This edition of our product roundup features a cornucopia of punchy flavors, from adventuresome craft beer cookies to ultra-delish Godiva baked creations to quirky flavored nuts.
The Nestlé Good Start cereal maker has signed a two-year partnership with Food Banks Canada to get health food packs to where they are needed the most.
Brand Finance's 2019 rankings placed Nestlé as the most valuable food brand with the world’s largest food & drink brand portfolio – breaking the $70bn mark – while Kellogg's landed in fourth and Lay's in eighth. PepsiCo's Quaker...
The nation’s Ministry of Health has decreed that all foods sold in Singapore – including bakery and snacks, whether made locally or imported – must be PHO-free within two years.
The breakfast cereal and confectionery conglomerate has made its human rights training freely available to Australian companies facing new legislation on slavery.
Members of the International Food and Beverage Alliance (IFBA) have undertaken to limit the use of industrial trans fat (iTFA) in their products by 2023.
World hunger remains a persistent crisis, with approximately 842 million people going hungry every day. We look at the bakery and snack giants that are leading the fight against hunger and malnutrition.
Packaging that promotes convenience continues to dominate new products, along with organic ingredients and plant-based proteins. Even trail mix gets a boost in this week’s new product roundup.
The Swiss federal institutes of technology ETH Zürich and EPFL (Ecole polytechnique féderale de Lausanne) have launched Future Food – A Swiss Research Initiative (“Future Food Initiative”) with Givaudan, Nestlé and Bühler.
It's really colorful snacking this month, with Kellogg’s Pop-Tarts and limited edition Peeps cereals, Nestlé Shreddies Breakfast to Go, Plamil's new free from chocolate snack and Real Handful yogurt-covered Bundlz for children.
A recent study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine suggests toddlers are more likely to demand specific breakfast cereals after viewing television advertisements for these products.
Zimbabwe’s depleted bread supplies have markedly improved; Nestlé launches initiative in East Africa to potentially save lives; Sudan ups subsidies to lower bread prices and Kenya’s cereals board stares at a $39m loss.
Only a handful of women lead with world’s largest companies. Fortune 500 lists 20 in the position of CEO – actually, now 18 following the departure of PepsiCo’s Indra Nooyi and Campbell Soup’s Denise Morrison – down from 32 in 2017.
FMCG giants join global pledge to fight plastic pollution; Campbell in fight to avoid split; Mondelēz set to up prices of biscuits in the US; and Grupo Bimbo’s CEO wins CSR award.
Nestlé announced it closed its joint venture with the Indofood Group last month, while PepsiCo reiterated its stance to not source palm oil – either directly or indirectly – from the company and its subsidiaries, purportedly linked to deforestation and...
Cereal Partners Worldwide (CPW) has launched a range of organic versions of Nestlé’s breakfast cereals, including Chocapic, Nesquik and Cheerios, in France, Spain and Portugal with expectations of expanding into other markets next year.
Consumers expect the real thing when they purchase a breakfast cereal advertised with fruit inclusions – not something produced to taste or give the appearance of. As such, the global freeze-dried ingredients market – and specifically fruit inclusions...
Nestlé has upped its efforts in the personalized nutrition trend with the rollout of the Wellness Ambassador program that combines artificial intelligence (AI), DNA testing and Instagramming food to tailor nutrition for Japanese consumers.
Following allegations last week that millions of American children are being exposed to a suspected carcinogen through a raft of popular oat-based foods, New York Senator Chuck Schumer has now accused the FDA of withholding information on a weed killer...
Mauricio Alarcon, CEO/MD of Nestlé Nigeria has reiterated the company’s commitment to improving the livelihood of farmers, while improving the quality and quantity of grains and legumes.
Hindustan Unilever (HUL) plans to launch a raft of South Asian breakfast options to capitalize on the Indian consumer’s growing demand for more traditional products.
The National Confectioners Association (NCA) has named the most innovative product award winners of 2018 at the Sweets and Snacks Expo in Chicago (May 22-May 24, 2018).
F&B launches that fused healthier-for-you attributes with indulgence raked in the most sizable year-one sales, according to IRI's 2017 New Product Pacesetters report.
Nestlé has taken its second step to secure its presence in the healthy snacks category by acquiring a majority stake in Ecuadorian organic food company Terrafertil for an undisclosed amount.
Mars plans to quit industry-funded science group, the International Life Sciences Institute (ILSI), and says it will support research regardless of results after making its science policy public.
UK researchers suggest whole grain foods with a fiber:carb ratio of less than 10:1 have the lowest fat, sugar and salt content, which could set in motion a new whole grain labelling system to help consumers chose healthier options.
Cereal Partners Worldwide (CPW) is calling on governments and industry worldwide to back a global commitment to help inform people about whole grain and its benefits.
Nestlé has become the latest CPG company that aims use only cage-free eggs for all of its products globally by 2025, following similar moves made recently by General Mills and Mondelēz.
Nestlé has brought its Australian cereal and snack bar brand, Uncle Tobys, to China through one of the country’s biggest e-commerce platforms, VIP.com.
