are hitting the mainstream, a growing number of “raw”-labelled food and drink products are launching in Europe, and it seems Germany is particularly active when it comes to “raw” food and drink innovation reports Mintel.

27 Apr 2016

Eevia, a new Finnish-Norwegian producer of organic-certified plant extracts, has announced that it recently received the Euroleaf organic certification. The company’s entire product portfolio of wild Arctic plant ingredients is now organic.

26 Apr 2016

Nestlé Dreyer’s Ice Cream has announced key ingredient improvements to six US brands including Dreyer’s, Häagen-Dazs, Outshine, Skinny Cow, Nestlé Ice Cream and Nestlé Drumstick.

21 Apr 2016

Hormel Foods has announced a company-wide clean label initiative to simplify the ingredient statements of many of its retail products through the removal or replacement of ingredients, while still delivering great-tasting items that consumers expect.

21 Apr 2016

Prinova is to become the exclusive distributor of Lycored’s lycopene- and beta carotene-based natural colours in the U.S.A. and Canada.