Brazilian beef ban will not spoil Minerva’s trade
A US ban on fresh Brazilian beef imports will not dent meatpacker Minerva’s volume trade, which will now head to Uruguay instead.
Archives for June 25, 2017
Sustainable packaging: Hershey moves to display-ready cases
Hershey has redesigned display-ready cases for all its packaged chocolate candy brands, including Kisses Milk Chocolate.
Economic study suggests the extent and cost of food waste are dramatically overstated
The increasingly loud debate about food waste could easily lead one to believe it is “the” biggest issue industry currently faces, but new study in the American Journal of Agricultural Economics suggests most estimates are overblown and many proposed...
More consumers weigh companies’ social responsibility when making purchase decisions
Acting responsibly and creating a positive social impact is no longer optional for companies – it is now a basic requirement for success based on the increasing weight consumers place on corporations' ethical and moral actions when making their...
PALEO IN FOCUS: Are we 'supposed' to drink cow’s milk? It’s the wrong question, says professor
'Paleo' fans argue that the dietary rot set in when we stopped hunting and gathering and started producing foods (dairy, grains, legumes) our bodies are not adapted to digest. But does the theory behind this approach hold water?
Frito-Lay files patent for shelf-stable probiotic yogurt chips
Frito-Lay has developed a method to make chips containing high amounts of yogurt and live probiotics that can be sold in the shelf-stable snacks aisle.