Agricultural trader Cargill has made its second big investment in a week after signing an agreement to acquire Texas-based cooked protein specialist Five Star Custom Foods.
Argentina’s reform-minded president Mauricio Macri met with executives of BRF this week, as the meat processor eyes up a mouth-watering investment in South America’s third-largest economy.
The Hemp Industries Association and the Kentucky Hemp Industry Council have filed a petition with the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to remove industrial hemp plants from its list of controlled substances.
Turns out flashy marketing, celebrity endorsements and the support of social influencers is just as effective at selling fruits and vegetables as it is salty snacks, sugary drinks and other packaged foods, as illustrated by the success of the unprecedented,...
Young adults move through several distinctly varied life stages from the ages of 18 to 34 years – high school graduation, moving out on their own, going to college, finding a first job, falling in love and starting a family – and yet most marketers treat...
The FDA has issued a GRAS (generally recognized as safe) no objections letter for EverSweet, Cargill’s hotly-anticipated ‘next-generation’ Reb D and Reb M sweetener – produced via fermentation rather than from the stevia leaf - qualifying it for use in...
In an effort to prevent upwards of 500,000 premature deaths from heart attacks and strokes in the next 10 years, FDA has set ambitious sodium reduction targets for food manufacturers and restaurants across nearly 150 food categories to be met in the next...
From purple cereal and jackfruit-based meat analogs to chickpeas in a new guise, Sterling-Rice Group (SRG) selects nine natural food trends it predicts could inspire packaged foods and foodservice menus in 2016 and beyond.
At around $20m, the US adult squeezy fruit/veg snack market is pretty small, but the growth opportunity is significant for brands offering a fresher, more functional take on the category, predicts the founder of New York-based EnergyFruits.
Organic has long been recognized as a healthy choice for consumers and the planet, but now new research released by the Organic Trade Association shows it also is good for the economic health of the local communities in which it is produced.
