How the ‘gritty honesty’ of TikTok may help transform food and beverage
Market research from Verve has revealed some of the food trends that are taking TikTok by storm and how the industry may leverage the platform for commercial success.
Archives for March 27, 2023
3D-printed chocolate and cream cheese reveals links between taste and texture
Using 3D-printed food, researchers have found it's possible to change the way we taste by the way food is structured. 3D-printing a structure of chocolate and cream cheese, they found that the order the two foods were printed in, which determined the...
Positive Nutrition Summit is here! A deep dive into healthy innovation for the mass market
We’re setting the stage, we’re checking our mics, we’re preparing to welcome you to central London this week for Positive Nutrition Summit: Healthy Innovation for the Mass Market.
Danish company rethinks nutrition of plant-based drinks
Dryk, a Danish plant-based drinks company, is rethinking the nutrition of plant-based drinks. No longer content with just tasting like cow’s milk, its drinks are also close to the nutritional content of their dairy counterpart.
NPD Trend Tracker: From pro- & prebiotic soda to mushroom coffee
What new food and beverage products are hitting shelves? With functional foods on-trend, we look at a ‘living soda’ containing both prebiotics and probiotics in the UK. Elsewhere in the health and wellness space, we see coffee infused with Lions Mane...
Sustainability
Barry Callebaut and Nestlé announce large-scale cocoa agroforestry project in Côte d’Ivoire
The long-term agreement with Nestlé will include payments for ecosystem services (PES) to more than 6,000 farmers covering 11,500 hectares of agroforestry in Côte d’Ivoire. The implementation of the project is already underway, with three cooperatives in...
Not in good conscience: Malaysia government and agricultural leaders condemn ‘highly demeaning’ EU deforestation regulation
Government and industry representatives from the palm oil and rubber sectors in Malaysia have urged the European Union (EU) to withdraw ‘highly demeaning’ clauses within its controversial deforestation regulation, punctuating this with a 500-strong...