Convenience Foods
Americas: Tree nuts as healthier snacks, study
A new study finds replacing typical snack foods with almonds and other tree nuts would decrease empty calories, solid fats, saturated fat and sodium...
Middle East: Nestlé inaugurates US$149M factory in Dubai
Nestlé has today inaugurated its new Al-Maha factory in Dubai, producing Nescafé coffee and Maggi cooking aids for the local and regional markets.
Now operating...
Americas: Pinnacle Foods to exit certain frozen breakfast products
Pinnacle Foods has decided to exit certain low-margin and non-strategic Aunt Jemima frozen breakfast products sold to retail and foodservice customers, following its voluntary...
Europe: Ajinomoto expands into French retail market
Ajinomoto and a French retailer are rolling out eight varieties the former's frozen Japanese foods throughout France in April 2017.
In April 2017, Ajinomoto's French...
Americas: Report finds frozen foods go for healthy makeover
Frozen foods have been feeling the heat lately in the US largely due to a shift in consumer preferences to fresh and refrigerated foods....
Europe: Partners bring PEF technology to snack, potato products
Heat and Control and ScandiNova Systems AB are together delivering the next generation of pulse electric field (PEF) technology to the food industry.
The two...
Americas: Chipotle gets real about its ingredient offerings
Chipotle Mexican Grill launches the 'As Real as It Gets' advertising campaign created to support its commitment to using only real ingredients.
The launch of...
Americas: 1 in 4 adults bought a meal kit in 2016, poll
Meal kits are the latest and greatest on the food-prep scene, aiming to make meal time easier, healthier, and more convenient for consumers.
The kits,...
Europe: Tate & Lyle extends allulose range
Tate & Lyle adds the new Dolcia Prima Crystalline Allulose to the low-calorie sweetening range.
It offers all of the same benefits as the existing...
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...