Organix wants to help parents and carers introduce new flavours and textures to kids in the 6-18-month ‘window of opportunity’ prior to food fears kicking in.
FDA could seek disciplinary action against baby and toddler food manufacturers for lead and other contaminates even before it finalizes recently proposed draft guidance to limit lead concentrations in packaged food for young children, agency officials...
A tsunami of lawsuits was filed vs food manufacturers last year following a Congressional report alleging ‘dangerous’ levels of heavy metals in leading baby food brands. So how have judges determined if these complaints have legs, and whether the FDA,...
Parents today are as discerning over their choice of foods for their little ones as they are for themselves. However, many snacks and choices on the shelf today come with high levels of sugar and other nasties.
Mamamade has closed a record-breaking funding round – bringing its total pre-seed investment to £1.5m – led by founders and execs from Allplants, Made.com, Heals, Design my night, Bulb and Xexec.
Kellogg’s is getting into the Christmas spirit with the roll out of Mince Pie Flavoured Wheats; Little Ruskits is the ideal first food for weaning babies; Wall’s Pastry gets worldly with two new plant-based microwavable slices; and Carr’s Flours teams...
With an infusion of $7m in series A funds, baby food challenger Serenity Kids hopes to prove its high-fat, meat- and vegetable-based purees, grain-free puffs and bone broths “are not just for the elite, crunchy consumer,” by expanding distribution and...
Eurostar Commodities said the global shortage of rice flour – caused by the ‘perfect storm’ of factors like COVID, Brexit and supply chain challenges – will likely lead to price increases in many everyday food staples.
New York Attorney General Letitia James has requested detailed information from four of the companies named in the recent Congressional report into heavy metals in baby food on their approach to monitoring inorganic arsenic in infant rice cereal – the...
Under pressure to act in the wake of the recent congressional report into heavy metals in baby food, the FDA has unveiled a new action plan - ‘Closer to Zero – setting forth its approach to reducing exposure to toxic elements in foods commonly eaten by...
Lawsuits are piling up against companies cited in a recent Congressional report into heavy metals in baby food. But how might courts decide if these complaints have legs, and what can be reasonably expected from food manufacturers given that the FDA has...
The European Commission has adopted new measures to reduce consumer’s maximum levels of exposure to cadmium in foods such as chocolate and infant formula.
The European Commission has cleared Nestle's proposed
acquisition of Novartis's Gerber business, saying it would not
lead to an uncompetitive concentration in baby foods and
cereals.
In a move that brings it closer to a key customer, Graham Packaging
has opened a new bottle-making plant in Zoetemeer, the Netherlands,
on site with Royal Numico.
German manufacturer Humana Milchunion Everswinkel has dismissed
four executive employees following mistakes in the production of
infant food formula sold in Israel. Among those losing their jobs
are the head of product development...
