News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
A series of ads attacking the next generation of plant-based burgers as ‘ultra-processed’ products ‘hiding’ scary unpronounceable ingredients is a crude attempt by a “dark-money front group funded by Big Beef to mislead consumers and push propaganda,”...
As non nutritive sweeteners are consumed by at least one in four children, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has issued a policy statement calling for clear labeling and future research into how they affect childrens' health and taste preferences.
Influencers have become a crucial element of the content marketing toolbox for CPG brands, and with the recent launch of InfluenceImpact by IRI and IZEA Worldwide, brands and marketers can now measure the direct impact influencer campaigns have on the...
Pork producers in Canada have examined the country’s readiness to deal with an outbreak of African Swine Fever.
From a rise in interest in essential oil copaiba, which is claimed to have similar benefits to CBD (although it lacks clinical data to prove it), to a resurgence of enthusiasm for carob, food trend watcher Liz Moskow has identified eight culinary trends...
"With some persistence, very young children will eat salmon and kale," said Dr Erin Quann from Nestlé Nutrition at FoodNavigator-USA’s FOOD FOR KIDS summit last year. "But then we enter the chicken nuggets and French Fries phase...”
Mississippi state officials have issued a blanket warning to consumers about the dangers of all CBD products sold in the state.