As UK food and drink manufacturers search for ways to reduce packaging and carbon footprints, a new drinks launch in Thailand could point the way ahead.
An intelligent food label that tells consumers how long they have to eat a product after it has been opened could solve one of grocery’s great conundrums.
High street baker Greggs has fought off stiff competition from Pret A Manger, Subway and O'Briens to win the title ‘Specialist Sandwich Chain of the Year’.
Global biscuit manufacturers are responding to consumers’ contradictory demands by launching new products targeting both health and indulgence, according to market research firm, Innova Market Insights.
The Public Service Association (PSA) of New Zealand has expressed concern over the government’s decision to delegate meat inspection to processors themselves.
Californian firm Guayaki has launched a sparkling-based beverage containing natural stimulant Yerba Mate in Rexam sleek cans in an ‘ongoing effort’ to reach a more mainstream audience.
Diageo has announced two multi-million investments to promote ‘scaleable’ barley and sorghum farming ventures in Ethiopia and Tanzania respectively and cut reliance on unpredictable imports.
Baked goods manufacturers can use sunflower lecithin as an alternative to identity preserved (IP) soy lecithin if they are concerned about the latter being contaminated by genetically modified variants, claims Sternchemie.
The US packaging industry must improve material recovery and not “bury its head in the sand and pretend the problem will go away” according to an expert.
The US beef industry and FSIS have been showered with praise after showing “strong initiative” in their efforts to prevent E.coli contamination during processing.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service has introduced an Internet-based label approval system for the review of meat, poultry and egg product labels.
The future is not bright for UK confectionery packaging as consumers turn to healthier options, but packaging firms can profit from a growing preference for sharing products and smaller offerings.
Two bills to temporarily suspend the duty on certain imported filled chocolates and synthetic-sweetened chewing gum have been introduced to Congress in the US.
Sugar users have said they are disappointed that both the Senate and House Agriculture Committees have voted to advance the 2012 Farm Bill without amending current sugar policy, which they claim costs the US food industry by inflating domestic sugar price
