Snacking heavyweight Mondelez Australia believes that soft plastic packaging should not be viewed at as the enemy, but more should instead be done to boost its recyclability of this resource if the nation’s 2025 targets are to be achieved.
Agriculture is the backbone of the world’s economic activity (accounting for 4.3% of GDP, with a value of $3.6 trillion in 2020) and critical for food security and the health of the population.
The 45 startups selected to participate in the FoodBytes! By Rabobank food and ag innovation program in 2022 provide a neat snapshot into trending topics in food and agriculture, from personalized nutrition and upcycling to robotics and farm biologics.
Engineers at the company’s West Yorkshire plant will be ‘downing tools’ over a pay dispute, which is expected to hamper production in the critical run-up to the festive season.
The Quaker Oats, Frito-Lay and Pringles maker has launched a series of videos showcasing how it is working with farmers in Thailand, Greece, India and Brazil to help them adapt to climate change.
Monk fruit, a high-intensity sweetener, is gaining popularity across premium applications as a clean-label alternative that blends well with others. While it costs more than stevia, tech innovations may bring prices down.
IRI reports consumers are displaying signs of severe ‘inflation fatigue’ that is forcing a range of coping behaviours not seen since the austere late 70s and early 80s, with staying in becoming the new going out.
North America’s largest food company is capitalising on one of the most popular sporting events around the globe with an interactive online fan experience and three limited-time varieties inspired by teams playing in the final – but best off all, a trip...
With customers facing an ever-growing quagmire of challenges – rising costs, ingredient shortages and even political instability – the Chicago-headquartered nutrition specialist is augmenting its solutions to help bakery clients navigate the rough times,...
To keep pantries stocked and food on the table – especially during the upcoming holidays – more Americans are cutting back on spending in other areas and modifying how they buy groceries as well as the types and amount of products they place in their...
Mars Inc has unveiled what it describes as a ‘key milestone’ in its commitment to transition towards a circular economy model where packaging material ‘never becomes waste’. FoodNavigator takes a closer look at the collaboration and technology behind...
With the cost-of-living crisis raging unabated thanks to political volatility, it's only to be expected that ‘redefining value’ tops Innova Market Insights’ Top Ten Trends for 2023. With budgets stretched, consumers will increasingly seek out brand...
To celebrate Black History Month, the campaigner is hosting the ‘No all real bread is white’ webinar to give the microbakery sector the chance to hear from Black owners/workers of Real Bread businesses.
Israeli green-tech innovator Melodea has developed a game-changing plant-based barrier coating that is plastic-free, but still as effective in maintaining product freshness.
Kraft Heinz is making progress towards several of its environmental and sustainability goals including cutting the amount of waste sent to landfill by 15% in 2021 and converting 84% of its global packaging portfolio to fully recyclable materials.
Mission-driven entrepreneur Greg Wixted has baked up a unique business model for Cakery Wonderland, pledging to hand over 75% of the afternoon tea delivery service to a talented young baker or pastry chef in return for their passion to fight hunger.
Chester-based Pastry Pedaleur – which creates classic French treats, but with an Indian twist – has been selected from hundreds of entries to feature in Channel 4’s new six-part series.
Priority is given to products that offer genuine sensory appeal – providing new and experimental flavours, as well as those associated with comfort, familiarity and simplicity.
The PepsiCo subsidiary has teamed up with Feeding America to throw out a challenge to Americans to help them tackle hunger and reach their goal to raise $500,000 by 12 February 2023.
Economic growth and rising health awareness are being tipped to propel nut-based products to be come household staples in Vietnam over the next decade.
Sustainability may be a rising priority influencing consumer purchases, but optimistic projections that 2022 would be the year of the ‘climatarian’ appear to be a bit premature – giving brands and retailers more time to improve and finetune their positioning...
Parkersburg-based West Virginia Potato Chip Company is rolling out limited edition packs of its Mister Bee Potato Chips featuring the New River Gorge region, national park and preserve in West Virginia.
The global taste and nutrition company is calling for collective action in tackling food security, launching a digital tool to help both consumers and producers reduce unnecessary waste.
