Asia Pacific: China consumes the most malic acid due to food preservation needs, finds...
The global malic acid market will grow to US$206.1 million by 2020 from $146.4 million in 2013, as Increasing acidulant and artificial flavorant demand...
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...
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...
Americas: Sun Chemical displays inks for flexible packaging at show
Sun Chemical will show how its inks, coatings and high definition plate technology can produce packaging that pops off the shelf while coming to...
Asia Pacific: Mondelez, Alibaba partner in China
Mondelēz International has launched an e-commerce partnership with online and mobile commerce company Alibaba Group.
The collaboration enables Mondelēz International to further tap into the...
Americas: Mettler Toledo releases mini scale for POS
Mettler Toledo releases the Ariva-S-Mini that has a weight platform that measures 6.3 inches by 7.875 inches.
The scale connects to most point-of-sale (POS) systems...
Americas: Study finds sugar-sweetened beverages increases prediabetes risk
Adult Americans who regularly consumed sugar-sweetened beverages (roughly one can of soda per day) had a 46% higher risk of developing prediabetes compared to...
Asia Pacific: Cater to the local demand, Tetra Pak tells FNI of new plant...
Tetra Pak will be building a new plant at its Rayong site in Thailand, dedicated to producing closures for carton packaging.
The €24 million (US$25.38...
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: Company pilots recycling of kegs
At Drinktec 2017 in Germany, Lightweight Containers presented the first KeyKegs made from 10% used KeyKegs and 40% of recycled materials.
The company says plastic...