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Top consumer food and drink trends to track in 2024, according to Mintel
18 Oct 2023
Increasing awareness about processing levels and methods, healthy ageing for Gen X consumers, and the implications of technology and Artificial Intelligence (AI) on food and drink products feature amongst the top consumer trends for 2024, a Mintel repo...
Read moreUltra-processed foods: Good, bad, or ‘a mixture of both’?
17 Oct 2023
While various organisations promote their new and updated stances on ultra-processed foods (UPFs), efforts to separate fact from fiction prevail. “Most, if not all, foods are not simply good or bad but a mixture of both,”
Read moreWHO launches an AI-powered tool to counter unethical marketing
16 Oct 2023
The World Health Organization (WHO) is asking consumers to help counter the “unethical” online promotion of unhealthy products by sending in pictures of products that will “train” its artificial intelligence (AI) tool.
Read moreConcerns over ultra-processed food guidance
13 Oct 2023
Connections between scientist-led recommendations on ultra-processed foods (UPFs) and the corporations selling them risk eroding consumer confidence.
Read moreUnilever bets on instant noodle demand with €20m factory investment
12 Oct 2023
Unilever will invest nearly €20 million at its instant noodle factory in Poland as it looks to increase production of Knorr, UNOX and Amino noodles and meet rising European demand for convenient meal options.
Read moreDanish upcycling startup to expand high-protein, high-fibre flours
11 Oct 2023
Danish startup Circular Food Technology produces high-fibre, high-protein flours from upcycled brewer’s spent grain and is gearing up to supply the bakery and bread market.
Read moreConfirmed: California bans four ‘toxic’ food additives
10 Oct 2023
Four food additives, including the colouring Red No. 3, will be banned in food in the US state of California over safety concerns, with public health campaigners hoping this will spark a nationwide ban in the coming years.
Read moreSoutheast Asia rapidly adopts food tech
9 Oct 2023
Demand for high-quality, food security and climate-facing solutions has prompted an accelerated wave of southeast Asian startups using food tech, according to a report by Forward Fooding.
Read moreSOLUGEL® improves physical and mental well-being for active middle-aged adults
9 Oct 2023
A Florida State University (FSU) clinical trial finds that SOLUGEL® (a brand of PB Leiner, part of Tessenderlo Group) supplementation for active middle-aged adults not only helps to relieve joint pain and increases their daily living activities but...
Read moreWile Women embraces perimenopause ecosystem with support and education
6 Oct 2023
Wile Women, a US-based direct-to-consumer supplement brand, offers “naturopathic” products designed to address women’s mental health and aims to break the stigma surrounding perimenopause.
Read moreLahori Zeera’s spiced soft drinks ‘resonate with the Indian taste palette’
5 Oct 2023
Indian soda brand Lahori Zeera is on a mission to become the largest non-cola drinks brand in the country with its fruit-based soda drinks, available in flavours such as tamarind, lemon, and black pepper. “The ethnic beverages market in India is unders...
Read moreRedistributing unwanted food to those in need: A cost- and hassle-free solution
4 Oct 2023
London-based charity City Harvest is solving the longstanding issues of food waste and hunger by providing food businesses with a convenient and cost-free solution to redistributing food waste.
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