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Fi Europe’s New Product Zone explores fresh possibilities with five natural ingredients
20 Dec 2023
Fi Europe 2023's New Product Zone unveils five natural ingredients, each catering to the growing demand for clean products and embodying ethical and sustainable choices for today's conscious consumers.
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Coca-Cola: Artificial intelligence could help vet open innovation partners
18 Dec 2023
Artificial Intelligence (AI) could have a role to play in selecting startups and projects that corporates work with in open innovation partnerships, said Faisal Zanjani, global head of open innovation at The Coca-Cola Company, at Fi Europe.
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Brazilian food tech startups tackle climate impact
11 Dec 2023
As record temperatures hit the South American agrifood leader, startups focus on novel ideas and technologies to drive sustainable change.
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Italy moves to ‘protect farmers’ and ‘culinary tradition’ with lab-grown meat ban
8 Dec 2023
The Italian Government has confirmed plans to ban the production, sale or import of cultivated meat, citing a need to protect the country’s culinary culture and agricultural industry.
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Snack trends, ingredient claims, and plant-based perceptions: Highlights from Fi Europe 2023, part 1
7 Dec 2023
Value-led snacking, sustainability storytelling, and the importance of having a ‘star ingredient’: we asked consumer analysts and market experts at Fi Europe about the trends and innovations that are shaping the food industry.
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EU alternative protein market needs legal support to thrive
5 Dec 2023
European alternative protein startups and researchers need a “clear and coherent strategy” from policy makers to make sure the EU does not lag behind the rest of the world, according to EIT Food and its recent policy brief.
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EIT Food introduces policy brief on protein diversification
4 Dec 2023
The EU-supported food community EIT Food has released recommendations on protein diversification to advance progress and spur production and consumption changes.
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Back to the drawing board for plant-based meat, says Rabobank strategist
4 Dec 2023
Plant-based meat alternatives have suffered a drop in sales in recent years. Cyrille Filott, global strategist at RaboResearch, identifies five areas that brands must tackle to get sales back on track.
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Consumers want more plant-based meat without GM ingredients
28 Nov 2023
Plant-based meat has been a hot and popular category for several years, but not all North American shoppers are embracing vegetarian alternatives that contain genetically modified (GM) ingredients, according to the Non-GMO Project.
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Trendspotting for 2024: Put the ‘plant’ back in ‘plant-based’
24 Nov 2023
Consumers will gravitate to brands that are putting the “plant” back in “plant-based” with fewer ingredients overall and more vegetables and protein content, according to 2024 trend predictions from Whole Foods Market.
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Exploring the path to replicating breast milk's magic in infant formula
17 Nov 2023
While breast milk is often hailed as nature's gold standard for infant nutrition, it’s not always readily available. Enter infant formula enriched with human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs), a game-changing product that seek to mirror the composition of b...
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APAC pursues regulatory approval for cellular agriculture
13 Nov 2023
Several Asia-Pacific nations sign an MOU and launch a new platform for cross-border collaboration to speed up regulatory review processes and approval.
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