Better-for-you solutions: Boosting nutrition, propelling protein and targeting functionality
08 May 2024 --- The better-for-you trend is gaining traction in global markets as consumers desire greater access to functional food and beverages that promote well-being and healthy aging, boost immunity, improve gut health and add nutritional value... Read More
Seafood welfare charity issues appeal over “farmed” labels for salmon, hailing the term “misleading”
08 May 2024 --- UK-based environmental charity WildFish has issued a formal appeal to reverse a decision allowing Scottish farmed salmon to be labeled simply as “Scottish salmon,” arguing that it is “likely to mislead... Read More
Nutri-Score creator accuses Italian government of “gastro-populism” in food sovereignty dispute
08 May 2024 --- The incumbent Italian government, led by Giorgia Meloni, has proposed a change to the nation’s constitution in relation to the adoption of the five-color front-of-pack label Nutri-Score. Serge Hercberg, professor of nutrition at... Read More
Ferrero opens “first-ever” chocolate factory in North America
08 May 2024 --- Ferrero North America has commemorated its first chocolate processing facility in North America and its third facility globally. The 70,000-square-foot expansion to its manufacturing campus in Bloomington, Illinois, produces chocolate... Read More
Ingredient Focus : Bakery development
Innova Market Insights data indicates that there is a 1% average annual growth rate in bakery launches globally between 2019 and 2023. Sweet biscuits/cookies are the category with the most launches in 2023. One out of three bakery launches were in Europe. Meanwhile, various health claims in bakery... More
Analysis Feature Animal-free innovation
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TOP 5 SELECTED INGREDIENTS AS A PERCENTAGE (%) OF FOOD & BEVERAGE LAUNCHES VEGAN CLAIMS (GLOBAL, 2023)