News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
Two or three years ago, you could count the number of US firms using cricket flour in food products on the fingers of one hand; today there are more than 30 companies making everything from bars to cookies.
Academics have questioned a recent study that has attempted to establish a link between an increase in waistlines and the intake of diet soft drinks.
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PepsiCo brand Tropicana has developed a method that blends calcium sources to overcome aftertaste issues in fortified juices.
A whopping nine out of 10 consumers prefer to eat at home, but the size and make-up of those households are changing and so are consumers’ needs from food and beverage companies, according to research firm Acosta Sales & Marketing.
The USDA has forecast that exports of US poultry will fall to almost 3% to 7.3 billion pounds (lb) this year, as the country feels the impact of several avian influenza outbreaks coupled with a strong dollar.
America’s sports nutrition market has been re-shaped by a clear shift towards savory flavors and meat in the bar category, says Packaged Facts.
Each member of the Coca-Cola portfolio has a distinct identity and separate audience – so will they suffer under a ‘one brand’ strategy, asks Nir Wegrzyn of design agency BrandOpus.
Balancing protein intake throughout the day - rather than having the bulk as part of an evening meal - helped participants in a study to boost muscle gain by nearly 20% and lose weight, Nestlé researchers have found.
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Personalised beverage hydration systems, one-of-a-kind bottles, and capsules which can transform a plain glass of water into something else entirely - the marriage of technology and personalisation is changing the way people think about beverages, says...
One out of 13 children in North America has food allergies today compared with one in 50 in 1990, and in the next couple of years, it’s going to be about one in 10, according to allergen-friendly foods brand Enjoy Life Foods.