Breakfast cereal in China: Snap, crackle… and flop
Western breakfast brands don’t often work in China. They need manipulating to appeal to very different tastes, packaging and format preferences and, of course, another language.
Archives for October 3, 2012
What's the next stevia? Senomyx evaluates novel natural sweeteners
San-Diego-based flavor innovator Senomyx is screening a series of novel plant-based high-potency natural sweetening compounds in a bid to find the next stevia, monk-fruit or monatin.
Smart Balance changes name and HQ as part of mission to build health & wellness empire
Heart-health spreads maker Smart Balance has unveiled plans to split into two business segments, move its HQ to Boulder, CO, and change its name to Boulder Brands as it moves “from a single‐brand, single‐category model to a comprehensive, natural...
Child labor pledge
Hershey stuns critics with commitment to source 100% certified cocoa by 2020
The Hershey Company has surprised its critics after announcing plans to source 100% certified cocoa by 2020.
Skippy on the block? Unilever explores options for peanut butter brand
Unilever has confirmed it is exploring a possible sale of its Skippy peanut butter business in the US and Canada.
EFSA slams GM cancer study as not ‘scientifically sound’
The European Food Safety Authority says recent research linking Monsanto’s herbicide and genetically modified maize to an increased risk of cancer and premature death is of ‘insufficient scientific quality to be considered valid.’
The state of the US food retail market: Slower and negative growth… and rediscovering Walmart
Does size matter? The answer is yes, if you’re supplying the US food retail market, with new data revealing that food and beverage manufacturers turning over less than $1bn have grown volumes by an average of 3.6% in the year to date, while those turning...
Sabinsa widening horizons for probiotic ingredient
Sabinsa, a New Jersey-based supplier of botanical and other functional food ingredients, is breaking new ground with an older ingredient by placing its LactoSpore probiotic into a bread brand in Colombia.
Hostess gets green light to impose pay-cutting deal on union; insists 'there are no viable bidders'
Twinkies maker Hostess Brands has got the green light from the bankruptcy court to force members of the union representing a big chunk of its staff to accept a deal they have overwhelmingly rejected.