1. Solidus Solutions is working on scaling up a process to produce solid board with tomato plant fibres.
2. The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has taken action against three firms (Univar), including two dairy companies (Advanced Food Products & Milk Specialities Global), for Clean Water Act violations.
3. The FDA has taken another step in its war on powdered caffeine. The controversial ingredient linked to a pair of deaths was the subject of a slew of new FDA warning letters to companies selling the substance to consumers.
4. Peru is set to triple its fruit and vegetable production within the next 5 years to 3 million tonnes.
5. Ongoing consumer interest in gluten-free foods has opened a door for less common ancient grains (amaranth, buckwheat, corn, millet, oats, quinoa, rice, sorghum, teff and wildrice) to step into the limelight that wheat, rye and barley have dominated for so long.
6. There is a direct link between salt intake and obesity, says 1200-strong CASH study – but health experts say the findings should be taken with a pinch of salt.
7. Mondelēz International has opened a $30m line in Poland to produce popular brands such as Milka, Cadbury and Oreo as it anticipates a recovery in Europe’s chocolate market.
8. Vietnam's fizzy drinks market going great guns as category escapes tax.
9. General Mills has struck a deal to sell its Green Giant and Le Sueur vegetable businesses to B&G Foods, for approximately $765m in cash.
10. Arla Foods has installed technology to measure potential milk spoilage which it believes will reduce overall testing time by 300%.
11. Upgraded biosecurity measures to combat fruit fly will be introduced in Australia, bringing added confidence to international trade markets.
12. Europe is facing an “epidemic” of folic acid-preventable neural tube defects (NTD), spina bifida and anencephaly, researchers have said.
13. European supermarkets are losing out on halal meat sales because of trust issues and a lack of clear labelling, driving Muslim consumers to independent butchers, according to Euromonitor
2. The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has taken action against three firms (Univar), including two dairy companies (Advanced Food Products & Milk Specialities Global), for Clean Water Act violations.
3. The FDA has taken another step in its war on powdered caffeine. The controversial ingredient linked to a pair of deaths was the subject of a slew of new FDA warning letters to companies selling the substance to consumers.
4. Peru is set to triple its fruit and vegetable production within the next 5 years to 3 million tonnes.
5. Ongoing consumer interest in gluten-free foods has opened a door for less common ancient grains (amaranth, buckwheat, corn, millet, oats, quinoa, rice, sorghum, teff and wildrice) to step into the limelight that wheat, rye and barley have dominated for so long.
6. There is a direct link between salt intake and obesity, says 1200-strong CASH study – but health experts say the findings should be taken with a pinch of salt.
7. Mondelēz International has opened a $30m line in Poland to produce popular brands such as Milka, Cadbury and Oreo as it anticipates a recovery in Europe’s chocolate market.
8. Vietnam's fizzy drinks market going great guns as category escapes tax.
9. General Mills has struck a deal to sell its Green Giant and Le Sueur vegetable businesses to B&G Foods, for approximately $765m in cash.
10. Arla Foods has installed technology to measure potential milk spoilage which it believes will reduce overall testing time by 300%.
11. Upgraded biosecurity measures to combat fruit fly will be introduced in Australia, bringing added confidence to international trade markets.
12. Europe is facing an “epidemic” of folic acid-preventable neural tube defects (NTD), spina bifida and anencephaly, researchers have said.
13. European supermarkets are losing out on halal meat sales because of trust issues and a lack of clear labelling, driving Muslim consumers to independent butchers, according to Euromonitor
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