Food

GMA: 'HR 1599 protects the consumer from a costly and confusing 50 state patchwork of labeling laws'

House passes Pompeo bill that would prevent state-mandated GMO labeling

23-Jul-2015 By Elaine Watson

The US House of Representatives has passed the industry-backed voluntary GMO labeling bill - The Safe and Accurate Food Labeling Act 2015 - by 275 votes to 150, and rejected all four amendments it was asked to consider.

IFT 2015 highlights: 3D printing...the killer app; lab burgers... for less than $300k, and meals with meal worms

16-Jul-2015 By Elaine Watson

Check out our gallery of highlights from the 2015 Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) annual meeting & expo in Chicago, spanning 3D printing, edible insects and cultured meat, to the future of food (when we'll be "editing living organisms...

Nutrinsic has long term plan to enter food, supplement markets with protein produced from waste steams

25-Jun-2015 By Hank Schultz

Nutrinsic, a company that uses microbes to produce protein from food production waste streams, has a long term plan to enter the food and supplement markets with its product it brands as ProFloc.

Meet execs from Sparkling ICE, Chobani, Tio Gazpacho, NASA

Innovate or die: Introducing Food Vision USA... from 3D printing to personalized nutrition

19-May-2015

Imagine a place where you can meet the entrepreneurs behind new food & beverage categories and retail channels; pioneers in the field of nutrigenomics, edible insects, and 3D printing; food law attorneys; investment bankers; and number crunchers who...

From the lab to real-world application: Scientific insights are vital to innovation

26-Mar-2015 By Nathan Gray

Consumer-centric innovation must be coupled with real-world scientific insights that explain how to best deliver nutrition to those that need it, says Lucozade’s senior sports scientist.

Insights from the 13th Global Food Technology & Innovation Summit

Nutrition and sustainability are key to good innovation, says Nestlé R&D chief

06-Mar-2015 By Nathan Gray

Food and beverage manufacturers must focus research and development activities on creating more nutritious and sustainable food solutions, says Nestlé’s head of global R&D.

Does the edible bugs trend have the legs to succeed?

23-Jan-2015 By Nathan Gray

Not a week goes by without media headlines talking about the potential of insects to help feed the world. But where does that potential really lie?

Blue Apron delivers brand awareness for start-up suppliers along with meals to consumers’ doors

10-Dec-2014 By Elizabeth Crawford

Fresh ingredient and recipe delivery service Blue Apron helps start-ups and small ingredient suppliers build brand awareness and consumer demand by introducing at home cooks to new products and taking the guess work out of the prep.

Special edition: Functional foods

Phood booed: Why big pharma fails at functional food

20-Nov-2014 By Julian Mellentin

Faced with mounting difficulties in their drug businesses, many pharmaceutical manufacturers are looking at getting into functional foods and beverages, notes food marketing expert, Julian Mellentin in this guest article.

Special edition: functional foods

Pill fatigue is driving innovation in space between functional foods and supplements, experts say

20-Nov-2014 By Hank Schultz

Is pill fatigue just a marketing ploy? No, say many experts in the field. It’s a real phenomenon and it’s driving both dosage form innovation and the movement of bioactives into functional foods.

‘Exploring the frontiers of innovation’: Food Vision USA to inspire food business leaders on cutting-edge technologies, trends and opportunities

17-Nov-2014

Chicago will host the first ever Food Vision USA event in October 2015, bringing together senior figures in business strategy, R&D and marketing from established players and rising stars in the US food and nutrition industries.

Probiotic encapsulation backed for better delivery within food matrix

06-Nov-2014 By Nathan Gray

A new review describing a variety of methods for the encapsulation of probiotic bacterial strains highlights the opportunities that better encapsulation technologies could bring for the market, but warns that the efficacy of encapsulated probiotics must...

Colorado says NO to GMO labeling; Oregon heads to nail-biting finish

05-Nov-2014 By Elaine Watson

UPDATED - Initial returns indicate that voters in Colorado have given a firm thumbs down to GMO labeling initiative Proposition 105, while the vote in Oregon on Measure 92 headed to a nail-biting finish - but ended with voters saying NO.