Sparkalis – the corporate venture arm of Puratos Group – and French foodTech startup Glimpact have created a joint venture (JV) to roll out the first digital platform to evaluate and reduce the environmental footprint of the bakery, patisserie and chocolate...
Childhood hunger is a serious problem in the US, so at first blush it may appear flippant that General Mills created a full-sized slide that extends from a giant cereal box into a bowl of heart-shaped Cheerio pillows to raise awareness and funds for the...
As both the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre and Safe Food Advocacy Europe release reports detailing how the food industry conveys information, calls for change emerge.
This year, the Vegas-based International Baking Industry Exposition (IBIE) hosted the Cannabis Central pavilion, which shone a light on the opportunities, highs and lows of infusing baked goods with the more mollifying CBD, as well as the more euphoric...
AB Mauri has signed an exclusive agreement to distribute BARLEYmax – which provides twice the dietary fibre than conventional cereal varieties like barley, wheat and oats – to help consumers in Great Britain and Ireland overcome the detrimental ‘fibre...
The Panera Bread Foundation is accepting proposals for its 2023 Grant programme from non-profits that provide access to education, opportunity and mentorship to at-risk, underserved or historically underrepresented children and youth.
The W.K. Kellogg Foundation (WKKF) has announced the five awardees of its Racial Equity 2030 challenge, an open call for bold solutions to improve the lives of children, families and communities around the world.
The eco-friendly, better-for-you corn tortilla chips from Kazoo Snacks are certainly not ‘chips off the old block’, but are packed with healthy fats and nutrients and have even enabled the Texan startup to save almost a million gallons of water to-date.
Givaudan has developed a ‘radical approach’ that it says can assist efforts to reduce the amount of sugar in products: ‘holistic profiling’. FoodNavigator hears more about how this new technique represents a departure from conventional approaches to cutting...
Singaporean snack brand IRVINS is broadening its reach into the US snacking category with its salted egg chips and salted egg salmon skins, which have become some of the most popular snacks across Southeast Asia.
McVitie’s has been identified as the UK’s most nostalgic brand, with 59% of Brits stating the iconic digestive biscuit brand is the most evocative of all things British.
Hanover-based Utz Brands is evaluating its next phase of growth with the appointment of Post Holdings COO Howard Friedman, taking over the reins from long-standing CEO Dylan Lissette.
The EU’s recent approval of its controversial deforestation regulation is expected to drive up the cost of palm oil and other affected commodities, and thus food and beverage prices, amid ongoing inflationary pressures that have already affected a majority...
Revival Einkorn – a new organic consumer brand dedicated to einkorn, a protein-packed ancient wheat variety with a gluten profile billed as ‘easier on the gut’ than modern wheat – is making its debut direct to consumer and in the pasta aisle at natural...
Salon du Chocolat is set to open its doors to the public and trade at the Parc des Expositions, Porte de Versailles in Paris, when it returns to its usual slot from 28 October to 1 November.
At the International Bakery Industry Exposition (IBIE) held in Las Vegas, US, last month, Dawn Foods unveiled its 2023 global bakery trends reports and showcased it’s game-changing non-sticky doughnut glaze. BakeryandSnacks also used the opportunity to...
A survey by the UK’s Craft Bakers Association (CBA) revealed the scale of the spookiest season of the year, with almost half of the artisanal sector noting a significant increase in sales at this time.
Manchester is home of the breakfast cereal giant’s new Culinary and Sensory Centre, a project that took over 18 months to develop and half a million pounds in investment.
Jacobs – the £94.3m savoury biscuit brand from pladis – has enlisted Olympic champion Greg Rutherford to highlight how much food UK households waste every year, brought into stark reality with a giant fridge installation in London, filled with the most...
Most consumers go keto – often-tipped as the next big diet trend – to lose weight. But proponents hope it can gain favour amid growing awareness of the relationship between diet and mental health and wellness.
Israeli researchers found that while taste remains king, oversweetness is the most commented consumer concern, providing potential opportunities for the bakery and snacks sectors to overcome the tension between taste and health, and lower the sweetness...
The forward-thinking Japanese snack producers have done it again: this time from Koikeya, with its 濃いじゃが koijaga (literally ‘dense potato’) anchovy and olive flavoured chips that are sure to be an attention-grabber.
