From ghee to lard: What’s happening in the US retail market for oils and fats?
Which cooking oils are growing most strongly and why? Is ghee trending and has coconut oil lost some of its luster? Is butter outperforming vegetable-oil-based spreads?
Archives for June 12, 2018
Organic stakeholders laud draft Senate Farm Bill for increased funding for research & oversight
“Much needed” federal funding for organic research, education and outreach could double in the next two years if measures in the Senate Agriculture Committee’s draft farm bill released June 8 make it into the final farm bill.
‘A litany of broken promises?’ Lidl left property developers in the hole as it aggressively scaled back US expansion, alleges lawsuit
As new research suggests US consumers are warming to German discount retailer Lidl, with basket sizes and satisfaction levels increasing,* property developers in North Carolina paint a very different picture in a lawsuit alleging Lidl has left them...
Consumers to FDA: Labeling single ingredient pure honey, maple syrup products, as 'added sugar' is "absolutely ridiculous"
FDA proposals that the sugars in a jar of honey or pure maple syrup should be listed as 'added sugars' on food labels (albeit with an explanatory note) is “absolutely ridiculous,” according to the vast majority of stakeholders commenting on recent draft...
Private industry must reassure international partners to help preserve trade
Food and beverage manufacturers and suppliers must actively reassure their partners abroad that they are reliable even as the US pulls out of key international trade arrangements and negotiations around the North American Free Trade Agreement hit the...
Tyson breaks ground on new chicken plant
Tyson Foods has broken ground on a new chicken processing plant in Humboldt, Tennessee.
Argentina sets aspirations to become global meat heavyweight
Argentina’s minister of agriculture Luis Miguel Etchevehere has set aspirations to be among the largest global meat suppliers in the future.