News & Analysis for the Beverage Industry
This week, InBev outlines financing plans for its Anheseur-Busch bid, Friesland Foods sells off a juice arm to focus on core brands and Greencore says it has uncovered fraud in its mineral water business.
Private label food and drink brands will continue to grow as cash-strapped consumers' increasingly perceive the products as value for money, according to Datamonitor.
The cottage cheese industry is turning back to direct vat cultures rather than the cheaper bulk starter method which replaced it as costs are reduced, according to Chr Hansen.
Natural ingredients are undefined in almost all global jurisdictions and no resolution is in sight for a category gaining attention as consumers turn away from the synthetic production of foods and beverages and the ingredients used in them.
German ingredients company Nutrinova has increased the price of its sorbate products by an average of 10 per cent, effective from next week or "as contracts allow".
Beating the high costs linked to the price of wheat flour on today's market, bakers in the African country of Ghana can now access a cheaper alternative produced with cassava and maize.
A new study provides a roadmap for consumers, food manufacturers and government through potential US regulatory issues for nanotechnology-enabled food packaging, claims the report's author.