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Sustainability is no longer an optional add-on for food manufacturers and their suppliers. Climate change and shrinking resources mean a responsible approach is called for – and shareholders and customers want to know what is being done to safeguard food supplies and the interests of future generations.
Meat protein: Can supply match growing demand?
As the global demand for meat protein rises, new and innovative ways to produce the necessary quantities will be required, say researchers.
Industry commitments help Fairtrade sales grow 12% globally
Fairtrade product sales rose 12% worldwide in 2011 due to ethical sourcing commitments from the food and drink industry and increased consumer awareness.
Big interview: Rod Sowders, CEO and president, Synergy Flavors
Synergy Flavors plans move into new innovation facility
Synergy Flavors aims to move all of its product development, marketing, commercial and admin functions to a new flavor innovation and manufacturing campus less than a mile from its current...
Asia-Pacific to overtake Western Europe in natural flavours
Sales of natural flavours in Western Europe are set to be overtaken by sales in the Asia-Pacific market within the next three years, according to market research firm RTS.
Big Interview: Ilene Gordon, chairman, president and CEO, Ingredion
Ingredion CEO: ‘Some manufacturers are outsourcing NPD to their suppliers’
With R&D departments at some food manufacturers pared down to the bone as bosses slash overheads to control costs, open innovation has moved from a hot topic on the conference...
Kraft seeks ‘radical and inventive’ solution to environmentally-friendly gum base challenge
Kraft Foods is inviting potential partners to pitch “ingredients, formulations or technologies" that could help it create an environmentally-friendly chewing gum base that will degrade after disposal.
Novel plant source of omega-3s DHA and EPA should be commercialized by 2020, says Cargill
A completely new source of the coveted long chain omega-3s EPA and DHA should be commercialized by the end of the decade thanks to a multi-million-dollar tie up between ingredient...
Interview: Samy Jandali, VP Nutrition & Health, North America, BASF
Open innovation at BASF: ‘We want to move beyond the buzzwords'
Chat to any major ingredients supplier at a trade show and you can expect to hear liberal use of buzzwords from ‘partnership’ and ‘collaboration’ to ‘open innovation’ says Samy Jandali.
IFT 2012: Day two in pictures. From whole algalin flour to the next generation of hot flavors
Day two of the IFT annual meeting and expo in Las Vegas, and the FoodNavigator-USA team was still standing (just about), roaming the aisles in search of innovation, inspiration (and...
What tops the food industry CSR agenda?
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) reporting is increasing rapidly in the United States, and as more companies get on board, the most important food industry-specific issues are becoming better defined, according...
Hershey to up Mexican cocoa sourcing as programme launched to boost supply
Hershey plans to increase the amount of cocoa it sources from Mexico by initiating a $2.8m crop growing programme in partnership with Ecom Cocoa that it says will boost yields...
Supply chain security and 'conscious consumers' driving Fair Trade surge
Fair Trade imports into the US grew 75% in 2011, as food manufacturers look to secure their supply chains through more direct contact with suppliers - and as they bet...
Online ethical data platform Sedex sees surge in membership as big boys get on board
More than 25,000 firms from small farms to PepsiCo and Kraft are now using an online platform for managing ethical supply chain data called Sedex (Supplier Ethical Data Exchange).
What makes an ethical brand (and how do we know one when we see one)?
Do consumers care whether the ingredients in their favorite foods are produced sustainably, and whether the people that produce them are treated fairly?
Food companies are ‘concerned about sustainable supply’: ISEAL
Food companies’ demand for sustainably sourced ingredients is increasing rapidly – but supply of certified ingredients is not keeping up, according to ISEAL, the global association for sustainability standards.
Pressure mounts on Hershey to source 100% sustainable cocoa
Hershey has come under pressure from human rights groups to source all its cocoa from certified farms that avoid child labor.
Dispatches from the 6th Annual Food Technology & Innovation Forum, 2012, Chicago
Mintel: Health and quality key to next generation of on-the-go foods
Foods with ‘on-the-go’ claims represent a small - but rapidly growing - proportion of global new product launches, but firms that want to cash in need to think about health...
Blommer predicts looming cocoa supply crisis
Demand for cocoa is expected to climb 30% in the next 10 years creating a 25% shortage of current supply, according to North American cocoa processor and chocolate ingredients supplier Blommer Chocolate Company.
Cocoa waste may become valuable source of pectin, suggest researchers
Cacao pod husks – a major by-product of cocoa processing – could provide industry with a new, environmentally friendly source of pectin, say researchers.
Special edition: Where next for natural sweeteners?
From stevia to monk fruit, oats, agave nectar and coconut palm sugar. In the second of our spring special editions, we look at what’s next for natural sweeteners. ...
USDA aims to boost global cocoa production with extended World Cocoa Foundation deal
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has expanded its partnership with the World Cocoa Foundation (WCF) in a bid to boost cocoa production in developing countries and improve livelihoods...
News in brief
Sweet Green Fields plants first commercial stevia crops in North Carolina and Georgia
Sweet Green Fields has scored another industry first with the planting of the first commercial stevia crops in the Southeast United States.
Sourcing affordable segregated sustainable palm oil remains ‘extremely difficult’ in the US, says Cargill
The US is starting to catch up with Europe in the sustainable palm oil stakes, but cost remains a major hurdle, says Cargill.
Pea protein commercialization talks drag on past deadline
Plant protein specialist Burcon has failed to reach a deal to commercialize its ‘invisible’ pea protein isolate Peazazz before the exclusivity period with a potential partner lapsed.
Cargill: Decision by retailers to drop ‘pink slime’ was ‘disappointing but understandable’
The decision by retailers to remove finely textured beef (FTB) - aka ‘pink slime’ - from ground beef products was “disappointing but understandable given the immense volume of misinformation and...
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