snacks
26 Apr 2024
--- Unilever reveals its results for the first quarter of 2023, noting a sales growth of 4.4% and volume growth increasing to 2.2%. All five of its five Business Groups (Beauty & Wellbeing, Personal Care, Nutrition, Home...
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25 Apr 2024
--- Nestlé expected a slow start to 2024, and its three-month sales performance for 2024 matches those expectations. The food giant has revealed total reported sales decreased by 5.9% versus Q1 2023, falling to CHF 22.1...
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25 Apr 2024
--- The European Parliament officially endorsed the provisional agreement on the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) yesterday, drawing a mix of concerns and support from the industry. The legislation includes...
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24 Apr 2024
--- Unilever has revealed plans to scale back some of its sustainability targets, including more responsible packaging, backing for SMEs and support for the living wage, in a move that has drawn criticism from NGOs. The FMCG...
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19 Apr 2024
--- The Kraft Heinz-owned Lunchables brand has come under scrutiny over the levels of lead, cadmium and phthalates, as well as high levels of sodium, allegedly contained in the popular kids’ snack.
18 Apr 2024
--- FoodChain ID has unveiled a regulatory library module called “Sustainable Packaging Services” as a digital tool to enable food manufacturers to keep up with changing global regulations on sustainable packaging....
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17 Apr 2024
--- Ingredion’s stevia subsidiary PureCircle has received plant breeders’ rights (PBR) for its proprietary stevia plant varietal from Chinese regulators in a move that allows the company to expand in China. This...
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17 Apr 2024
--- Consumer demand for nutritional snacks that deliver on taste and texture continues to grow as major ingredient suppliers develop increasingly functional solutions to support human and planetary health. In this report, we...
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15 Apr 2024
--- The UK charity The Food Foundation and the Sustainable & Healthy Food Systems (SHEFS) global research program are part of the Recipe for Change campaign calling on the UK government to introduce an industry levy to make...
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12 Apr 2024
--- This week in industry news, Givaudan announced its Plant Attitude Challenge, where the company invites start-ups to decrease costs of an alternative protein recipe. Gastronology 3D Food Works started the industrial...
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12 Apr 2024
--- BGG, a leading Chinese branded ingredient supplier, has revealed plans to create a new global headquarters in Switzerland as a launchpad for international expansion. Operating as BGG World, the company intends to diversify...
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11 Apr 2024
--- Kerry Group has revealed a new development in its vision to create a world of sustainable nutrition – Tastesense Salt, which is designed to deliver on taste, without adding sodium, by retaining essential flavor...
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10 Apr 2024
--- Despite fears that GLP-1 weight loss medicine might lead not only to decreasing appetites and weight sizes but also declining profits for food industry players, giants Nestlé and Danone are not worried. Instead, the...
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10 Apr 2024
--- Consumers are seeking protein inclusions and offerings in their F&B choices as they try to incorporate more of it into their diets. However, they also recognize that it is not an “all or nothing approach” and...
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09 Apr 2024
--- Food inflation in the world’s wealthiest nations has fallen to levels from before Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine and declined for 15 consecutive months, reaching 5.3% in February versus 6.3% in January,...
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08 Apr 2024
--- McDonald’s has agreed to purchase all 225 of the restaurants in its Israel franchise following months of Pro-Palestinian boycott action amid the Hamas and Israel war which has led to much lower sales for the fast food...
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08 Apr 2024
--- Animal protection groups are urging the EU to halt livestock exports by sea after a new report revealed around half of approved carriers pose a high risk to the welfare of the animals and crew on board and maritime traffic....
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03 Apr 2024
--- There is an increasing demand for coloring food ingredients that offer clean label options across F&B applications. This is often accompanied by higher expectations for stability and color yield. Suppliers are seeing an...
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01 Apr 2024
--- At the International Food & Drink Event (IFE) Manufacturing event last week in London, several start-ups and innovators presented a range of sweet offerings. Premium offerings stood out, as well as local British...
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29 Mar 2024
--- The EU vote on the Nature Restoration Law has been shelved after several member states withdrew support for the landmark regulation. European Commissioner for the Environment, Virginijus Sinkevičius, warns “the current...
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