Asda hopes time is ripe for avocado 'traffic light' packaging
UK supermarket chain Asda hopes that its new 'traffic light' colour coded packaging system will ensure customers always pick avocadoes off retail shelves at the correct level of ripeness.
Archives for July 17, 2012
Special edition: The new product development process
How can social media fit into the NPD process?
Social media allows companies to feel out consumer perceptions of ingredients and concepts at the beginning of the product development process – and combines well with more traditional consumer research, says social media research firm Loudpixel.
Casein measuring software offers cheese processing quality boost - developer
Software that enables processed cheese manufacturers to measure, rather than predict the functional protein content of cheese will improve product quality and reduce costs, its developer has claimed.
FrieslandCampina Kievit makes sustainable palm status clear
FrieslandCampina will make clear which of its palm oil-based products have sustainable status for its spray-dried emulsions business arm.
‘Significant’ vitamin D egg findings should drive industry use, says director
New findings that suggest one medium-sized egg can provide around 66% of vitamin D RDA should prompt increased industry use, says the director of the British Egg Information Service.
Russian poultry body asks for restriction on Belarusian imports
The Russian Union of Poultry Producers (Rosptitsesoyuz) has sent a request to the government demanding that it restricts poultry imports from Belarus, which it claims has violated trade agreements.
Tight chia supply? Not us, says Australia’s Chia Co., as it continues global expansion
The much touted tightness in the chia supply is not being experienced by all suppliers, with Australia’s The Chia Company extending its growing area 100% year-on-year to satisfy demand.
Gee Lawson enters China-dominated red yeast rice supply
UK supplier Gee Lawson has debuted organic red yeast rice (Monascus purpureus) into a sector dominated by Chinese supply and which has won a European Union health claim for cholesterol maintenance.
Bite-size foods are more rewarding, suggests study
Smaller pieces of food are more ‘rewarding’ and lead to a greater feeling of fullness than one large piece of food with equal energy values, say researchers.