Americas: Consumers driven by health, not “can’t haves” when choosing food, says NPD
US consumers' attitudes and behavior around health and wellness are shifting from diets and "can't haves" into whole-body health and lifestyle changes they feel...
Asia Pacific: India sees uptake in seasonings, dressings, sauces for home cooking, finds GlobalData
The growing trend towards home-cooked meals amid the COVID-19 pandemic has fueled the demand for seasonings and sauces.
Subsequently, India’s seasonings, dressings and sauces market...
Americas: Givaudan releases citrus by-products for texturizing food
Givaudan partners with US-based Fiberstar to make available the latter’s natural, plant-based texturizing ingredient Citri-Fi for creating plant-based, texture and taste in products.
Citri-Fi is...
Europe: Companies form allulose consortium to enter markets
Cosun Beet Company, Ingredion Incorporated, Matsutani Chemical Industry and Samyang Corporation announce consortium to help bring to the EU and UK markets allulose and...
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...
Americas: Kemin Industries, Driftless Extracts partner on hemp-based products
Kemin Industries has invested an undisclosed sum in Driftless Extracts, a United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)-certified organic hemp producer, processor and ingredient supplier...
Cargill: Survey finds consumers are mindful of sustainability in their food purchases
Sustainability considerations now influence most grocery shoppers when buying packaged foods such as potato chips and cookies, according to Cargill’s global FATitudes survey.
The...
Asia Pacific: Kolenmesse shifts first ISM Japan show to 2023
The inaugural edition of ISM Japan is planned to open in April 2023, at Tokyo Big Sight in Tokyo, Japan, due to the country’s...
Europe: Barry Callebaut opens €100M warehouse in Belgium
The Barry Callebaut Chocolate Box opens as the new Global Distribution Center in Lokeren, Belgium.
It is reportedly the world’s largest chocolate warehouse and...
Africas: Cargill finishes US$100M facility expansion to meet dark brown cocoa powder demand
Cargill has completed a US$100 million expansion of its cocoa processing facilities in Yopougon, Côte d’Ivoire, making the Yopougon facility the single largest cocoa-grinding...