Vanilla’s adaptive edge: From formulation tool to fermentation frontier
Global food and beverage launches featuring vanilla ingredients recorded a 79% compound annual growth rate between 2023 and 2025, according to Innova Market Insights data, with Europe accounting for...
Coffee prices caught between record harvests and Hormuz disruption
Global coffee prices have fallen sharply from the record highs above US$4.40/lb reached in early 2025, as Brazil’s national supply agency forecasts a record 66.2 million bag harvest and Rabobank...
Wilmar’s crushing margins defy global oilseed slump as profit rises to US$1.28B
Wilmar International, Asia’s largest agribusiness group, has posted a 10% rise in core net profit to US$1.28 billion for FY2025, driven by a sharp improvement in oilseed crushing margins that...
Landmark EU case could force timeline for phasing out cage farming
Five judges at the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) pressed the European Commission’s representatives last week on why they could not commit to a legislative timeline for banning caged animal...
Mexico joins global movement to ban octopus farming amid mortality rate revelations
Mexico has introduced legislation to ban all cephalopod (octopus) farming nationwide, making it the second Latin American country to propose such a prohibition after Chile’s federal bill last year....
Ultra-processed foods: WiseCode launches classification standard to combat consumer confusion
US food tech company WiseCode has launched a consumer-facing classification app and a brand verification program built around its own definition of ultra-processed food (UPF). The app caters to a...
Expo West 2026 live: Kerry points to flavor complexity & GLP-1 nutrition as key growth drivers
Kerry is showcasing at Natural Products Expo West 2026 in Anaheim, US, with its most data-intensive flavor forecast yet, alongside fresh clinical evidence positioning its probiotic ingredients as...
Symrise posts decade-high profitability as F&B division fuels growth
Symrise has reported its highest profitability in a decade for FY 2025, with an adjusted profit margin of 21.9% — up 120 basis points year-on-year — as organic sales growth of 2.8% and €50 million...
