Food Industry

Aquagrain has created an organic-based, biodegradable hydrogel made from food industry waste that retains 30 times more water, allowing crops to be grown in sandy soil and arid lands with a fraction of the water usually required. The invention solves more than one problem, explained Aquagrain’s head of development Paul…

Styles P announced his retirement in 2022 but has started a new business beyond his rap career with a PB&J spread, STYLES PB&J. The spread is a healthier option and is set to hit stores soon. 824 Views The LOX rapper Styles P has shifted into the food industry with his…

In a big victory for the fast-food industry, California's secretary of state on Tuesday said that enough signatures were collected to trigger a statewide referendum on the landmark Fast Food Accountability and Standards Recovery Act. Why it matters: The law, AB 257, was hailed as groundbreaking by labor advocates as…

What are the key sustainability challenges faced by Ingredion, a global ingredient supplier whose portfolio of solutions span texturisers, starches, proteins and sweeteners? The US company’s sustainability lead doesn’t miss a beat: ‘climate change and carbon reduction’ top the list. Speaking to FoodNavigator, Ingredion vice president of sustainability Brian Nash…

Milltrust Ventures and Earth First Food Ventures are set to launch a new $300m (£242m) Smart Protein Fund tomorrow to back alternative proteins and decarbonise the food industry, City A.M. can reveal.   Over $600m was invested in total in the cultivated meat sector last year, and the alternative protein market,…

Security of supply for food and beverage ingredients​Combined with the energy crisis and climate change, the supplier said that formulators and procurement teams will need to focus on the security of supply for ingredients and stay ahead of those challenges in the upcoming year. Doing so is especially vital when there…

The food in your kitchen cabinets may not be what it seems. "I guarantee you any time a product can be passed off as something more expensive, it will be. It's that simple," Larry Olmsted, author of "Real Food/Fake Food," told CNBC. Fraudsters motivated by economic gain secretly infiltrate the…

NOLO no longer interested in making carbon copies of alcohol​The low-to-no alcoholic beverage sector (commonly abbreviated as NOLO) first burst onto the scene a few years back with brands such as Lyre’s and Heineken 0.0 making a name for themselves by mimicking existing alcoholic drinks and trying to taste as…

Hi, it’s Edmund. This week, I spoke with CEO of Novitee, Benjamin Yang, who shared more about the company’s new B2B digital marketplace, KoomiMarket. Launched in October 2022, KoomiMarket is a one-stop procurement platform that helps F&B businesses source and purchase directly from food wholesalers. By leveraging digital technologies such…

Buoyed by total of €3.1 million in funding to date, Finland’s Nordic Umami Company is looking to scale its fermentation-based technology and answer the challenge of bringing umami taste to plant-based foods in a closed loop system. In 2021, the company launched fermentation-based technology to extract umami from plant-based industry…