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Americas: Cost deters consumer from buying organic food
A Mintel report reveals that 50% of consumers say they are most likely to purchase organic fresh produce such as fruit and vegetables, compared...
Americas: Report finds more US consumers eating out less
Consumers in the US are sourcing more meals from home than they have in years, reports The NPD Group’s 29th annual Eating Patterns in...
Asia Pacific: Singapore-funded research finds squid sucker ring teeth can be used to make...
Squid tentacles are loaded with hundreds of suction cups, or suckers, and each sucker has a ring of razor-sharp “teeth” that help these predators latch...
Americas: Mushroom specie found to power batteries
Researchers at Purdue University have created electrodes from a species of wild fungus called Tyromyces fissilis.
Carbon fibers derived from a type of wild mushroom,...
Americas: Researchers found two methods to preserve fresh tomatoes
Adding or rearranging a few simple steps in commercial processing could dramatically improve the flavor of tomatoes sold in the grocery store, said researchers...
Americas: Extruded snacks food market to worth US$31B by 2019, report
The extruded snacks market is estimated to reach about $31 billion by 2019, according to the report Extruded Snacks Market by Type (Potato, Corn,...
World: Olive oil found to withstand frying heat, find researchers
Frying is one of the world’s most popular ways to prepare food such as fried chicken and french fries, as well as candy bars...
Americas: Consumers look for healthier oil, says Cargill
After sugar, fat is the second-most important ingredient consumers are monitoring on food product labels, according to Cargill's primary market research data FATitudes.
In addition,...
Europe: UK consumers are consuming jam, honey, chocolate spreads, finds report
The UK syrups and spreads market is dominated by jam and honey spreads.
However, chocolate spreads are expected to gather pace, growing by 35% up...
Europe/Asia Pacific: Rice noodles market worth $3.6B by 2022
Europe and Asia rice noodles market is expected to reach US$3.6 billion by 2022, according to a Grand View Research report.
While the rural areas...