Insight
Key executives share their successes, learning points, market trends and research findings here.
Americas: US consumers to enjoy more ethnic foods, functional products and online shopping, says...
As 2014 begins, Mintel’s Consumer Trends Analysts Jennifer Zegler and Stacy Glasgow outline the four trends set to impact the American consumer market, examining...
Americas: Team wins competition for cold boxes for rental
A team of MIT and Harvard University students won the first-ever MIT Food and Agribusiness Innovation Prize for smart, modular, refrigerated shipping boxes that...
World: Technology enhances sweetness while reduces sugar
Israeli company DouxMatok, which means double sweet in Hebrew, tackles the industry's quest for low-sugar products without sacrificing on taste, texture and enjoyment.
Started 15...
Americas: Consumers perceive sports drinks as healthier beverages than others
Over the past five years, the US retail market for energy and sports drinks expanded in vigorous fashion culminating in sales of US$25 billion...
Americas: Meal delivery service goes for IPO
Meal delivery service Blue Apron has filed an initial public offering or IPO, which is reportedly among the first in this trendy food segment....
Asia Pacific: China, India boost glass packaging market globally, finds report
In 2013, Asia Pacific dominated the overall glass packaging market and accounted for over 33.0% of the market, by volume, according to a Marketsandmarkets...
Europe: VVT receives award for cellulose packaging
The Ellen MacArthur Foundation awarded VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland for a packaging solution made of cellulose in Davos, Switzerland in January 2018....
Europe: Consumers have mixed views on sugar, finds survey
Consumers perceive sugar as both a ‘friend and foe’ in their nutrition, according to a quantitative consumer research commissioned by Beneo.
The results also underline...
Americas: Researchers find impurities as fillers in coffee
Surprise ingredients that are neither sweet nor flavorful may be hiding in coffee, and growing coffee shortages may increase the chance of having these...
Americas: Consumers find fish nutritious, states Cargill survey
US consumers recognize there are more health benefits associated with eating fish and seafood compared to taking fish oil supplements, according to a recent...