fruit & vegetables
23 Apr 2019
--- Meal kit services, which deliver a box of pre-portioned ingredients and a chef-selected recipe to your door, have earned a bad environmental reputation due to perceived packaging waste. Contrarily, a new study from...
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16 Apr 2019
--- Dole Packaged Foods is releasing ready-to-eat, spoonable fruit smoothie bowls. Designed for convenience, the Dole Whip Spoonable Smoothies make a quick and nutritious breakfast or snack, coming in at under 200 calories....
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10 Apr 2019
--- Seattle-based start-up StixFresh has developed a sticker that can keep fruit and vegetables fresh for up to two weeks longer than usual. When applied to the fruit, the all-natural compound contained on the sticker creates a...
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03 Apr 2019
--- The Döhler Group has acquired a majority stake in Spain’s Zumos Catalano Aragoneses S.A. (Zucasa). With immediate effect, Döhler will manage Zucasa’s juice production facility located in the Huesca...
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20 Mar 2019
--- Major suppliers are eyeing new growth opportunities that specifically target Chinese tastes. Investment announcements and facility expansions from Firmenich, Wacker and Agrana in the past week, suggest that a more...
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20 Mar 2019
--- Zespri International, the world’s largest marketer of kiwifruit, has introduced a red kiwifruit on limited release in supermarkets across New Zealand as part of a nationwide sales trial. The new fruit is still some way...
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19 Mar 2019
--- The latest techniques for improving the quality of fruit and vegetables in the post-harvest stage have been presented by experts from Wageningen University & Research (WUR) and Dutch association GroentenFruit House....
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18 Mar 2019
--- Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) is to acquire the Ziegler Group, a European provider of natural citrus flavor ingredients. The deal is expected to close in the second quarter of 2019. The agreement comes shortly after...
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15 Mar 2019
--- Welch’s Global Ingredients Group has collaborated with Cornell University and the New York Wine & Grape Foundation to develop a proprietary technology that neutralizes the aroma and flavor of Welch’s...
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15 Mar 2019
--- Global flavor and fragrance house Givaudan and the University of California, Riverside (UCR) have embarked on the next phase of their long-term collaboration, with a US$3.5 million donation from Givaudan to support...
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13 Mar 2019
--- As the food and beverage industry responds to consumer demands such as clean label, products that tout a natural profile are in vogue. By achieving a natural positioning – through the use of natural flavors, for...
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07 Mar 2019
--- Naturex, now a Givaudan business, is spearheading its investment in coloring foodstuffs with the launch of Vegebrite Ultimate Spirulina. A new extraction line, which triples spirulina production capacity, has been introduced...
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04 Mar 2019
--- Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) has completed its acquisition of Florida Chemical Company (FCC), one of the world’s largest natural citrus oils and ingredients manufacturers. With the completion of the...
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01 Mar 2019
--- With less than one month to go before the UK crashes out of the EU and the food industry is repeatedly urging the British Government to avoid a no-deal because of its “devastating impacts.” This time it’s a...
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26 Feb 2019
--- Hamburg-based fruit ingredient specialist Bösch Boden Spies, together with its brand partner since 2005 Niagro, have launched a new product – acerola puree, made from the acerola cherry, with 25 percent more...
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26 Feb 2019
--- An international team of scientists led by the University of California, Davis,(UC Davis) and Michigan State University have sequenced and analyzed the genome of the cultivated strawberry, which will provide a genetic...
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25 Feb 2019
--- Mane is accelerating its expertise in vegetable juice development in partnership with Agrival in Brittany, France, a company specialized in vegetable processing. Located at the center of the vegetable growing area, the...
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21 Feb 2019
--- Consumers are increasingly willing to use nanotechnology-based solutions in food packaging, but they are wary of how the essential oils – used to prevent spoilage – may “contaminate” foods, a report...
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18 Feb 2019
--- Gold Coast Ingredients (GCI) has expanded its variety of tomato flavors, at its new S.M.A.R.T. Center in Santa Fe Springs, California, US. With an increase in demand for everyday tomato flavors, the GCI Savory Team has...
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13 Feb 2019
--- Russian modular automated farms start-up iFarm Project has received a US$1m investment, which will be partly used to expand its reach and fund a pilot project in Europe.
