News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
Fourteen years after Unilever spent $2.3bn (€1.7bn) to buy Slim-Fast, it has sold up for an undisclosed sum to a private equity player. Analyst and author Julian Mellentin tracks the decline of a mega-brand and considers what he sees as a category in crisis.
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Premium golden rum The Duppy Share is following in the footsteps of spiced brands like Sailor Jerry’s and wants to offer millennials a great-tasting artisanal spirit at an affordable price.
A European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) study has warned that existing chicken stunning equipment may not be sufficiently strong to protect birds from suffering when they are slaughtered, and has called for the development of more effective systems.
Altering the foods you eat could have a profound effect on the body's internal biological clock, which regulates much of our biology and behaviours, say researchers.
European Union (EU) meat production is projected to start growing in 2014, according to the European Commission, as Europe’s economic recovery solidifies. This could be up 0.7% year-on-year for beef, veal, pigmeat, poultry, sheep and goat meat.
Fresh From Texas has been cited for exposing workers to damaging noise levels, chemical and possible amputation hazards.
EFSA is set to increase the number of technical hearings it offers to applicants to give them greater opportunity to discuss outstanding questions about their applications during the food and feed additive risk assessment process.
Food businesses need to tap into neuroscience and understand how consumers make fast and unconscious decisions, if they are to improve their sales, says a marketing expert.
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The head of Tesco’s soft drinks buying team David Beardmore has urged aspiring brands not to turn up at the retailer’s HQ with a lengthy PowerPoint presentation but to do something different.
Dispatches from IFT 2014
Can new research in to the genetic basis of taste could help manufacturers and policy makers better understand consumer choices, purchase behaviour and even the later risk of obesity and disease.
Carbohydrates extracted from the okra plant have potential to be used as a natural hydrocolloid that improves the quality of emulsions-based food products, say researchers.
Associated British Foods (ABF) has blamed lower sugar prices and weak EU sales volumes for its poor sugar revenues in an interim management statement today (July 10).
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Our intrepid journalists sample interesting new beverage brands – to find out if the taste, texture, packaging and branding is up to scratch, or should be scratched off. Rebel Kitchen is up this week.
Nanotechnology offers great potential for use in the food and drink supply chain, but the public’s food safety concerns still need to be overcome, according to the head of the Nanotechnology Industries Association (NIA).
Unilever has sold its Slim Fast weight management brand to private equity firm Kainos Capital, but will retain a minority stake in the business.
Ingredients company DSM has launched a new enzyme for industrial berry juice production, alongside a report showing the environmental, quality and cost benefits of using enzymes.