News & Analysis on the Bakery and Snacks Industries
While ‘legacy’ food and beverage brands are laser focused on price, promotion and placement, no amount of financial clout or merchandising wizardry can mask the fact that smaller, sexier, more disruptive, brands are outpacing them. But are CPG’s biggest...
Finland’s Paulig Group has mooted a plan to close a Swedish factory in Sweden that produces Tex Mex potato chips and consolidate production in Belgium.
Bunge North America has bought Illinois-based Heartland Harvest to bolster its expertise in extruded foods and serve consumer demand for better-for-you snacks.
Savory flavors are gaining momentum in the traditionally sugar-saturated nutrition bar category with the entrance of two more companies.
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Tetra Recart is hoping to emulate the same success as its Tetra Pak aseptic packs with its Tetra Recart for ready-meals, sauces and soups, claiming its dream carton would be Heinz baked beans for the UK market or Andy Warhol designed Campbell’s soup in...
NTF-Aalborg has launched Competition-Line, a stainless steel system for protecting and guarding food processing machines, initially targeting the German market.
SERIAL PROTEIN FORTIFICATION RISKS COMMODIFYING CATEGORY, ANALYST WARNS
Protein fortification is here to stay, says Canadean - but analyst Kirsty Nolan warns that brands should resist the impulse to simply add it to everything and commoditize the ingredient.