Insight
Key executives share their successes, learning points, market trends and research findings here.
Europe: Millennials find fruit juice healthy, report
Millennial fruit juice drinkers in Europe view 100% fruit juice as a healthy beverage, according to the findings of a consumer survey conducted by...
Europe: Positioning chocolate as a healthy snack
The snacking market is being revolutionized by a consumer backlash against sugar, salt and artificial ingredients, as well as changing lifestyle and personal wellbeing,...
Europe: Detecting salmonella in pork meat twice as fast
A new method developed at the National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark (DTU), halves the time it takes slaughterhouses to test for disease-causing...
Americas: Consumers prefer diet over pills to sleep better, finds survey
Rather than popping pills to sleep, a survey reveals more US consumers would prefer to eat well in order to sleep better.
This survey was...
Asia/Middle East: Vitamin E may lower risk of acute kidney injury, researchers say
Acute kidney injury is quite a common adverse effect that associates with coronary angiography and percutaneous coronary interventions.
Vitamin E may decrease the risk...
Americas: Food claims do not indicate nutritional levels well, research finds
A new study in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics found that simply making a low-content food claim on the label...
Asia Pacific: Rare sugars can help to regulate glucose levels, finds research
Preliminary animal studies have suggested that allulose and other low-calorie, natural rare sugars could help regulate glucose levels.
Now, researchers are investigating how they...
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...
Europe: More companies are innovating, finds report
Most companies plan to focus innovation on range extension and developing entirely new products over the next two years, according to a survey by...
Asia Pacific: More Asians drink coffee, report
Three out of the five fastest growing retail coffee markets are in Asia, as Indonesia is currently the fastest growing packaged retail coffee market...