3D printed food for the elderly may hit shelves in 2016

21-Oct-2014 By Anna Bonar

Researchers in Germany are working on a 3D-printed food for elderly people with chewing and swallowing problems, which looks and tastes like ‘real food’.

Chia and psyllium: Sterilization and adulteration show importance of choosing suppliers carefully

07-Jul-2014 By Stephen DANIELLS

Recent pathogen outbreaks in raw chia powder and concerns over whether some psyllium is actually food grade highlight the ongoing importance of selecting suppliers wisely, says the CEO of BI Nutraceuticals.

60 seconds with Fiberstar’s new CEO John Haen

The future of functional ingredients? Collaboration, Fiberstar says

05-Jun-2014 By Maggie Hennessy

Last month, longtime CPG executive John Haen took the reins as the new CEO and president of Fiberstar, replacing Dale Lindquist, who will now head up sustainable new business development at the River Falls, WI-based supplier of functional fiber ingredients. Three...

Naturex doubles US food & beverage operations with Vegetable Juices Inc acquisition

21-May-2014 By Stephen Daniells

Naturex has announced the acquisition of Chicago-based Vegetable Juices Inc., a move which sees the French botanical giant double the size of its US food and beverage operations.

Special edition: Organic & Non-GMO

The organic food industry has been engaged in a 'multi-decade public disinformation campaign', claims report

21-Apr-2014 By Elaine WATSON

Consumers have spent years paying over the odds for organic foods based on the erroneous belief - promulgated by stakeholders with a vested interest - that they are healthier and safer than their conventional counterparts, claims a controversial new report.

Israel firm ups astaxanthin concentration

08-Apr-2014 By Shane Starling

Southern Isreal supplier, Algatechnologies, has launched a 20% astaxanthin oleoresin targeting food supplements, foods and beverages and cosmeceuticals.

Food Vision

Celebrity chefs needed to sell food science to consumers

04-Apr-2014 By Rick Pendrous

Food firms must woo celebrity chefs and other ‘foodies’ more to help consumers understand the industry’s use of science, including biotechnology and nanotechnology, experts from the sector have argued.

Food Vision launches big debate on big three issues

‘Innovation in product development and formulation is needed for insects to emerge as a mainstream food source’: UN advisor on edible insects

18-Feb-2014 By Stephen DANIELLS

An advisor on edible insects to the United Nations predicts that insects on your plate is inevitable, as forward thinking restaurants like D.O.M in Sao Paulo and Noma in Copenhagen are already experimenting with the critters as food.

When you say NGO, they say conflict of interest?

30-Jan-2014 By Annie-Rose Harrison-Dunn

The World Health Organisation (WHO) decision to grant NGO status to a malnutrition-battling business alliance raised eyebrows this week, so what do organisations have to do to gain and keep such a status?

The FoodNavigator-USA business leaders round table debate

Who is driving innovation in the US food & beverage market? Find out at the FoodNavigator-USA business leaders round table debate

12-Dec-2013 By Elaine WATSON

What are the hottest trends in food and beverage? And are the big bucks really in blue-sky innovation, or have the most successful firms played with an existing concept and just done a better job at executing, marketing and selling it?

AHPA suggests revisions, clarifications in thick sheaf of comments on FSMA

04-Dec-2013 By Hank Schultz

In a reflection of the broad nature of its membership, the American Herbal Products Association has submitted comments on two proposed Food Safety Modernization Act rules that run to nearly 200 pages. In part, the comments suggest ways to lessen the burden...

FDA issues 'softly worded' draft guidance on acrylamide

15-Nov-2013 By Maggie Hennessy

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a draft guidance for the food industry to help growers, manufacturers and operators work toward reducing levels of acrylamide in certain foods.

Attorney on I-522: Maybe it is time for GMO labeling supporters to revise strategy and focus on clear legal standards for non-GMO labeling instead?

06-Nov-2013 By Elaine WATSON

With early results from Washington State’s ballot on GMO labeling (I-522) suggesting voters may narrowly reject it (click here) legal experts predict that while this particular battle may be lost, the war is far from over.

FMC raises seaweed prices on higher raw material costs, demand

01-Nov-2013 By Maggie Hennessy

Amid growing consumer demand for new protein sources and the food industry’s interest in sustainable textural additives, FMC Corp. announced global price increases, effective Dec. 1, on its alginate, carrageenan, Avicel microcrystalline cellulose, pectin...

