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News & Analysis on the Bakery and Snacks Industries

10-Jan-2024

TOP HEADLINES

King Arthur Baking Company launches new accelerator programme to champion bakers and entrepreneurs of colour

King Arthur Baking Company has partnered with Project Potluck to launch Baking Pitchfest 2024 to foster greater inclusivity, equitable opportunity and creativity in the baking world.... Read more

Eddie takes cookie decoration to the next level

Eddie by Primera Technology is the worldâs first GMP and NSF certified edible ink printer that uses food colouring to print logos, pictures and celebratory messages directly onto cookies, macarons and confections.... Watch now

Researchers develop âperfect mealâ for male astronauts

Producing the right food in space is difficult, given the particular nutritional needs of astronauts and the difficulty of growing anything in the final frontier. Luckily, researchers have developed the âperfect mealâ for male astronauts: a vegetarian salad comprising of ingredients that can be efficiently grown in space and that meet their nutritional needs.... Read more

When are âbestâ claims puffery versus misleading? NAD weighs in on case brought against Old Trapper by Link Snacks

Whether advertising something as âbestâ is protected as puffery or requires substantiation depends on the context and whether the claims are presented âmonadicallyâ or are comparative or quantifiable, according to an advertising watchdog that reviewed a case brought against meat snack maker Old Trapper Smoked Products by competitor Link Snacks.... Read more

What it takes to build a thriving brand in a tough retail market: insight from founder of Proper Snacks

Cassandra Stavrou delves into her journey as a challenger brand and the successes and failures along the way, resulting in one of the fastest-growing businesses in the UK healthy snack category.... Read more

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EDITOR'S CHOICE

PepsiCo ramps up investment in Vietnam with new snack plant

The People's Committee of Ha Nam province has given PepsiCo Vietnam Foods the green light to build an $82m snack production plant in Tien Townâs Dong Van I industrial park.... Read more

NestlÃ© Professional makes last call for Toque dâOr competition registrations

The deadline for the 36th edition of Torque dâOr has been extended to 19 January.... Read more

Carrefour stops selling PepsiCo products over price increases

European supermarket giant Carrefour has stopped selling PepsiCo products in France, Belgium, Italy and Spain: citing 'unacceptable' price increases from the American drinks and snacks giant.... Read more

GLOBAL INDUSTRY NEWS

Is the UK bar for insect protein entry too high?

As we head into 2024, the focus turns to where the European landscape on insect protein is currently and how it may evolve in the coming year.... Read more

Vitaminsâ positive impact on diabetes needs further research to support novel treatments: Chinese review

The effects of different vitamins on diabetes must be more thoroughly explored through clinical trials in order to determine and take advantage of their therapeutic potential, according to a Chinese review.... Read more

Vegetarian consumers feel left out in todayâs market, Ingredient Communications reports

Vegetarian consumers are increasingly dissatisfied with the food choices available to them, as 100% plant-based might have deterred some shoppers, according to research conducted by market research company SurveyGoo and commissioned by Ingredient Communications.... Read more

A cup of lab-grown Joe: researchers release proof of concept for cell-cultured coffee

Dr. Heiko Rischer and his team at VTT Technical Research of Finland published its cell-cultured coffee recipe, highlighting the opportunity to strengthen and reinforce the global coffee supply chain.... Read more

Watered-down and remixed: French authorities find âanomaliesâ in butter composition, labeling

The French consumer affairs authority criticized butter producersâ and manufacturersâ lack of regulatory knowledge after an investigation showed âanomaliesâ in the quality of some butters.... Read more

Industry demands closure to CBD regulation stalemate

The Association for the Cannabinoid Industry (ACI) has published a report calling on the UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) and the Home Office to work together to end the regulatory stalemate threatening the sector.... Read more

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