Insight
Key executives share their successes, learning points, market trends and research findings here.
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...
Europe: Using limonene for better reduced-fat chocolate
Adding limonene to cocoa butter could result in better reduced-fat chocolate, researchers report in American Chemical Society's Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry.
Previous research...
Americas: Rockwell Automation shares on gains in connected, future-proof factories
Regardless of the efficiency of a food and beverage (F&B) factory, plant managers need to consider its ability to grow into the future that...
Europe: Dairy brands should offer more convenience to consumers
Consumers in the UK are increasingly looking for food and drink that saves time and allows them to feel they have a better work-life...
Europe: Health, wellness drive demand for pure ingredients, report
About 1.2 billion tons of pure commodities were used in food and drink applications in 2015, which was a rise of 2% since 2014,...
Asia Pacific: Ginger, chili peppers could lower cancer risk
Research has suggested that capsaicin, the compound that gives chili peppers their kick, might cause cancer.
Now researchers show in mouse studies that the...
Europe: Consumers unaware of sugar varieties, report
Consumers have limited awareness of different types of sugars, according to a study Cargill has commissioned the IPSOS study institute to conduct.
When asked to...
Asia Pacific: Mintel finds Australians are eating, drinking healthy
While most of Australia will be firing up their barbecues and putting their drinks on ice in anticipation of Australia Day on January 26,...
Americas: More have snacks for meals, report
Health consciousness, more solo households, and convenience are why more US consumers, particularly young adults, are eating snack foods as part of their main...
Americas: Younger US consumers want clean label fats, report
Millennials and Generation Z consumers in the US are the most inclined to view any type of fat not only as permissible, but as...