Archives for August 1, 2022

NPD Trend Tracker: From plastic-free chewing gum to vegan marshmallows

This week’s look at product launches includes retail listings for vegan marshmallow brand Freedom Confectionery and plastic-free gum brand Milliways, while Danone also launches its first SKYR in Spain.

Meat products less healthy, less sustainable than plant-based alternatives, finds research

Forty-three studies investigating the healthiness and environmental impacts of swapping out meat products for their plant-based alternatives have been reviewed by researcher Christopher Bryant from the University of Bath, UK.

How is the cost-of-living crisis impacting the health and sustainability of shopping baskets?

Consumers are feeling the pinch. Can they still afford to be as healthy and sustainable in their food choices as they’d like?

Nestlé highlights ‘key challenge’ of food insecurity as it hikes prices 6.5%

Nestlé acknowledged the ‘key challenge’ of ‘increasing food insecurity’ globally as it unveiled price hikes of 6.5% in the first half of this year and conceded more increases are on the way.

Capri Sun turns to monk fruit to cut sugar by 40%

Capri Sun’s original juice drink pouches will now have an average of 40% less sugar, as the brand reformulates to use monk fruit concentrate in its drinks.

Trust your gut: What’s next for the food industry as told by consumers’ gut health

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Most people have been heavily associating the term gut health only with gastrointestinal conditions. Gut health, however, has begun to take on a new meaning in the past few years along with the increasing number of consumers becoming more aware of their...