Taiyo gets FSSC22000 certification for Sunfiber facility

16-Oct-2013

Taiyo’s facility in India for manufacturing Sunfiber has achieved Food Safety System Certification (FSSC) 22000 certification, recognized by the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI), from Bureau Veritas Certification (BVC).

NOW Foods: Our entire food line will be non-GMO by year’s end

02-Oct-2013 By Stephen Daniells

Natural foods manufacturer NOW Foods has made the commitment to have over 170 products – its entire food line - non-GMO by the end of 2013.

Putting the benefit back: Researchers demonstrate way to restore frozen broccoli's benefits

07-Aug-2013 By Nathan Gray

The food industry can easily restore the levels of health beneficial compounds in frozen broccoli by modifying its blanching and freezing processes, according to new research.

Risk, rewards seen in new food importation scheme created by FSMA draft rules

02-Aug-2013 By Hank Schultz

New rules from FDA to implement the Food Safety Modernization Act will place significant new burdens on industry, observers say. But the new food importation regime that will result could provide new business opportunities, too.

Taiyo becomes 1st green tea manufacturer to get FSSC2200 certification

09-Jul-2013

Taiyo has announced that its Sunphenon green tea manufacturing facility, Taiyo Green Power, has achieved Food Safety System Certification (FSSC) 22000 certification, recognized by the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI).

Judge orders FDA to publish outstanding FSMA regs by November 30 deadline

01-Jul-2013 By Elaine WATSON

A judge in a federal court in California has ordered the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) to publish all outstanding proposed regulations under the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) by November 30 this year.

Special edition: All-natural: How clean is your label?

Natural flavors: Consumer purchasing habits don’t always reflect their preferences, but natural flavors are still growing

20-Jun-2013 By Stephen DANIELLS

Consumer preference for natural flavors - seen in market research data – does not always translate into product purchasing, but the future still looks very rosy for natural flavors, say industry experts.

Special edition: Battling malnutrition

Food insecurity in America: Can you be obese and malnourished at the same time? You bet

24-May-2013 By Elaine WATSON

From 2000 to 2007, around 34-36m Americans were classified by the government as ‘food insecure’. In 2008, that figure shot up to 49m, where it has stayed, stubbornly, ever since. And almost 17m of them are children.

Natural & Clean Label Trends 2013: How clean is your label? And can GMOs ever belong in 'natural' products?

24-May-2013 By Elaine WATSON

Recent data from Symphony Consulting (click here), shows that while US retail sales of products making ‘natural’ claims still grew in 2012, the pace of that growth slowed noticeably compared with the 2009-11 period.

Big interview: Cathy Enright, EVP, food & agriculture, Biotechnology Industry Organization

Biotechnology Industry Organization: It’s not too late to change the conversation on GMOs

20-May-2013 By Elaine WATSON

When it comes to winning hearts and minds about the merits of genetically engineered ingredients (and whether to alert consumers to their presence on food labels), it’s fair to say that the biotech industry has not done a great job.

Former FDA official on GMO labeling: ‘Science doesn’t always win’

17-May-2013 By Elaine WATSON

Whether the food industry likes it or not, when it comes to GMO labeling, the “train appears to have left the station”, according to former FDA associate commissioner of foods Dr David Acheson.

Chewing gum fails to suppress hunger and puts people off fruit: Study

29-Mar-2013 By Oliver Nieburg

Chewing gum has long been considered a potential appetite suppressant, but new research says there is no evidence it can control hunger and mint-flavored varieties may even deter people from healthy foods like fruit.

Special edition: Omega-3

Finished product fortification: Tackling the challenges of omega-3 in processed foods

21-Feb-2013 By Nathan Gray

Omega-3 is the undisputed champion of the supplement and health food world. Yet its translation into everyday food products is slow and challenging because of the complex interactions that need to be tracked in a finished food, say experts.

Final FSMA administrative detention rule includes no changes suggested in comments

05-Feb-2013 By Hank Schultz

The US Food and Drug Administration has adopted a final rule on its administrative detention authority under the Food Safety and Modernization Act. In adopting the final rule the agency did not make any of the changes to the interim final ruling that...