Natural & Organic
Europe: Beneo releases clean label rice starch
Beneo launches Remypure, the company’s first high performance rice starch that qualifies for natural and clean label status worldwide.
The ingredient has reportedly high stability...
Europe: Consumers want the real thing, report
Authenticity is a standout consumer value in 2017, heralded by changemakers, celebrities, supermarkets and chefs, according to Euromonitor International.
In the conscious debate about what...
Americas: Solazyme renames to TerraVia
Solazyme will rename to TerraVia to reflect its focus on food, nutrition and specialty ingredients based on its algae innovation platform.
"By unlocking the power...
Europe: BASF pilots retail sale of tearless onions
BASF’s vegetable seeds business developed a tearless onion variety, called Sunions, that has now been launched at supermarkets in France, Germany, Italy, and United...
Asia Pacific: Singapore to hold Vitafoods Asia 2017
Vitafoods Asia 2016 has concluded with more than 160 international suppliers presenting the latest ingredients, innovative products, services, and equipment to a pan-Asian audience...
World: Growing sales of organic foods in 2017, report
The global sales of organic foods are expected to continue the positive trajectory, with most growth envisaged in North America and Northern Europe,...
Europe: Making flour out of carrot peel
Students from the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) have made flour out of carrot peel instead of compost during a course on innovation and...
Asia Pacific: NUS, beverage company create eucheuma-based beverages
Researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have developed eucheuma-based beverages with no added sugar and preservative-free.
The sweetness comes from natural honey or...
Americas: Researchers release high-yielding red rice
Researchers from Cornell University and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Research Service are releasing a nutritious red rice cultivar that should appeal...
Middle East: Israeli ANINA releases ready meals with upcycled produce
Marrying convenience, saying “no” to food wastage and ‘ugly’ food and art is what FoodTech start-up ANINA Culinary Art’s release of ‘meal-in-a-pod’ varieties aim...