Insight
Key executives share their successes, learning points, market trends and research findings here.
Americas: Spotlight on personalized nutrition in 2017
When a giant food company invests US$32 million in a start-up focusing on personalized nutrition – as Campbell’s recently has – 'personalization' has reached...
Americas: Gradually reduce amount of sodium used, use healthy food recipes to help children...
More than 90% of children in the US, aged 6-18 years, eat more sodium than recommended, putting them at risk for developing high blood...
Americas: Salad greens can be cleaner, say researchers
Cross contamination in commercial processing facilities that prepare spinach and other leafy greens for the market can make people sick.
And researchers reported a new,...
Europe: Consumers still like things sweet, report
Across the 10 highest consuming nations for both sugar confectionery and gum, consumption is increasing, with compound annual growth rates ranging from 0.5 percent...
Americas: Snacks in children’s diets should be considered in overall energy intake, says researcher
Snacks are traditionally smaller than meals but their presence in children’s diets may be significant, and parents should be mindful of nutrition quality and...
Americas: Graphene-infused packaging blocks moisture, researchers say
04Plastic packaging might seem impenetrable — and sometimes nearly impossible to remove — but water molecules can still pass through.
This permeability to moisture can...
Europe: UK consumers take more cakes, tea, finds report
Mintel research reveals that 35% of UK tea drinkers aged between 55 and 64 surveyed drink five or more cups of standard black tea...
Americas: Building food safety harmony in Canada
The US is not the only country in North America that pushing forward with major food safety regulations.
Canada, its northern neighbor, has been upping...
Americas: Researchers find fructose more toxic than table sugar in mice
When University of Utah biologists fed mice sugar in doses proportional to what many people eat, the fructose-glucose mixture found in high-fructose corn syrup...
Europe: Whitepaper tells all on clear labels, packaging
UPM Raflatac has released a whitepaper on how clear labels and packaging are enabling US food manufacturers present goods and motivate purchases at the...