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Dried papaya pulp can be made into a nutritious snack: Pic: GettyImages/Bowonpat Sakaew

Papaya waste repurposed into snack to address malnutrition, food loss and job creation in Ethiopia

Arla Foods Ingredients has embarked on a four-year project with the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) to develop an affordable and nutritious snack specifically targeted at Ethiopia’s low-income consumers.

PepsiCo Q1 sales clear last year’s pandemic-inspired surge with innovations in snacks, energy drinks

PepsiCo sales during the first three months of the year sailed passed the high bar set last year when the pandemic inspired pantry loading, despite challenges during the quarter, including temporary business disruptions due to the severe winter storms...

The Pished Pish set to disrupt the meat snacks sector with air dried salmon snack

The Sussex startup is pushing the borders of adventurous snacking with a clean label, high protein snack that’s halfway between jerky and biltong (a traditional South African air-dried meat snack), but made with smoked salmon.

New CEO: “HIPPEAS has all the tenets to become a household name and a true lifestyle brand”

With this week’s appointment of industry veteran Paul Nardone as the new CEO of HIPPEAS, the organic chickpea snack brand is building an all-star executive team with a strong track record of high-profile exits to help it leverage pandemic-inspired shifts...

KP Snacks freezes its most popular assets for Iceland

The German-owned British producer of branded and own-label maize-, potato-, and nut-based snacks has teamed up with The Food Warehouse by Iceland to debut its cult favourite Hula Hoop and Space Raiders snacks in the freezer aisle.

Unpacking clean label: BakeryandSnacks webinar probes what consumers expect in COVID-driven times

Despite consumers’ growing demand for easy-to-understand ingredient statements, frustratingly for producers, there is no regulatory definition for clean labelling.