Latest News in the food Industry

1 Aug 2024

With consumers demanding bolder and more experimental flavours, more and more kitchens and food labs are turning to emerging technologies to help their product development.

29 Jul 2024

Supply constraints, crop disease, high prices, and changing consumer preferences are hitting the orange juice industry. Manufacturers are responding by turning to alternatives like functional formulations.

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.

2 Jul 2024

Spice mix contamination investigations, tightened safety rules, market volatility due to crop production changes, and price hikes are affecting India’s spice market.

26 Jun 2024

As European consumer organisation SAFE launches a campaign to legally limit acrylamide, global guidance to minimise the substance remains unenforceable.

25 Jun 2024

Mexico’s consumer watchdog has called on food industry to reduce salt in processed products available in the country to reduce cardiovascular diseases.

17 Jun 2024

Value revolves around better-for-you bakery claims and nutritious seed-rich loaves as consumers seek less sugar and more fibre from their baked goods, according to Mintel.

5 Jun 2024

Indian consumers call for Desi flavours formulated in healthier instant noodles, pasta and soups, with manufacturers pitching products with healthier-for-you marketing.

29 May 2024

Researchers have developed a method that guarantees food safety for low-moisture products, such as dried milk, while maximising quality by retaining vitamins, minerals, and flavours, they say.

23 May 2024

Amid Allergy Awareness Week and the growing number of consumers with allergies and sensitivities, manufacturers are increasingly exploring free-from product launches.

21 May 2024

The development of Ozempic and other GLP-1 drugs is radically changing the weight management category. Nutrition Business Journal explores the impact of these new weight-loss drugs on the nutrition industry in its most recent report.

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...