An all-female collective of food and drink industry leaders is taking on a lifechanging challenge by travelling across Kenya to raise awareness and funds to support female-led farms in the country.
Ingredients and packaging materials will form the very foundation of your brand, so getting them right is essential. Here’s how to find the right suppliers and build successful relationships.
Losses have continued for Quorn and Cauldron parent company Marlow Foods as the vegetarian and vegan mycoprotein food major suffers the shocks of the relentless meat-alternative market slowdown.
Reputation is everything to food and beverage brands. But what happens if a brand receives negative press? Does it lose customers? And can it get them back?
Confectionery giant Mondelēz International has snapped up a majority stake in a Chinese cakes and pastries business to further tap the country’s $3bn bakery category.
Food and drink investors remain cautious over which businesses to pump funds into on the back of a “challenging” market that’s remained stagnant following a steep decline, a banking expert tells FoodNavigator.
One Tech company's silicon-free chips can both store information to tell consumers how to recycle a product, and tell manufacturers how often the product is recycled.
Making the decision to recruit staff is a big step for any new business. It presents multiple challenges and can generate unexpected costs. We’re here to help guide you through the process.
Demand to cut cocoa volumes in a turbulent market is one driver behind Cargill’s big spend on its coatings and fillings plant expansion, FoodNavigator can reveal.
Lindt & Sprüngli (USA) Inc. has failed to convince a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit alleging its dark chocolate bars contain significant levels of heavy metals. Could this premium chocolate brand’s reputation for quality be at risk?
European bakery major Baker & Baker has benefited from a business overhaul and restructure, as well as key investments, leading to rocketing 2023 finances.
By René Floris, NIZO Food Research Division Manager
From farm to fork, Artificial intelligence is impacting every aspect of food and beverage. But are the changes greater than previously understood and what's next for the technological revolution?
Europe is ill-prepared for and faces catastrophe if the European Union Deforestation Regulation is implemented as planned on 30 December, with the economy set to take a major hit.
Climate change is threatening the future of food security making innovation to protect it more important than ever. So, how is the EU working to kickstart creativity and encourage investment?
We speak to three trade bodies about what product manufacturers should know about reformulation, the progress made in key markets, and the challenges that remain.
The number of small and medium-sized food and drink manufacturers bolstering their promotional giveaways to boost sales has rapidly increased – and it’s working – new data has suggested.
A family-owned natural colours, flavours and extracts business supplying global food and drink manufacture has secured a £9m investment to grow into the States.
Penny Germany’s new eye-catching, special-edition price-marked packaging of five own-label products is bold and brilliant for consumers. But for manufacturers, it’s a slap in the face.
Kraft Heinz executives want credit where credit is due for “dramatically” transforming the business in the last four years against a challenging backdrop pocked with inflation, supply challenges and shifting shopping habits by adopting practices often...
Unilever is hedging its bets on 12 big and long-term innovations to bolster its bottom line as part of the giant’s turnaround plans under CEO Hein Schumacher.
Mondelēz International bosses have cautiously signalled further cocoa pricing stability while at the same time the sweets and snacks giant prepares to push higher prices across its products.
Consumer needs are beginning to return to pre-cost-of-living crisis levels, despite the persistently negative landscape surrounding them. So how should food and beverage manufacturers respond?
Fermented fungi-based alternative-protein startup Nosh has secured a “groundbreaking” commercial partnership with leading European sausage producer Zur Mühlen to launch a new single-ingredient meat substitute range.
Using a combination of artificial intelligence and synthetic biology, one start-up is enhancing proteins into a wide array of functions across the food industry.
Plastic replacement technology firm Xampla’s partnership with Lehmann Ingredients will seek to build on global consumers’ growing demand for personalised nutrition.
The formation of Campbell Snacks in 2017 through the integration of Snyder’s-Lance and Pepperidge Farm has been a cornerstone of Campbell Soup Company’s strategy to dominate the snacks market. How is it faring?
Functionality is a key element of producing plant-based products. Generative AI, one start-up suggests, could boost research into protein functionality.
Italian hard cheese specialist and sector giant DalterFood has revealed its biggest European export markets in its 2023 full year financial results, with sales up €14m in two markets.
Front- and back-of-pack food and nutrition information is essential. Here’s how to ensure the details are legally tight to not only attract customers, but to keep them safe.
Cultivated meat has traditionally been posited as an alternative to traditional animal agriculture. Now, Meatable suggests that it could help farmers, not hurt them.
Many film studios use tie-ins with food and beverage brands to market their motion pictures. But does this drive sales for the food and beverage products themselves?
The New Zealand co-operative has become the latest dairy major to explore dairy-like ingredient production through fermentation as pressure to deliver sustainable products grows.
Retail media networks, advertising platforms for retailers, are transforming how retailers and CPG brands advertise, with retailers creating new revenue streams while brands face challenges to compete for consumer attention through on-platform ads.
Following media reports, candy and snack maker Mars is set to acquire Kellanova — the parent company of Pringles, Cheez-It, Pop-Tarts and more — in an all-cash deal worth $35.9 billion, marking one of the biggest deals in food and beverage CPG history...
Nespresso USA’s range of honey products launched last week opens the aperture for the potential return on investment in regenerative agriculture, which some may view through an important but limited lens of supply chain security or as a marketing play...
