News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
The state of prebiotic fibers remains in limbo while FDA mulls over comments to its guidance on the subject. But companies can still market their ingredients based on gut health benefits, experts say.
Powerful – the four-year-old brand credited with launching the ‘brogurt’ category – has raised $4m to support its protein-fueled ambitions, and says it now does more business with women than men.
A lawsuit alleging that Forager Project is deceiving shoppers by failing to disclose on pack that its cold pressed juices are also high pressured processed (HPP) is “grasping at straws,” but reflects growing interest in HPP brands by the plaintiff’s bar,...
A new study highlights the link between sleep habits, gut microbiome composition and cognitive flexibility in healthy older adults, but could probiotics benefit sleep-related cognitive issues?
Halloween confectionery sales on Amazon US grew 46% last month compared to October 2016, with Mars items making up four of the top 10 bestsellers.
After giving the frozen section the cold shoulder for years, consumers’ attitudes towards the category could be thawing out as manufacturers and retailers better tell the segment’s story around convenience, clean label and food waste reduction, new...
Early predictions from Whole Foods Market about what will be hot suggests 2018 will be a year of contradictions with consumers balancing health and indulgence, while at the same time pursuing both bold and subtle new flavors.
Tim Schellpeper has been chosen to lead the feedlot-fattened cattle business run by JBS USA.
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Nestlé has become the latest CPG company that aims use only cage-free eggs for all of its products globally by 2025, following similar moves made recently by General Mills and Mondelēz.
Horse DNA has been uncovered in almost 10% of meat sold in butchers’ shops, street stalls, public markets and taco stands in six Mexican cities.