In times of plenty, consumers often trade up from canned and frozen food to chilled despite higher prices. They see fresh foods as the more healthful option. Brand owners sometimes leverage freshness as a quality that can elevate a product ...
On March 4, the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) announced the public release of their report for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) focused on the outcomes of two pilot projects designed to test and study various product ...
Tags: food product, FDA, fresh produce, processed foods
Paterson made his comments after an EU crisis meeting in Brussels, which took place yesterday (13 February). In a statement on the horse meat scandal, Paterson said: “Because of the urgency with which we have to deal what is clearly ...
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The Canadian federal government plans to repeal the law that regulates the sizes of packaged foods sold in Canada. The United Food & Commercial Workers (UFCW) Canada national president Wayne Hanley has written an open letter to Canadian ...
Japanese ingredients company Ajinomoto has commissioned its new umami seasoning repacking plant in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The facility is located in the Tongi Industrial Area of Dhaka. Ajinomoto noted that strengthening and increasing the ...
Tags: Ajinomoto, umami seasoning repacking plant, Bangladesh
New Year's Day is notable for resolutions. If a healthier diet is on your list, just choosing the right foods isn't enough; how you prepare your meals can be just as important as what you put in your shopping cart, according to Bonnie ...
Tags: foods, cooking, nutrients, nutritional quality
Grab the bear bottle of honey off the Walmart shelf and have a look.By appearance,the honey looks golden and wholesome.The beehive the honey came from may contain 60,000 honey bees;and those same bees probably tapped over a million flowers ...
Tags: honey, import, tariff, tainted food
International animal welfare organization Four Paws has announced that the chocolate bar Toblerone,which is owned by Mondelēz International,will now be produced only with eggs laid by cage free hens. This move comes after Mondelez ...
Kosher (also kashrut, kashrus or kashruth) signifies food that meets with Jewish dietary law. Kosher certification plays a very important role in increasing the sales of a food company. The Badatz Igud Rabbonim KIR is one of the largest ...
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The global PET market is expected to reach $48.4 billion in 2016, up from an estimated $23.3bn in 2010, registering a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 9.6% from 2011 to 2016, according to a report published by Transparency Market ...
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World Bank Group’s member, International Finance Corporation (IFC) plans to invest around $45m in SRF Industries (Thailand) and another $40m in the company’s South African business. The proposed investment in the Thailand's ...
Tags: Foreign Arms, bi-axially-oriented polyethylene terephthalate
American multinational chemical firm Dow has announced that its Omega-9 Oils have addressed one of the company's 2015 sustainability goals in the area of health,by eliminating more than one billion pounds of trans and saturated fat from the ...
JBT FoodTech, an American food processing machinery provider owned by JBT, has signed a $5m contract for the renovation of freezing equipment at a US-based food processing facility. Under the contract, JBT FoodTech will supply and support ...
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For the past few years, U.S food industry suffered countless violations in food security that resulted to recalls and food alerts. Food breaches didn't only hurt the Consumers but it had given great impact on manufacturers and retail market ...
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In March 2010, Michelle Obama stood on a stage in Washington and leveled a challenge at the food industry's biggest players. "We need you all to step it up," she told a meeting of the Grocery Manufacturers Association. Just a month earlier, ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food