Archives for September 21, 2023

EU agrees ban on ‘climate neutral’ claims by 2026

‘Companies need to re-assess the way they communicate about their purchase of carbon credits’: EU agrees ban on ‘climate neutral’ claims by 2026

The EU has agreed more details about proposals to ban ‘climate neutral’ claims by 2026, which brings implications for the carbon offset market.

‘If we take a conversational engine and we couple it with our data, you'll get something remarkable’: How Tastewise’s TasteGPT tool streamlines NPD

At Tastewise’s Generative AI summit last week, the company showcased its new TasteGPT tool, which uses generative AI to streamline concepts for NPD.

‘We’re not trying to mimic milk’: Rude Health backs nutrition-forward strategy amid plant-based ‘shakedown’

The breakfast brand’s commitment to clean label – or as clean label as functionality allows – will see it through the current plant-based ‘shakedown’, co-founder and brand director Camilla Barnard tells FoodNavigator.

50/50 loaf is the ‘holy grain’ for converting white bread lovers

Research from Puratos UK has revealed a 50/50 loaf with invisible grains could tempt Brits to eat more fibre.

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Food biotech firm opens central London cultivated fat research facility

Hoxton Farms has moved into a cultivated animal fat pilot facility on Old Street in London.

The impact of reformulation: producer’s nightmare or brand boost?

Industry leaders take the Bakery&Snacks’ podium to discuss the movement that is increasingly impacting all areas when it comes to creating stand out snacks, from trickier better-for-you formulations that do not compromise on indulgence, to simpler labels...

General Mills favors ‘remarkable brand building’ over ‘deep discounts’ to win consumers

General Mills eked out low single-digit sales gains in the first quarter thanks in part to higher prices pushed through late in fiscal 2023 to offset inflation, but the gains cost the company volume and market share as consumers become “increasingly...