World health leaders push for junk food taxes and ad bans
The World Medical Association has lent its weight in support of tough new policies to curb obesity, including taxes on junk food and sugary drinks as well as bans on advertising to children.
Archives for October 27, 2016
Sial Paris 2016
Sial to deliver $840m in meat business for Brazil
Brazilian meat firms will net roughly $840m in contracts from trade show Sial Paris 2016, according to the Brazilian Trade & Investment Promotion Agency (Apex-Brasil).
Crunchsters secures financing to bring sprouted mung beans to the US snacks aisle
Most Americans are pretty clueless about mung beans, but Crunchsters - a Boulder-based start-up determined to put them on the culinary map - reckons it’s only a matter of time before the protein- and fiber-packed beans become an essential part of every...
Soup-To-Nuts Podcast
Soup-To-Nuts Podcast: Is low-FODMAP the new gluten-free?
For the 45 million Americans who suffer from irritable bowel syndrome, identifying food that they can safely eat without triggering a flare up is a source of deep frustration that also could be a sizable market opportunity for innovative food and...
Pilgrim’s Pride net sales drop in third quarter
US poultry processor Pilgrim’s Pride has posted a 3.8% loss in net sales for the third quarter of the year.
Pepsi won’t be rolling out Mug Root Beer with Sweetmyx 617 nationwide
Senomyx natural sweetener to move to the development phase
Senomyx is focusing on advancing a new high intensity natural sweetener claimed to more potent than Reb-A into the ‘development phase,’ says its CEO.
Fresh pork and packaged meats boost Smithfield Foods earnings
US meat processor Smithfield Foods saw a strong third quarter of 2016, with a $60 million (m) year-on-year jump in net income.