ConAgra Foods: ‘We believe in frozen, we have an innovation machine’
While higher ticket prices have dented volumes of its Banquet brand, ConAgra is predicting a steady rebound in the frozen case this year as innovative new products gain traction.
Archives for September 20, 2012
New global chocolate firm carved out of Callebaut plant sale
A new player has entered the global chocolate market after Barry Callebaut sells its final consumer goods factory, based in France.
Goddess Energy flirts with hoodia in energy drink
US firm Goddess Energy has launched an energy drink for women called Flirt, which is on East Coast sale as a dietary supplement with one interesting appetite-suppressing bioactive, Hoodia Gordonii.
The challenges of ‘natural’ and ‘bumpy road’ tests: Efficient troubleshooting in action
Dealing with problems that may arise in the formulation of food and beverage products is vital for manufacturers. In the second part of his look at troubleshooting, Leatherhead Food Research’s Dr Wayne Morley applies his top tips to real case studies.
Food labels may help consumer battle obesity: Study
Reading nutritional information placed on food labels works to help fight obesity, according to new findings confirming that people who read labels are generally thinner than those who do not.
Coca-Cola Refreshments hails 'confidence' in management as union tastes Texas defeat
Coca-Cola has hailed a 'vote of confidence' in management, after staff voted against making its Fort Worth bottling site the firm's first corporate-owned unionized plant in the South.
How easy - and how expensive - is it to source non-GMO ingredients?
With the debate over Prop 37 heating up, a new class action lawsuit over ‘all-natural’ claims on products containing GMOs filed every week, and Monsanto in the firing line following a damaging study on GM maize, more and more manufacturers are exploring...
Top analyst predicts FDA wriggle room in supplement-beverage guidance
With the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) poised to publish guidance on distinguishing between beverages and liquid dietary supplements, one analyst tells BeverageDaily.com he doesn’t see the agency cracking down too hard on traditional energy drinks.
Scientists propose packaging from trout skin
Trout skin could be used to create edible packaging for the food industry, suggests fresh research.
Sunsweet teams up with CreAgri to develop beverages packed with olive polyphenols on new anti-inflammatory platform
Californian co-operative Sunsweet Growers has tied up with olive polyphenols expert CreAgri to develop a new range of juices containing Hidrox, a potent anti-inflammatory ingredient from olive juice.