The percentage of vocal consumers who passionately care about, are dissatisfied with and distrustful of how food is made, packaged and sold is growing from a small niche group into a mainstream segment that manufacturers cannot ignore, according to new...
If you didn't make it to Chicago in October for FoodNavigator-USA's inaugural Food Vision USA event, you missed a truly awesome ensemble of industry experts covering everything from our nutritional needs on a manned mission to Mars to the challenges...
Food manufacturers, retailers and other food industry players are failing to connect with consumers who are tuning out of mainstream messaging and infesting their own comms channels, says angel investor, business mentor and philanthropist, Mike Greene.
What are food manufacturers looking for? Plentiful supplies of water, great transport links, a skilled workforce, low-taxes, easy access to raw materials?
Amid a tightening market for protein sources, Fenchem Biotek Ltd. is expanding the manufacturing capacity and enlarging supply quantity of its VegePro pea protein in order to guarantee a stable supply, with plans to double its manufacturing capacity in...
Eagle Product Inspection has partnered with a Brazilian machinery distributor as forecasted foreign demand is expected to boost the country’s food exports.
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has expanded its partnership with the World Cocoa Foundation (WCF) in a bid to boost cocoa production in developing countries and improve livelihoods for cocoa farmers.
FoodNavigator-USA brings you all the latest appointments and promotions at major food manufacturing and ingredient companies in this monthly photo gallery.
It has been another busy month for industry appointments, including a shuffle in the top jobs at Campbell's and Sara Lee. FoodNavigator-USA presents this latest photo gallery round-up of the big moves at major food manufacturing and ingredients companies.
Penford Corporation has completed its acquisition of Carolina Starches, a manufacturer of modified starches and starch blends with annual revenue of about $25m, the company has said.
It's been a month of big moves in the food industry, as FoodNavigator-USA brings you this latest photo gallery round-up of executive appointments in the food manufacturing and ingredients sectors over the past month.
Health Canada has disbanded its Sodium Working Group, which was charged with tracking food makers’ sodium reduction efforts over the next five years and bringing sodium intake to recommended levels.
Consumer satisfaction with major food manufacturers has dropped during the third quarter in the wake of a number of high-profile recalls and rising food prices, according to the American Customer Satisfaction Index.
The food industry can clean up its image, benefit the environment, and become more profitable while doing so, says the founder of a new trade association, the Ecological Food Manufacturers Association (EFMA).
Introducing new products can help companies alleviate the burden of high food inflation because consumers will not be so concerned about a change in price, according to a new report on the food manufacturing industry from the Conference Board of Canada.
Food consumption, not biofuel demand, will remain the primary driver for commodity use in the coming years, requiring more efficient manufacturing and transportation in the industry, says a new report.
NineSigma has launched a new service to help companies find
materials or technologies that are already available on the market,
that could open up new supply agreements between manufacturers and
ingredients firms.
Ingredients distributor Fiske is changing its name to Univar Food
Ingredients to draw on the brand recognition of its parent company,
and is taking on industry experts so it can provide more technical,
marketing and product development...
Chinese companies accused by Tate & Lyle of infringing its
patented sucralose manufacturing technology have hit back at the
allegations, pledging to vigorously defend themselves.
Here we go again. Industry-sponsored studies into the nutritional
benefits of food and drink products are biased. Don't believe
anything that has an industry sponsor.
With the final passage of the new EU law regulating chemicals in
the bloc, the food industry has expressed concern about the
uncertainties relating to the scope of the legislation and the
eventual cost to processors.
Processing plants in eight major food industries became
significantly more productive after being acquired, according to a
new government report on mergers and acquisitions in the US food
industry.
Novis, the publisher of FoodNavigator-USA, 22 other business news
websites and more than 50 specialist e-newsletters, is today
changing its name to Decision News Media, to convey theeditorial
ethos that has made the group's news...
In the wake of terrorist attacks in the US on September 11, 2001
Europe's manufacturing industries have taken a knock but figures
released this week reveal that the food industry is managing the
course, registering a 'light...
Ingredients developer zuChem this week announced that it has raised
a considerable chunk of capital in order to develop new methods to
manufacture alternative sweeteners.
