Canada supports developing countries with food safety
Canada has donated CAD $200,000 to help developing countries comply with international food safety, animal and plant health standards.
Archives for June 26, 2017
General Mills seeks to create ‘entirely new category in the yogurt aisle’ with Oui by Yoplait
Oui by Yoplait – a new line of ‘pot set’ traditional French style yogurts made with whole milk – will hit shelves this summer as brand owner General Mills seeks to regain the initiative in the US yogurt category and claw back market share lost to rivals...
Grupo Bimbo launches accelerator to stimulate innovation among food startups
Mexican bakery conglomerate Grupo Bimbo is inviting food entrepreneurs to submit project proposals to be part of its newly-formed innovation accelerator.
Passionate paleo followers can fuel brand awareness, sales for compliant packaged products
Between 1 to 3 million people in the United States follow the paleo diet, and yet relatively few packaged products comply with the regime – making it a market brimming with potential that once tapped could quickly drive brand awareness and sales,...
Self-regulation to fight Brazilian slavery called for
Brazil’s agribusiness industry should adopt a strategy of self-regulation to eradicate modern-day slavery, according to a United Nations agency official leading anti-slavery work in South America’s largest country.
Amid Canada’s food price inflation, center of store opportunities lie in premium and private label brands
Food price inflation has colored the behavior of shoppers in Canada, with soaring vegetable prices early in 2016 prompting many Canadians to become more conscious about food prices in general, according to food price experts from Dalhousie University.
Senior appointment at Tyson Foods
Tyson Foods has appointed George Chappelle as chief integration officer to help support acquisitions.
Hampton Creek to enter clean meat market in 2018: 'We are building a multi-species, multi-product platform'
The first commercial product from Hampton Creek’s new clean meat production platform “will likely be in the avian family,” director of cellular agriculture Eitan Fischer told FoodNavigator-USA as the company best known for its work on plant-based...
Kimera Koffee taps popular trends by combining premium beans with nootropics
Premium coffee and brain-boosting nootropics are big business in the US and by combining the two Kimera Koffee is cashing in on the trends while also offering consumers significant savings.