Americas: General Mills is happy about sodium reduction efforts
General Mills says seven out of 10 product categories are lower in sodium by 20%, with reductions across the 10 categories ranging from 18-35%....
Americas: PepsiCo to install healthy items in vending machines
PepsiCo launches a food and beverage vending initiative called Hello Goodness.
Debut on December 14, 2015, at the Beverage Digest Future Smarts Conference in New...
Europe: mymuesli consumers create customized packaging at store
German start-up mymuesli has opened a store in Heidelberg for consumers to buy their favorite muesli, select text and images and print their can...
Americas: SmartLabel technology offers product information to consumers
A group of companies from the consumer products as well as food and beverage industries have launched the SmartLabel technology initiative for consumers to...
Americas: US demand for fresh ingredients thawing frozen foods growth
The growing demand for fresh products or, at least, fresher products in refrigerated rather than frozen form is challenging the US frozen foods sector,...
Americas: Fragmented market, novelty grow niche brands
The massive fragmentation of consumers’ beliefs about health is contributing to the break-up of traditional food and beverage market, says Julian Mellentin, director of...
World: Taste, flavor drive flavored milk consumption, finds DSM report
Flavored milk consumption is soaring and is not limited to children alone, as adults are also embracing these dairy beverages, according to DSM's Global...
Europe: Companies opens line in The Netherlands to pack imported grapes
The Budelpack Group and IQ Packing have started InnoFresh Packing BV in The Netherlands to automatically pack grapes into punnets.
Over the past two years,...
Europe: Clean eating, natural processing are key trends in 2016, says analyst
The 'clean eating' trend has inspired a back to basics approach in product development and is an overarching theme in Innova Market Insights' Top...
Americas: Foodservice’s sugar-free offerings increase with health-conscious consumers
Sugar is now the top item consumers are trying to avoid in their diets and is neck-and-neck with calories as the top item they...