News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
Global demand for products made with tapioca starch is set to rise, supported by increased interest in products that deliver health benefits and are free from gluten and other allergens.
Thanks to rising consumer interest in functional ingredients and the idea of food as medicine, the global mushroom market is, well, mushrooming.
The first four months of the UK’s sugar tax has failed to create any significant change in consumer behaviour; but it has encouraged widespread reformulation and the proliferation of lower sugar options, according to Nielsen.
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Brexit has loomed over the UK meat industry, as well as EU countries, for a number of months, with meat processors and farmers being left in the dark about what the future might hold.
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Irish company Valeo Foods to expand its global reach with acquisition of Tangerine, a year after buying Raiso’s Big Bear Confectionery brands.
German dairy cooperative DMK Group said it is responding to changing consumer needs with updates to its Milram brand as more consumers are paying attention to a health-conscious diet and are increasingly turning to products with as little sugar as possible.
Spanish authorities have seized 45 tons of “illegally treated” tuna fish as part of a crackdown on fraudulent food coordinated by Europol and Interpol.