A new early-stage venture capital fund sees significant upside for financing food and beverage startups that may be too small for many other VC investors, but which in a few years could help meet “pent up demand” for innovation from large CPG players...
According to the snack giant, the scholarship and professional mentoring programme is a cornerstone initiative to the more than $570m commitment it has made to Black and Hispanic communities.
Confectionery giant Mars Wrigley UK is attempting to digitise taste through a partnership with Google Cloud, which has resulted in the first ever Maltesers cake developed by artificial intelligence.
Sound Nutrition aims to shake up the $605bn global snack market by using sound waves to create functional snacks that it claims will promote both physical and mental energy.
Food brand ZUVA is ensuring farm-to-fork traceability from its parent company’s farms in Africa through to consumers’ plates in Europe. “We have created a win-win situation for everyone participating in the value chain,” says founder and CEO Carl Heinrich...
No, according to panellists at the FoodNavigator 2021 Digital Summit: Positive Nutrition, who say more people accept that healthier choices mean higher prices.
The Good Food Group – a Nottinghamshire-based consultancy firm that connects suppliers with buyers – has launched a unique subscription service to help bakery and snack brands land their products on retailers’ shelves.
Protein bar brand SOBAR, produced by California-based Zeno Functional Foods, is gearing up to launch in the US and expand into Asia this year with its reformulated products that are said to reduce alcohol absorption.
The Australian food industry has expressed relief at the government’s announcement of a three-year transition period for firms to comply with the new Plain English Allergen Labelling (PEAL) requirements, saying this is critical to mitigate cost impacts...
The Indian Sugar Mills Association (ISMA) has launched a Sugar and Health campaign and corresponding website as it seeks to stop ‘blind attacks’ on the commodity and encourage localised research – sparking widespread public criticism.
The joint venture between Nestlé and General Mills is taking a ‘dual strategy’ approach to cereal renovation that is ‘both reductionist and increasing’, says Gharry Eccles, Vice President UK and Oceania of Cereal Partners Worldwide.
The bakery supplier said it is well on its way to reach its target to reduce, recycle and reuse all its packaging – using 100% recyclable materials – by the end of 2025.
2020 was a bumper year for biscuits – posting the strongest growth in more than five years – as lockdown saw shoppers add an extra packet of the biscuit aisle’s bestsellers to their trolleys.
Plant-based energy bar brand Quantum Energy Squares has closed $2.5m in funding to ramp up brand awareness, and has brought on Major League Soccer (MLS) All-Star, US Soccer Male Athlete of the Year, and MLS Cup MVP, Jozy Altidore as an investor.
As the snack sector reaches its technological limits in cutting salt and fat from products, European manufacturers are accelerating reformulating efforts using lentils, beans, other vegetables -- and even insects -- as a way of meeting consumer demand...
New Zealand social enterprise The Cookie Project has announced it has generated more than 3,000 employment hours for its bakers, which all have a range of disabilities, including physical, sensory, cognitive and mental challenges.
UAE-based healthy snacks brand Freakin’ Healthy is kicking off its international expansion plan with a launch in US, and has the Europe market in its sight later this year.
Arla Foods Ingredients is helping producers tap into opportunities in the organic kiddies snacks sector in China with two innovative concepts using its Nutrilac range of function protein ingredients.
Puratos has launched a global food tech venture – the first in the bakery, pastry and chocolate sector – to spur on healthier and more sustainable innovation.
US-based global snacking heavyweight Mondelēz International taps into the mass appeal of protein bars as it acquires a significant majority interest in the UK's leading protein bar brand Grenade.
The trend of home baking, which soared in popularity during the pandemic, is still going strong with sustained elevated sales expected through 2025, according to new market data.
According to Pringle maker Kellogg, the Bring Bank Scheme will allow fans of its potato chips to return the iconic tubes to be recycled into something new.
IFF has launched a next-generation enzyme-only dough strengthener that allows bakery manufacturers to develop clean label goods without any trade-offs.
The direct-to-consumer (D2C) platform will take advantage of the trend for purchasing snacks online, initially driven by the imposed lockdown on consumers, but expected to outlast the pandemic.
Mondelēz International’s innovation and venture hub has launched CoLab, a collaborative programme for US-based early-stage better-for-you snack brands to drive mutual growth.
To mark Global Recycling Day 2021 (18 March), Bakers Basco has revealed the results of a YouGov survey to uncover what the UK public thinks of the recycling of products designed to be used multiple times rather than being disposed of after a single use.
To mark Global Recycling Day (18 March), Bureau Veritas is reminding UK bakery and snack producers to put a circular economy business model at the heart of their coronavirus recovery plan. This is especially important ahead of the 26th UN Climate Change...
The key to creating high quality, safe baked goods and snacks efficiently is constant monitoring. Wes Shadow, grain market manager at PerkinElmer, analyses the three crucial stages in which analytical technologies can be utilised to inspire confidence.
About 65% of Japanese snacks and 76% of South Korean snacks have hard textures, according to a study assessing new snack food ideas from existing products.
Kellogg is ploughing €30m ($39.7m) into revamping its Pringles plant in Belgium to keep up with EMEA demand, as well as to make production more sustainable.
Scottish Bakers is calling on government for additional support after a survey conducted amongst its members last month revealed the harsh impact of coronavirus.
Wilde Brands – the snack producer that replaced the potato with chicken breast to make Wilde Chips – has introduced another first: chips made from pork raised without antibiotics.
Plant-based foods formulated with more wheat gluten was found to exhibit softer and less chewy texture compared to commercial tofu, mock meat and animal meat products.
FoodNavigator hears from agri-food players – sitting at both extremes of farm-to-fork – and an MEP, who make the case for enforcing indication laws across the bloc.
Mettler-Toledo Product Inspection is gearing up for the food industry’s fast-approaching digital transformation with the release of a significantly updated version of its ProdX product inspection management software.
The theme of innovation has truly been brought to the forefront of the baking industry as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Automated systems and equipment will provide businesses with a holistic solution to pandemic-related challenges and arm them an...
Most micro and minor weighing operations in bakery facilities across the globe are carried out by human operators. Jake Norman, head of Innovation at OAL notes that even after automating the bulk ingredients with silos, as much as 70% of the remaining...
The digitalisation of technology has brought about a real change in civilisation, just as the invention of printing in the mid-15th century. Today, no one is surprised to receive a pizza at home 25 minutes after spending two minutes on their smartphone....
General Mills is moving its iconic Pillsbury brand into the cookie aisle with a line of Soft Baked Cookies; Whole Earth is gearing up for the Tokyo Olympics with personalised jars of peanut butter; and Pwellheli-based food distributor Bwydydd Madryn is...
With the British Baker webinar on ‘Consumers, Covid and clean label baking – what’s next?’ just a few days away, we introduce the complete line-up for the expert panel
Novax – part of the Swedish family giant that acquires and develops companies in strategic niche markets – has acquired a majority stake in British ingredients specialist Ulrick & Short.
The Oreo maker has snapped up the Australian company – which holds a strong position in the attractive premium biscuit and cracker category – for an undisclosed amount from Sydney-based private equity firm CPE Capital.
Synergy has launched an innovative ingredient that will allow bakers to slash the fat and calorie content of treats like muffins, cakes, cookies and biscuits.
