News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
‘Our platform enables us to understand and reverse-engineer all animal products’
Plant-based burger maker Impossible Foods has raised a jaw-dropping amount of money for a food company (almost $400m in debt and equity), albeit one supported by a lot of IP. So what gives its bosses the confidence they can generate the kind of returns...
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Boston-based Farmwise – which makes Veggie Fries – has closed a $4.5m financing round led by Cleveland Avenue, the venture capital firm founded by former McDonald’s president Don Thompson, with participation from meat products maker Home Market Foods.
After one year as DanoneWave, to reflect the April 2017 merger of Danone and US-based White Wave Foods, the company has rebranded to Danone North America and has also become the largest Certified B Corporation (B Corp) in the world.
Attorney: 'My client is playing by the rules but he’s not competing in a fair marketplace'
If manufacturers cannot ensure that the alcohol in their kombuchas remains consistently below 0.5% throughout the shelf life, they should stop falsely advertising them as soft drinks and compete “fairly” by selling them alongside alcoholic brands such as...
For many consumers, “fats” remains a four-letter word to avoid, despite the health claims and media buzz surrounding grass fed butter, coconut oil, avocados, omega-3s and other sources of the nutrient, according to an industry analyst with NPD Group.
State of the organic industry part 3
Manufacturers and other stakeholders must find ways to help close the yield gap that many farmers experience when they transition from conventional to organic, or else risk domestic production of organic crops -- and the lower prices they often offer –...
Brazil’s Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply (MAPA) has reported a record month for beef exports in March totalling US$591.97 million (m).