Top Story

COP25: Food sector urged to look beyond profit-driven model and accelerate sustainable systems

13 Dec 2019 --- As the UN Climate Change Conference (COP25) draws to a close today in Madrid, Spain, the urgent need to re-evaluate profit-driven food systems has been markedly underscored by businesses, world leaders and action groups alike. How to feed the world’s ballooning population, plant-based meat alternatives and dietary shifts toward reduced meat consumption have all been central...

Special Report

Picture-perfect tints: Age of Instagram strengthens natural coloring offerings

10 Dec 2019 --- The rise of social media and consumers’ increasing interest for clean label products have created the perfect storm for the proliferation of the natural colors trend. Platforms such as Instagram have given the appearance – specifically color – of food extra gravity and industry is making strides to optimize their offerings targeting planet-aware consumers living...

Key Interview

“Keeping ingredients as close to nature as possible”: SVZ Director highlights authenticity, traceability and...

06 Dec 2019 --- Producer of liquid fruit and vegetable ingredients SVZ International presented its latest innovations at Fi Europe 2019, which was held from December 3 to 5 in Paris. The company offers ingredients that are minimally processed, traceable, authentic and true to nature. Johan Cerstiaens, Commercial Director SVZ, highlighted the company’s newest concepts, including a chunky...

Key Trends

Innova Market Insights: Top Ten Trends for 2020

Crowning Innova Market Insights’ Top Trends for 2020 list is “Storytelling: Winning with Words,” which underscores a growing consumer affinity for products backed by a compelling narrative. Other key trends identified for 2020 are “The Plant-Based Revolution,” “The Sustain Domain,” “The Right Bite” and “Tapping into Texture.”

Technical Paper

Taura’s JusFruit Fibre+ increases fibre content up to 300%

Taura JusFruit Fibre+ is shortlisted for a FIE Innovation Award: these fruit ingredients with added fibre can bring real value into healthy snacks, increasing fibre content by 60% and even up to 300% as a stand-alone fruit snack.

Webinar

Active Ageing: Distinct Nutrition, Distinct Innovation?

The aging population is the fastest growing segment of society. Increasingly longer lifespans mean many of us will be elderly for longer than being middle-aged or a child. As longer life brings great opportunities, it also brings great challenges. The aging process is different for everyone, while nutrition and exercise are key factors that can impact the quality of aging. During the Kerry Health...

Video

Bringing authentic food home to world travelers

As travel becomes more accessible than ever, consumers have increasingly high expectations for the quality of international food at home. This led Alessandro Celano to found Kookaloney, a Middle Eastern-themed meal kit start-up, which was presenting at Anuga 2019. However, a primary difficulty was accessing genuine recipes due to the tradition of passing on food know-how down within a family. The...

Event Review

Fi Europe & Ni: Clean label, sugar reduction and naturality drive innovation “golden era”

Now in its 33rd year, Fi Europe & Ni has become one of the key ingredient shows for the industry – welcoming over 27,000 attendees, 1,700 exhibitors and 15,000 ingredients. Key themes at the show this year included a drive for clean label solutions couched within naturality, as well as sugar reduction and...

03 Dec 2019 - 05 Dec 2019 Paris, France