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.
