All news articles for February 2015

ECPA director-general: 'Innovative approaches to minimising losses of different substances from farm level (including pesticides) to water are needed'

Farmers need to up their game on water contamination, says ECPA

By Nicola Cottam

Europe’s farmers must acknowledge their contribution to surface water pollution and implement best practice measures to fulfil ambitious quality objectives set out in the Water Framework Directive, says the European Crop Protection Association (ECPA).

Datamonitor Consumer: 'High-fiber' claims will start to take increasing prominence as consumers become more aware of the negative effects on digestive health from over-consumption of protein'

Special Edition: Powered up and packing nutritional punch

Fortification future? Fiber will rise, protein will fall...

By Rachel Arthur

High-protein foods have evolved into a mainstream category with snacks standing strong, but the trend will start to lose its muscle to high-fiber so industry will have to be clever, says Datamonitor Consumer.

Kerry Pinnacle supplies cake mixes and frozen products to industrial bakers, retailers and franchise shops across Australia

Kerry Group on cusp of Pinnacle sale

By Kacey Culliney

Kerry Group is in advanced discussions to sell its €160m ($181.28m) Australian bakery business Pinnacle, the company says.

UK energy bar sales triple and set to rise

UK energy bar sales triple and set to rise

By Niamh Michail

Sales in the energy bar and nutrition market in the UK have been growing at a faster rate than the US tripling in the past five years to reach €137m, while the US market doubled in the same period to €2314m.

Innovia Group appoints CFO

Innovia Group appoints CFO

By Jenny Eagle

Innovia has appointed Omar Shafi Khan as Group CFO, replacing David Tilston in April this year.

CEF said it is of no safety concern for use in food contact materials

Arkema FCM application backed by EFSA

By Joseph James Whitworth

Arkema’s application to use a copolymer in nanoform does not pose a consumer risk according to a panel of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA).  

Consumers prefer homemade breakfast to RTE packaged goods

What's for breakfast? Reinventing the first meal of the day

Consumers prefer homemade breakfast to ready-to-eat packaged goods, Datassential found

By Elizabeth Crawford

When it comes to breakfast, the vast majority of Americans want something quick and easy at home, but surprisingly most people prefer to make their first meal of the day “from scratch” instead of consuming a ready-to-eat or heat-and-serve consumer packaged...

Weetabix's new motors are less prone to dust and water contamination

Weetabix cuts costs with more efficient motors

By Rod Addy

Weetabix has saved thousands of pounds by replacing motors on the breakfast cereal extruders at the Corby factory that makes products such as Weetos and Crunchy Bran.

What are the hottest snacking trends to watch in 2015?

Meet the CEOs of KRAVE, Health Warrior, Fruigees, HUMAN and Barnana

What are the hottest snacking trends – and companies - to watch in 2015?

By Elaine Watson

With the percentage of energy derived from snacks in the American diet doubling since the late 1970s, the pressure is on to make those snacking calories count. But what is a healthy snack, and are the boundaries between snacks and meals blurring as consumers...

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