20 Jan 2020 --- Having released its Top Ten Trends for 2020, Innova Market Insights strongly underscores the importance of consumer engagement through storytelling, the diversification of... Read More

29 Oct 2019 --- At the upcoming and highly anticipated Food Ingredients Europe (FiE) trade show, held in Paris from December 3-5, the Fi Innovation Awards have become a major highlight of the... Read More

15 Oct 2019 --- A new report from Innova Market Insights highlights the growing sophistication of Europe’s appetite for chocolate, with a push towards premium and indulgent products clearly... Read More

07 Oct 2019 --- The UN Development Programme (UNDP) is launching a chocolate bar as part of a social experiment. The Other Bar uses blockchain technology to give consumers the choice to donate... Read More

04 Oct 2019 --- This week in industry news, Swiss-Irish baker Aryzta, maker of Cuisine de France, received a binding offer of €156 million (US$171 million) for the majority of its stake in... Read More

Tradin Organic is extending its presence in Sierra Leone by strengthening its sourcing team in Kenema, the country’s second largest city, and by setting up two new warehouses in Mondema and Ngandong. The organic ingredients supplier is aiming for a fully integrated supply chain, which is “aided by the remoteness of the chosen sourcing areas, making it suitable for organic production, because the risk of chemical contamination is low.”

Sourcing from more than 60 countries around the world, Tradin Organic supplies over 180 organic and certified ingredients, such as certified organic cocoa, sesame and sunflower in bulk. FoodIngredientsFirst spoke with Wouter Floot, Commercial Director of EMEA at Tradin Organic, about the company’s sustainability strategy as well as regulatory aspects regarding organic standards and residue testing, and the challenges these bring.

Wouter Floot of Tradin Organic notes the rise of coconut based product, which benefit from containing healthy fats. “We see a lot of trends in the uptake of organic ingredients, especially in the superfoods space, which includes coconut. We see it all around us in different forms and we as a company are quite active in developing liquid coconut sugar, which we import as a raw sugar and process into a liquid sugar,” he says. 

13 Nov 2015 --- Our organic coconut sugar is sourced from Indonesia where it is collected from the sugary sap of the organic coconut palms. We work with over 3,000 farmers who collect the nectar of the flowers and process it into organic coconut sugar. Each farmer has an average of 25 trees that they use for collection and coconut production. The farmers scale the trees, selectively wrap bundles of coconut palm flowers and collect the nectar into the bamboo collectors. They are careful to only collect from flower bundles on specific trees in order to let other trees continue their growth into mature coconuts. The nectar is collected twice a day, in the morning and afternoon.

14 Jun 2019 --- Key suppliers offer their thoughts on the demand for traceability & sustainability. What is driving the demand for clearer labels and what role can suppliers play?

01 Jun 2016 --- Key suppliers offer their thoughts on incorporating sustainability and traceability into their strategy. What is driving calls for clearer labels and greater transparency?

Cold pressing, which involves chopping then crushing produce without the use of heat yields very nutritious, natural, and delicious juice. The dilemma is that unpasteurized juice without... Read More