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News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology29-Sep-2023
SCIENCE
Plant-based meat shows promise for reducing cardiovascular risk factor
Consuming plant-based meat, rather than its conventional counterpart from animals, is correlated with a “significant drop” in an emerging cardiovascular risk factor in a small study funded by an unrestricted gift from Beyond Meat and presented last week at the Good Food Conference.... Read more
‘Countries are experiencing cascading crises’: FAO climate change chief on food systems transformation in challenging times
From the COVID-19 pandemic to extreme weather events and war in Ukraine, ‘cascading crises’ are impacting countries across the world. Responsible agri-food practices can help mitigate the impact of these disruptions, suggests Kaveh Zahedi, director of the Office of Climate Change, Biodiversity and Environment.... Read more
Chr. Hansen review outlines HMO health benefits
In a new systematic review, Chr. Hansen scientists have compiled data from 26 clinical studies on HMOs, concluding there is a wealth of evidence that these are well-tolerated modulators of the gut microbiome providing health benefits.... Read more
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MARKET TRENDS
Private label products growing in popularity due to price, quality and sustainability, research shows
Due to a wide range of factors, most notably the cost-of-living crisis but also concerns around sustainability, private label (supermarket own) products are growing in popularity across Europe. New research from global packaging producer Amcor shows the extent to which this trend has proliferated across the continent.... Read more
 NPD Trend Tracker: From meat-free roast chicken to chef-developed butter
What’s hitting shelves this week? In plant-based, THIS is launching a new meat free chicken & stuffing alternative for the festive season, and Meatless Farm is returning to Tesco after a brief hiatus off-shelf. In dairy, a new chef-led butter brand All Things Butter is preparing to launch. And in packaging, Xampla is rolling out a new consumer brand, while Rude Health is revamping with ‘brighter, bolder’ graphics. Scroll through the photo gallery for more.... See more
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BUSINESS
PRONATEC reports a clean bill of health for its organic cocoa beans
The family-owned company has been processing cocoa beans into cocoa mass, butter, and powder at its own exclusively organic plant in Winterthur, Switzerland, since June 2022 and says an assessment carried out this month shows there have been no pesticide cases in the semi-finished cocoa products since production started.... Read more
Cargill accused of child labour practices on Brazilian cocoa farms
Cargill, one of the world’s largest cocoa suppliers, has been ordered by a Brazilian court to pay 600,000 reais ($120,185) as indemnity for allegedly buying cocoa from farms where child labour or forced work has been identified.... Read more
SAI releases definition of and framework for regenerative agriculture
Regenerative agriculture currently has no legal definition at an EU level. However, the Sustainable Agriculture Initiative (SAI) platform, a group of companies that includes Danone, PepsiCo, Nestlé, and Unilever, has released a definition of its own, in conjunction with a framework that aims to provide a clear direction to nascent regenerative agriculture programmes.... Read more
‘More than mylk’: Alternatives to coffee, cocoa, salt and sugar on the table at Mylkcubator 3.0
The Mylkcubator programme has largely focused on next-gen dairy innovation to date. But for the incubator’s third edition, dairy-major Pascual wants to expand its focus to alt coffee, cocoa, salt, sugar and more.... Read more
Can wine and spirits really move away from glass? 'Today's consumers are extremely open to alternative pack formats'
Glass remains by far the most dominant packaging format for wine and spirits. But it's heavy to transport, creating concerns over carbon emissions. Will consumers accept the innovations trying to offer more sustainable packaging formats?... Read more
‘You've got to do it as an evolution rather than a revolution’: PepsiCo on adapting sustainability in field and factory
For a big company such as PepsiCo, sustainability is not only complex, but also a multi-layered process. Tackling sustainability across different geographies, in both factories and in agriculture, and across scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions, requires a multi-pronged, highly adaptable approach.... Read more
Is the answer to better nutrition AI and gamification? Birdzi CEO weighs in
Through new digital capabilities like health and wellness apps, retailers are looking to drive consumers to make healthier food and beverage decisions, as data and AI make personalized recommendations easier and more reflective of a person's diet, Shekar Raman, CEO and co-founder of Birdzi, told FoodNavigator-USA.... Read more
Cultivated meat ‘breakthrough’: Media supplement achieves full muscle maturation on scaffold within 48 hours.
Having achieved muscle and protein gains in 2D environments, Profuse Technology is celebrating a ‘breakthrough’ in cultivated meat growth within 3D environments, CEO Guy Nevo Michrowski explains.... Read more
Cacao guide aims to help producers communicate the quality of their cacao
For a long time, there has been no commonly agreed way of assessing and communicating the quality of cacao, the seed from which stems cocoa and chocolate. Now, however, a new initiative has been unveiled that will aim to do just that, with contributions from a wide range of cacao experts.... Read more
‘There will be trade-offs’: How the Belgian meat industry can make progress in sustainability
As the EU’s Farm to Fork Strategy continues to outline key sustainability regulations, which are sure to impact the food industry significantly, the Belgian meat sector must learn to manage the effects of such regulations. According to speakers at the Belgian Meat Office’s roundtable in Brussels last month, scientific rigour, rather than simply aspiration, is key to setting sustainability goals.... Read more
“The situation is precarious”: UK retailers risk losing the best cheesemakers in 'perfect storm' of cost and supply pressures
Kite Consulting has warned that retailers could face a future of ‘average products from average factories’ if Britain’s best suppliers choose to focus on exports or exit the category altogether as a result of a perfect storm of weak demand, high cheesemake and expensive stocks valuations.... Read more
Fruit seed-based alt dairy to quadruple production capacity, ‘double down’ on NPD
Kern Tec, which makes dairy alternative ingredients from stone fruit seeds, has closed a €12m Series A funding round. Co-founder Luca Fichtinger tells FoodNavigator the investment will help the team ‘double down’ efforts on NPD.... Read more
‘The only barrier now is regulation’: UK cultivated meat company urges urgent approvals overhaul to allow industry to flourish
Ivy Farm Technologies sounded the warning it will look to open its first production facility in another country, likely the US, if the Food Standards Authority drags its feet on giving regulatory approval to this fledgling industry.... Read more
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