Category: INDUSTRY NEWS

News PepsiCo has announced its plan to acquire Mexican-American food company Siete Foods known for its heritage-inspired range of tortillas, salsas, seasonings, and sauces, marking PepsiCo’s first food-based acquisition in around five years. In 2024, consumers’ approaches to healthy eating are impacted by many competing factors, including a focus on preventive nutrition and increased attention […]

News Heading into 2025, Mintel has identified four key trends that food and beverage brands will need to keep their eyes on to stay competitive. We explore these four trends. The trends relate to the shifting concept of “Food as Medicine”; breaking food norms and embracing imperfections; transparency around the disrupted food supply chain; and […]

News Amid scientific, industry, and Congress backing, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will create an assessment system for food chemicals under the Toxic Free Food Act to prevent food chemicals being commercialised without safety checks. On 25 September, Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro introduced the Toxic Free Food Act to tackle the ‘General Recognised as […]

News Nutrition Advocacy in Public Interest (NAPi) releases a new report on percferrous gluconate uptodateeived tactics used in India’s food sector to promote HFSS and UPF products. A report by Indian Nutrition Advocacy in Public Interest (NAPi), a think tank, reveals the marketing and advertising tactics used by the country’s food industry to encourage unhealthy […]

News The European Parliament has blocked a proposal by the European Commission that would have permitted the presence of banned pesticide residue in a range of imported food products. In a large majority decision, 516 MEPs voted in objection to maximum residue levels of carbendazim and thiophanate-methyl in food products such as lemons, limes, mandarins, […]

News The food industry is positioned to play a crucial role at the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the Convention on Biological Diversity, known as COP16, which will likely shape the regulatory landscape for years to come. New commitments made during COP16 are expected to drive further action across the food supply chain, and […]

News The EU has three main areas for action if it is to increase competitiveness in a global economy over the next five years, according to the Draghi Report. We look at what its findings mean for the food manufacturing and retail industry. The EU Draghi Report, published last month, looks at the future of […]

News A National Center for Food Safety Risk Assessment policy welcomes new application rules for food ingredients from genetically modified microorganisms. On 13 September 2024, China’s National Center for Food Safety Risk Assessment issued a notice regarding its plans to improve safety evaluation data requirements for three new foods, a move that progresses synthetic biotechnology […]

News Global food safety service provider Mérieux NutriScience will acquire French food testing business Bureau Veritas, a deal that exextended release ferrous sulfatetends its geographic reach and laboratory testing capabilities. Bureau Veritas, which is currently headquartered in Neuilly-sur-Seine, near Paris, France, focuses its activities around microbiological and chemical testing, as well as molecular analysis. It […]

News A foodtech startup has detailed an intriguing method to create fats out of carbon dioxide extracted from the air and hydrogen from water, to develop a sustainably produced butter. Behind this biochemical wizardry is Savor, a Californian-based company that has set its sights on producing high-quality, healthy, and affordable fats and oils without a […]