02 May 2024 --- South Korea is setting up a unique “regulation-free special zone” (RFSZ) where food tech firms can research and develop cultivated meat in a region with favorable... Read More

01 May 2024 --- Concerns are mounting over avian flu and how the virus has shown up in US cattle. Experts have joined forces to voice their unease over the ongoing outbreak, highlighting how more... Read More

26 Apr 2024 --- The UK has announced October 2027 as the new launch date for its Deposit Return Scheme (DRS), putting an end to months of speculation. The scheme will encompass PET bottles, steel... Read More

22 Apr 2024 --- Sweden-based food technology company Saveggy has raised €1.76 million (US$1.87 million) to launch its plant-based packaging alternative for fresh fruit and vegetables at an... Read More

19 Apr 2024 --- Nestlé has resisted investor proposals to reduce levels of fat, salt and sugar in products. During yesterday’s AGM, only 11% of shareholders backed a proposal which... Read More

15 Jan 2024 --- Julia Buech, a senior consumer foods analyst at RaboResearch Food & Agribusiness, unravels the many ways in which food companies are harnessing AI to elevate their businesses. She pinpoints potential problems with the new technology — from cost barriers to “AI washing,” which could spur an “AI-free” counterculture. Buech also discusses the incoming EU AI Act.

19 Oct 2020 --- Agrana Fruit has published its latest trend blog entitled “Act for Future,” which focuses on developing future-proof sustainability solutions. In 2019, 87 percent of consumers expected companies to invest in sustainability – 22 percent more than in the previous year, according to data from Innova Market Insights. This year, global consumers have become even more concerned about environmental issues due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Melanie Sturm, Agrana Fruit's global market & consumer insights manager, shares insights on the issues surrounding sustainability.

17 Dec 2014 --- DSM and Kemin recently expanded their partnership by announcing the launch of OPTISHARP Natural. OPTISHARP Natural delivers a natural multiplicity of well-researched, high-quality Zeaxanthin, offering important benefits to eye health, cognition and skin health. Under the agreement, DSM will serve as Kemin Industries’ exclusive and global zeaxanthin distributor for human nutrition, and Kemin will act as DSM’s exclusive supplier of naturally-sourced zeaxanthin crystalline material.

04 Jul 2016 --- Gelatine is one of the most versatile food ingredients with a unique technological profile: it acts as a gelling and binding agent as well as a builder and stabilizer for foams and emulsions. However, the industry’s understanding of the fundamental properties of gelatine is eroding and its true potential remains unexploited.

11 Jun 2021 --- In F&B developments this week, Brazilian meat giant JBS paid US$11 million in ransom to end a cyber attack from “one of the most specialized and sophisticated” cybercriminal groups. Targeting reformulation demands, The Live Green Co. launched an algorithm to help multinational food companies “clean up their act” from a nutritional perspective. Meanwhile, Barry Callebaut highlighted WholeFruit chocolate’s upcycled potential for food artisans, and CP Kelco inaugurated a microbiology and fermentation science innovation center in the US.