Clean label isn't as big as industry thinks, says DuPont
Demonization of ingredients and a lack of consumer understanding has fueled clean label, but it remains niche among a small group of consumers, DuPont Nutrition & Health says.
Archives for November 8, 2013
Mom, Dad, 2.5 kids, a dog and a white picket fence? Forget it, says Packaged Facts: America is changing and food marketers need to catch up
By 2020, well over a quarter of US households will be single-person households, those aged 65+ will account for 17% of the population (vs 13% in 2010), and almost one in five Americans will be Hispanic, according to a new report.
TreeHouse Foods cashes in as consumers opt for premium private label single serve coffee, tea
Private label specialist TreeHouse Foods is cashing in as more consumers hooked on single serve coffee opt for premium private label alternatives to national brands, say bosses.
I-522 effort a victory regardless of outcome, says Stonyfield Farms chairman
I-522 is a victory for the proponents of GMO labeling, no matter how the final polls might turn out, attendees on a United Natural Products Alliance webinar were told yesterday.
Timing right for federal standard on GMO: AHPA
With more than 85% of the votes in on Washington State's GMO labeling initiative 522 as of Thursday night, it appears that the Yes side has an insurmountable deficit to overcome, getting 47% of votes to the No side’s 53%. (Due to the state’s unique...
Lawyer: Expect calls for extension of comment period on FDA crackdown on trans fats
Food manufacturers are likely to ask for an extension to the 60-day comment period set by the FDA to consider its proposal to revoke the GRAS status of partially hydrogenated oils (PHOs), a food law attorney has predicted.
‘Encouraging’: US kids’ intake of solid fat and added sugar decreasing, but still exceeding recommendations
US children are consuming less solid fats and added sugar from stores, schools, and fast-food restaurants, but intakes are still exceeding recommendations, says the first study of its kind to track the trends from 1994-2010.