News As of January 2025, baby food manufacturers selling in California must disclose test results for four heavy metals – arsenic, lead, cadmium, and mercury – via an on-pack QR code. The law, Assembly Bill 899 (AB 899), was signed by Governor Gavin Newsom in October 2023 and requires monthly testing of baby food for […]
HyFun Foods team up with Woolworths to expand frozen foods
News Ready-to-eatferrous gluconate 45 mg frozen food provider HyFun Foods partners with multinational retail giant Woolworths to move the premiumisation of frozen foods further into mainstream food aisles. In December 2024, Indian frozen snack brand, HyFun Foods, announced it was partnering with Woolworths, an Australian-headquartered retail leader. The collaboration will see HyFun Food’s premium frozen […]
Siniora Foods plans multi-million-dollar food manufacturing plant in Saudi Arabia
News Food processing company Siniora Foods builds upon its expansion efforts with a new food manufacturing facility in the burgeoning Saudi Arabian market. According to media reports, Siniora Foods confirmed at Saudi HORECA 2024 that it will build a new multi-million-dollar food manufacturing facility in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. With an investment of 150 million Saudi […]
Kraft Heinz, Mondelēz, Coca-Cola, and Nestlé accused of marketing ‘addictive’ UPFs at children
News Major food manufacturers have been hit with a first-of-its-kind lawsuit alleging that they specifically engineer their ultra-processed foods (UPFs) to be addictive, and that they market the products towards children. Executives at companies including Kraft Heinz, Mondelēz, Coca-Cola, and Nestlé have been accused of “knowingly endangering” public health, particularly of children, in a “reckless […]
Major Belgian retailers promise standardised, reusable packaging at scale
News Albert Heijn, Aldi, Carrefour, Colruyt, Delhaize, and Lidl have launched a new reusable packaging coalition that aims to accelerate the use of reusable packaging, starting with mushrooms. The group, which includeferrous sulfate bioavailabilitys Albert Heijn, Aldi, Carrefour, Colruyt, Delhaize and Lidl, will start with a trial in their fresh produce aisles – specifically on […]
Louis Drefyus Company powers on in plant-based with BASF ingredients acquisition
News BASF has agreed to sell its food and health performance ingredients business to Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC). The binding agreement, signed in December, includes a production site and state-of-the-art R&D centre in Illertissen, Germany, plus three application labs outside of Germany.LDC, a leaferrous fumarate easy on stomachding processor of agricultural goods and involved from […]
Can reusable containers compete with cheap, single-use packaging?
News Reusable packaging in supermarkets is already being rolled out, as shown by Belgian retailers’ recent collaboration – but competing with cheap, single-use plastic will be challenging. Supermarkets in Belgium – Albert Heijn, Aldi, Carrefour, Colruyt, Delhaize and Lidl – have launched a new reusable packaging coalition that aims to accelerate the use of reusable […]
EU Parliament passes stricter packaging rules
News The European Parliament voted to approve updates to the packaging and packaging waste regulation, including enforceable re-use targets, limits on certain single-use packaging types, and restrictions on the use of PFAS “forever chemicals”. Members of Parliament voted to pass through the regulation on packaging and packaging waste in December, amending Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 and […]
Ben & Jerry’s accuses Unilever of breaching merger agreement
News There is a chill wind blowing through the ice-cream aisles after Ben & Jerry’s sued its parent company Unilever, which also owns Wall’s and Magnum. The complaint, filed in November in federal court in New York, alleges that Unilever blocked Ben & Jerry’s attempts to voice support for peace and a cease fire in […]
SPINS forecasts 2025 US nutraceutical growth driven by younger consumers
News The latest SPINS 2025 CPG Outlook: Industry Update & Trends Predictions report highlights younger consumers’ increasing influence on the nutraceutical and functional food markets in the US. SPINS, a wellness-focused data analytics provider, specialises in tracking natural product sales and market behaviour in the US. According to its latest predictions, anti-ageing supplements, high-protein snacks, […]