All news articles for January 2014

Exo will upscale production in the coming weeks and launch two new flavors in spring

Cricket bar start-up lands production deal

By Kacey Culliney

US start-up Exo has secured large-scale production and distribution for its cricket protein bars and is set to launch new flavors this spring.

Beyond meat substitutes: What’s hot in vegetarian food?

Special Edition: Plant-based diets

Beyond meat substitutes: What’s hot in vegetarian food?

By Caroline SCOTT-THOMAS

Vegetarians aren’t necessarily looking for alternative proteins or meat analogues, and makers of meat-free meals are embracing a range of trendy flavours and ingredients, says Classic Cuisine’s new product development manager Paul Hunt.

'Loving my life…like a Big Mac after a 12 mile hike!'

'Marketing can and should be science-driven and scientists are great marketers': VIRUN CEO

'Loving my life…like a Big Mac after a 12 mile hike!'

By Ben BOUCKLEY

BeverageDaily.com Personality of the Year 2013, VIRUN CEO Philip Bromley, reveals his lust for life and how soft drinks can combine ‘want with need’ to kick start the category, in the first part of an exclusive interview.

IFP rolls out non-PHO encapsulated ingredients

IFP rolls out non-PHO encapsulated ingredients

By Maggie Hennessy

Innovative Food Processors (IFP) Inc. has launched a line of encapsulated food ingredients to replace ingredients formerly coated with partially hydrogenated vegetable oils (PHOs), in response to the FDA’s recent proposal to remove trans fats from the...

US organisations fear retaliation if Farm Bill is passed

US organisations oppose new Farm Bill

By Line Svanevik

US livestock organisations and food associations fear that new country-of-origin labelling (COOL) rules, set out in the Farm Bill, could provoke retaliation from Canada and Mexico and are strongly opposed to the new legislation.

Global tea polyphenols market set to hit $368 million by 2020

Special edition: Polyphenols

Global tea polyphenols market set to hit $368 million by 2020

By Hank Schultz

Tea polyphenols are poised to enjoy strong growth over the next decade, with a new market report calling for the global market in the ingredients to hit $368 million by 2020.  That makes sense to observers, who say the popularity of tea, green tea in...

Japan declares Costa Rica free of Classical Swine Fever

Costa Rica eyes Japan opportunity

By Pacifica Goddard

Costa Rica’s pork sector has welcomed Japan’s declaration that the central American country is free of Classical Swine Fever (CSF), opening the doors to its pigmeat exporters to tap into the lucrative Japanese market.

What’s wrong with personal responsibility when it comes to obesity?

What’s wrong with personal responsibility when it comes to obesity?

By Maggie Hennessy

Despite improving numbers among US adults in recent years when it comes to daily calorie intake, quality of food eaten and use of nutrition labels when available, the country’s collective weight is still a major concern, as more than a third (35%) of...

Step aside soy!  We’re having neatballs for dinner…

Special edition: Plant-based diets

Step aside soy! We’re having neatballs for dinner…

By Elaine WATSON

“This isn't meat,” said Phil Lapp’s nine-year-old daughter Morgan after wolfing down some home-made meat-free tacos one evening in 2011. “This is neat”.

Callebaut: More specific cocoa flavanol content claims will increase

Special Edition: Polyphenols

Callebaut: More specific cocoa flavanol content claims will increase

By Maggie Hennessy

Despite the growing body of research extolling the health benefits of flavanols found in cocoa, chocolate product manufacturers have yet to fully embrace front-of-pack claims calling out these compounds—with many still opting for more general “antioxidant”...

Quinoa safe for celiacs, UK study says

Quinoa safe for celiacs, UK study says

By Maggie Hennessy

Regular consumption of quinoa appears to be safe for people with celiac disease, according to research published in The American Journal of Gastroenterology. 

PepsiCo plans $5 bn investment in Mexico

PepsiCo plans $5 bn investment in Mexico

By Maggie Hennessy

PepsiCo Inc. has announced plans to invest $5 billion in Mexico over the next five years in an effort to strengthen the firm’s Latin American food and beverage footprint.

Malaysian: The next big flavor trend?

Malaysian: The next big flavor trend?

By Maggie Hennessy

US consumers are now well-versed in many of the ingredients and flavor combinations of Southeast Asia and India, though Malaysian cuisine is still largely untapped. But a recent survey of 1,200 chefs by the National Restaurant Association listed Malaysian...

Professor Gregor Reid will chair Probiota 2014 in Amsterdam on February 4-5. Expect to be challenged...

“I get personal because they [EFSA] get personal to me"

Fed up: Probiotic research veteran issues global call to action

Veteran probiotic researcher professor Gregor Reid is not a happy man. It’s time the probiotic community fought back against those forces that have for too long denied a perfectly valid body of nutrition science in the form of commercial claims. It’s...

US red meat consumption drops due to health concerns

US red meat consumption drops

By Line Svanevik

Thirty-nine per cent of beef and other red meat consumers in the US ate less red meat in 2013 compared to the previous year, according to new research.

Caramel colors: Prop 65 4-MeI levels in Coke, Pepsi

Caramel colors under fire again: Is there a safe level of 4-MeI?

By Elaine WATSON

The FDA says it has “no reason to believe” that 4-MeI - an impurity generated during the manufacture of caramel colors III and IV - poses a health risk at current dosage levels, but says it is reviewing new data to determine whether it needs to revise...

Follow us

Products

View more

Webinars