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Natural & Clean Label

Better Juice expands its range to sorbets

16 Aug 2024

Food tech startup Better Juice has developed a technology to reduce the sugar content in fruit sorbets. The process retains the natural vitamins, minerals, and flavours of fruit, while offering manufacturers an easy-to-implement and scalable solution t...

Sweden updates front-of-pack Keyhole labelling rules

11 Jul 2024

The Swedish Food Agency has announced updates to the voluntary Keyhole logo, used in four Nordic countries, following recommendations to improve nutrition labelling.

The seed oil backlash: How food and beverage brands are adapting

9 Jul 2024

There is a small but growing anti-seed oil movement, with some consumers perceiving seed oils – such as rapeseed oil and sunflower oil – as harmful for human health, despite the advice of nutritionists and assurances from dietary authorities.

Tesco launches laser-etched avocados to reduce plastic packaging

3 Jul 2024

UK supermarket chain Tesco is trialing a new laser-etched avocado range as part of its measures to cut down on plastic packaging and enhance its environmental profile.

Researchers tap into sticky rice as a potential source of clean label starch

8 May 2024

Pigmented waxy rice may prove to be a good source of clean label starch, according to researchers at the University of Arkansas.

The rise of plant-based - and plastic-free - chewing gum

7 May 2024

Conventional chewing gum is typically made from a gum base that can contain plastic, paraffin, and synthetic resin. Enter the challenger brands making plant-based gum from chicle, the chewy sap of the Sapodilla tree. ‘Chew plants, not plastic,’ they sa...

Strategies to create category-winning plant-based meat alternatives

3 May 2024

Keep an eye on emerging categories like breakfast products; offer vegan options in meal kits; and consider ingredient blends to stand out in the increasingly crowded plant-based meat alternative category, says market research experts from Frost & Sulli...