Latest News in the food Industry

9 Jun 2016

The Från Början team from Nottingham Trent University has been awarded the gold prize at Ecotrophelia 2016 for their vegan, low fat luxury iced dessert which uses algal protein to replace dairy protein in the product.

30 May 2016

Evolva has announced that the European Patent Office has granted the company a patent in respect of stevia-sweeteners made possible through the introduction of yeast fermentation-derived steviol glycosides.

30 May 2016

Nestlé is to build new partnerships with startups by launching a new global open innovation platform called Henri@Nestlé which will expand Nestlé’s on-going activities in working with startups

3 May 2016

Gluten-free pizza is set to grow and the secret to success is pizzas that taste as good as they look. Find out how your formulation for gluten-free pizza crust can be clear and cleaner whilst giving great mouthfeel, texture and crispiness.

18 Apr 2016

Sponsored by the Royal Entomological Society, the “Insects as Food and Feed: The Way Forward” conference was held recently at the University of Nottingham, celebrating the official launch of Woven Network.

13 Apr 2016

VMG Partners, a private equity fund focused exclusively on partnering with emerging branded consumer product companies, and algae-based food, nutrition and specialty ingredients company TerraVia (formerly known as Solazyme) have launched TerraBrands.

1 Apr 2016

Rabobank has announced that True Made Foods has won the FoodBytes! Brooklyn People’s Choice Award. True Made Foods is a startup company that uses fresh vegetables to naturally sweeten its products.

24 Nov 2015

Earlier this year I noticed a commercial for concentrated syrup in a bottle with a dispensing pump: interesting, different, distinguishing! But… at the same time I had a different thought: “doesn’t this look a lot like those dispensing pumps for liquid...

24 Nov 2015

High protein products continue to be launched across a range of food and drink categories. Consequently, novel protein ingredients are emerging to meet the demand from manufacturers for innovative solutions for protein fortification in...

12 Nov 2015

At the NVC Netherlands Packaging Centre we receive questions about food contact materials legislation on a regular basis. The European Union laws in this field are extensive but in general reasonably clear.

7 Jan 2015

A new statement of what industry needs from science and technology has been published by Campden BRI. The document was compiled following an extensive consultation of Campden BRI’s industrial members – some 2,400 companies across 75 countries. The ‘nee...

28 Nov 2014

Sometimes, the most terrible problems have unexpected solutions. For example: in the tropics, there is a miraculous tree whose leaves are extremely nutritious. The leaves of the moringa tree contain more vitamins and minerals than most natural food we ...