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Ruby chocolate a fourth category 'naturally colored' from cocoa, says Barry Callebaut CEO
Barry Callebaut claims it has created the fourth category of chocolate, adding to milk, dark and white.
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Five myths about natural food colors
Natural food colors: expensive, unstable, muted, and weird-tasting, right? Wrong, says Sensient Food Colors, which caught up with FoodNavigator-USA to address some common concerns about natural colors and highlight growth opportunities, from caramel...
New US pork plant begins operations
Seaboard Triumph Foods (STF) has begun commercial operations at its new pork processing plant in Sioux City, Iowa, US, two years after work on the site started.
Coca Cola EVP: Soda taxes ‘a complete disaster’
Soda taxes in Philadelphia and other cities have “materially reduced our business,” Coca Cola EVP and president, North America Sandy Douglas, told delegates at the Barclays Global Consumer Staples Conference in Boston this week: “It’s a complete disaster.”
Consumers rely more on social media commentary and reviews than ads. So what are brands to do?
Toppling Ellen DeGeneres’ star-studded, Oscar selfie from its ‘most retweeted tweet’ throne is a tweet by a teenager about Wendy's chicken nuggets.
Frozen desserts and snacks are the next frontier for plant-based protein, Euromonitor
Much of the focus for growth of plant-based proteins in the US to date has been on alternatives to meat and cow’s milk, but new research from Euromonitor International suggests significant potential lies in the frozen desserts and emerging protein snacks...