News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
Dr Lustig: 'Despite the food industry's propaganda, people now understand that 'a calorie is not a calorie...'
Dr Robert Lustig’s mantra – that not all calories were created equal - appears to be resonating with more US consumers, with one third (33%) of Americans believing that sugars are the ‘source of calories most likely to cause weight gain’ compared with...
It’s been one year since German grocery chain Lidl made its US debut, and according to global consulting firm Oliver Wyman, American shoppers seem to have a growing appetite for the hard discounter’s prices and assortment.
Protein-enriched foods
Tyson Foods is selling its Sara Lee frozen bakery and Van’s businesses to private equity firm Kohlberg & Company for an undisclosed sum to focus more on its protein-enriched products.
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced six new additional members that will serve on the National Pork Board.
US senators have failed in its attempt to stop Marfrig Global Foods acquiring US processor National Beef Packing Company after the Brazilian firm received authorisation for the deal.
news in brief
The Canadian Meat Council has appointed David Colwell as chairman for its board of directors for the next two years.
Smucker on course to double net sales of Uncrustables to $500m+ in five years
Initial demand for JM Smucker’s new premium coffee brand 1850 has been stronger than expected, with research suggesting sales could be “highly incremental,” company execs told analysts this week in a Q4 earnings call dominated by questions about the...