14 Jun 2019 --- This week, Hard Rock Cafe partnered with British food-tech company Moving Mountains to launch a plant-based hamburger in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Natural coloring ingredients that meet China’s Group Standards for Coloring Foods will be showcased by food coloring specialist GNT Group at the upcoming Food Ingredients Asia-China expo. COFCO NHRI (Nutrition and Health Research Institute) has entered into a partnership agreement with Chinese food-tech venture capital fund Bits x Bites. Mondelēz International has announced it is investing US$6 million in its Reading Science Centre in the UK to support the development of new chocolate, biscuit and candy products, serving over 150 different countries. Food research and science organization Campden BRI is celebrating its 100-year anniversary year. Food-tech company Motif Ingredients has appointed food business leader and nutrition expert, Michele Fite, as its new CCO, and global food processor Bühler will add a new member to its Board of Directors with the nomination of Rainer Schulz, former CEO of the REHAU Group. Students from University of Reading have won the gold prize at the food innovation competition Ecotrophelia for their vegan energy sweets for endurance athletes.
