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28 Mar 2024
--- Symrise has unveiled its latest proprietary tool, trendscope 2024+, a comprehensive analysis designed to decode the current and future consumer trends shaping the market. This tool combines qualitative and quantitative...
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28 Mar 2024
--- The EU Council formally adopted a regulation this week improving the protection of geographical indications (GIs) and other quality schemes for wine, spirits and agricultural products. The European wine and spirits...
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28 Mar 2024
--- Protein enrichment was a hot topic at the International Food & Drink Event (IFE) Manufacturing event in London this week. Among the innovators was Ukrainian company MHP, the largest producer and exporter of chicken in...
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28 Mar 2024
--- Fats and oils find a plethora of applications in the F&B industry — from frying and dressings to providing texture to bakery and confectionery. However, unstable supply chains and climate changes are driving...
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28 Mar 2024
--- Indian food ingredient company Supplant Foods has received a patent for its novel chickpea processing technology that formulates chickpea flour with enhanced protein functionality using precision fermentation techniques. The...
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27 Mar 2024
--- Hydrocolloids are crucial to food and beverage formulation, but manufacturers must align these ingredients with the demands of the increasingly health-focused and environmentally-conscious consumer. Leading suppliers CP...
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27 Mar 2024
--- The Biden administration has unveiled a US$6 billion initiative aimed at decarbonizing America’s industrial sectors, including targeting decarbonization in food production. The initiative is expected to reduce the...
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27 Mar 2024
--- New research presented at the upcoming European Congress on Obesity (ECO 2024) on May 12–15 suggests that replacing sugar-sweetened F&B with low- or no-calorie-sweetened products can support weight management for...
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27 Mar 2024
--- ScaleUp Bio, a contract development and manufacturing organization based in Singapore, has announced strategic customer partnerships with start-ups Allozymes and Algrow Biosciences, alongside Letters of Intent (LOI) with...
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27 Mar 2024
--- Tasmanian dairy producer Ashgrove has teamed up with Sea Forest, a 2023 Earthshot Prize finalist, to unveil the world’s first commercially available low-emission milk, Ashgrove Eco-Milk. This product presents an option...
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26 Mar 2024
--- Ready-to-go convenience foods, novel flavors, healthy snacks and natural ingredients proliferated the show floor at yesterday’s opening of the IFE Manufacturing trade show in London. Food Ingredients First spoke to key...
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26 Mar 2024
--- Saxon Packaging, a part of Smurfit Kappa Group, shares its latest ready-to-drink (RTD) packaging innovation partnership activities including a cardboard box for RTD cocktails brand Edmunds Cocktails and bespoke can packs for...
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26 Mar 2024
--- The Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF) — which markets and sells milk under the “Amul” brand in India — has joined forces with the Michigan Milk Producers Association (MMPA) to sell...
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26 Mar 2024
--- Nektium unveils a new water-soluble formulation of its mango extract to support mental and physical energy, aiming to meet the growing demand for cognition and sports nutrition beverages. Branded as Zynamite S, the nootropic...
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26 Mar 2024
--- Last week, Food Ingredients First reported on the New Zealand start-up Andfoods’ innovative plant-based milk extraction technology from seeds or “pulses” of legumes — traditionally used as an...
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25 Mar 2024
--- Health and nutrition leader dsm-firmenich is piloting a poultry farming data platform with agricultural cooperative Agrifirm to drive more responsible and transparent production. The Poultry Next platform enables improved...
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25 Mar 2024
--- Anuga FoodTec took place in Cologne, Germany, last week (19-22 March), highlighting technology-enabled food quality improvements. The latest machinery enables optimized processing, slicing and aseptic filling, while food...
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25 Mar 2024
--- California-based Checkerspot and AAK have joined forces to develop an alternative source of structuring fats and oils by tapping into the fermentation of microalgae. The move aims to commercialize and scale up the production...
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25 Mar 2024
--- The majority (80%) of consumers are not familiar with “forever chemicals” and the term PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances), according to a survey by Sapio Research, conducted on behalf of Celebration...
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25 Mar 2024
--- The Danish biosolutions company Novonesis is launching a human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs) research consortium alongside the University of California (UC) San Diego, US, anchored to the university’s Human Milk...
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