Latest News in the food Industry

7 Nov 2018

The UK government aims to cut calories by 20% by 2024 in a range of popular foods, potentially shifting focus back onto foods’ fat content as companies strive to reach this target.

5 Nov 2018

Launches of allergen-free foods have increased in recent years – and not just because of increased prevalence of food allergy.

30 Oct 2018

In a recent blog post on the Mintel web site, Marcia Mogelonsky, Director of Insight, Mintel Food & Drink, explored the opportunity for combining tea and coffee with salty flavours.

26 Oct 2018

Mondelēz International has announced the expansion of its global cocoa sustainability initiative, Cocoa Life, in Brazil. The company says that Cocoa Life aims to create empowered and thriving cocoa farming communities.

26 Oct 2018

Campden BRI says that its sensory experts have explored a new sensory descriptive profiling test that is at least 50% faster and up to 30% cheaper than other conventional descriptive profiling techniques.

23 Oct 2018

A food labelling update seminar, organised by Camden BRI to take place on 4 December, will, it says, provide a regulatory update on food labelling, focusing on some of the current key issues.

18 Oct 2018

IFF is opening two new facilities in China -- a flavours manufacturing facility in the Zhangjiagang Free Trade Zone and a Natural Product Research lab, located in the Nanjing Life Science Park.

17 Oct 2018

Broken biscuits and crackers can be rejected by retailers and a cause of consumer complaints which can damage brand reputation, notes Campden BRI, who are encouraging companies to join a research project to help prevent this industry problem.

16 Oct 2018

DuPont has introduced alternative to ascorbic acid for bakery products, claiming that DuPont Danisco GRINDAMYL SUREBake product range will enable bakers to produce cost effective, high-quality products.

16 Oct 2018

Informa announces combination of two leading global events to create U.S. “super show” for food, nutrition and health market

12 Oct 2018

Four new distribution partners have been appointed to market Palsgaard’s emulsifier and stabiliser solutions across the Middle East.

11 Oct 2018

IFF has completed its acquisition of Frutarom, anticipating that the combination will translate into accelerated financial performance, with robust top and bottom-line growth.