Globally, consumers buy 1.5 trillion calories a day, with the average global consumer purchasing 765 calories each day through packaged food and soft drinks, according to new findings from market research company Euromonitor International. ...
Tags: Packaged Food, Soft Drinks
Healthy lifestyles, “clean” ingredients, at-home gourmands, value consciousness and e-commerce speciality products are set to be key food and drink trends for 2015, according to market research organisation Mintel. It’s ...
Tags: Key Trends, Food, Drinks
Eating one avocado a day as part of a heart healthy, cholesterol-lowering moderate-fat diet can help improve bad cholesterol levels in overweight and obese individuals, according to new research published in the Journal of the American ...
Tags: moderate-fat diet, bad cholesterol levels, Agriculture
In 2014, the much-lauded Mediterranean diet continued to receive attention from nutrition researchers all over the world, with studies continuing to find a wide range of benefits associated with the diet. The latest study, which ...
Tags: blood pressure, HDL-cholesterol, Agriculture
Quaker Oats, a subsidiary of PepsiCo, has introduced new breakfast offerings to its product range. In an effort to meet the growing demand for alternative breakfast choices, Quaker is reinvigorating the idea of oatmeal, the breakfast ...
Tags: Quaker Oats, Breakfast Offerings
The gluten-free market in the US is estimated to reach sales of $8.8 billion in 2014 — an increase of 63 per cent between 2012 and 2014 — according to market research organisation Mintel. Mintel said that greater awareness of ...
Tags: Gluten-Free Foods, Agriculture
The demand of agrifood in India is set to increase by 136% between 2009 and 2050, an Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES) report said. According to the new report named, 'What India wants: ...
Tags: Agrifood Demand, food demand
Meat and greet: where Aussies buy their fresh meat Fresh meat is central to most Australians’ diets, with a growing proportion of us buying it in any given week. While this growth is evident among country and city residents, ...
Tags: fresh meat, Agriculture
The rise of obesity levels has led to a huge boost in the number of people dieting in the UK. In turn, this has caused needless emotional distress, guilt and low self-esteem for people that ‘break’ their diets with snacking, ...
Tags: Diet Highlights Problems, Food Consumption, Agriculture
Global food and drink launches that carried a vegetarian claim doubled between 2009 and 2013, increasing to 12 per cent, up from 6 per cent, according to new findings from global market research organisation Mintel. Further to this, ...
Tags: Vegetarian Food, Vegetarian Drink
German brand Jäger und Sammler has chosen NatureFlex, a compostable flexible packaging material produced by Innovia Films, for its range of energy bars. Jäger und Sammlerwas established in Berlin this year to produce, develop ...
Tags: Compostable Packaging, Energy Bars
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the University of Tulsa (TU) are seeking new ways to protect tribal communities. EPA awarded $919,988 to TU to study methods to improve indoor air quality and reduce asthma triggers ...
Tags: EPA, tribal communities, Service, Certification
DALLAS– (July 23, 2014) Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the University of Tulsa (TU) are seeking new ways to protect tribal communities. EPA awarded $919,988 to TU to study methods to improve indoor air ...
Tags: EPA, TU, Office Supplies
The Nestle Institute of Health Sciences (NIHS) and Waters Corporation - a company based in Massachusetts, USA - have begun working together on a groundbreaking new research project which could one day lead to the development of ...
Tags: Nestle, Vitamin Combinations
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today issued updated draft advice on fish consumption. The two agencies have concluded pregnant and breastfeeding women, those who might become pregnant, and ...
Tags: Certification, FDA, Food