IPPE 2017
Compact oven created for small manufacturers of food
JBT Corp launched a compact oven for small food processors, including poultry producers and start-ups, at the International Production & Processing Expo (IPPE) 2017 in Atlanta last week.
Archives for February 8, 2017
New Nielsen Product Insider by Nielsen and Label Insight combines ingredient data with consumer purchasing trends
The measurement tool, launched today, combines Nielsen’s expertise in tracking sales based on consumer behavior and preferences with Label Insight’s ingredient database.
a2 Milk USA CEO: Plant-based ‘milk’ labeling is misleading, but it’s not what’s killing the dairy milk market
The dairy lobby is justifiably frustrated about the widespread use of dairy-terms (milk, cheese, yogurt) to describe plant-based products, but it also needs to focus on its own game to understand why sales of fluid dairy milk are declining, argues The a2...
Canadian norovirus outbreak linked to oysters
More than 200 people have been sickened by norovirus in three Canadian provinces linked to raw/undercooked oysters.
Sugar-reduction efforts pick up steam ahead of update to Nutrition Facts panel
Food and beverage brands of all sizes and across categories are scrambling to reduce sugar in their products before FDA regulations mandating they indicate added and total sugar on the Nutrition Facts panel goes into effect in July 2018, according to...
Daiya Foods VP: The Dairy Pride Act is a solution looking for a problem
The Dairy Pride Act, which seeks to crack down on the use of dairy-derived labels for plant-based products on the grounds shoppers are being misled, is a “solution looking for a problem,” claims the marketing boss of one of the leading players in the...
US ranks near the bottom globally for nutrition, sustainability & food waste
Perhaps not surprising, but disappointing nonetheless to environmental, health and nutrition advocates is new research that ranks the US dead last, or very near the bottom, out of 25 countries on a long list of food sustainability indicators, including...