Food Industry

The New Zealand retail grocery sector was determined by Commerce Commission New Zealand last year to be a ‘​duopoly​​ with a fringe of other competitors, by Foodstuffs and Woolworths NZ’s (Countdown’s) supermarket chains’​, This conclusion led to the government committing to implementing significant changes to change this situation. In its latest…

When we spoke with ProfilePrint​ back in 2018, the firm had only just started out on its journey and was then focused solely on tea and providing digital fingerprints for these, utilising molecular signatures to provide consumers and businesses with the ability to know and understand the characteristics of these…

The trend for plant-based ingredients in food and beverage is on the rise. Swapping out synthetic compounds – such as colourants and aromas – for their ‘natural’ counterparts, however, means increasing reliance on traditional agricultural systems. According to entrepreneur Tal Lutzky, therein lies a ‘major’ problem: whether sourced from animals…

Mohammad Waqaas, the managing director of Royal Nawaab Restaurants in London and Manchester, speaks after receiving the award for the Most Successful Business Person of The Year. — Photo by authorLONDON: Leading Asian businessman Mohammed Waqaas won the 'Most Successful Business Person of The Year Award 2022' at Pakistan Achievement…

Should food and beverage brands put sustainability at the heart of their communications, or is it simply an internal matter? Should brands have an agenda on progressive issues? And if so, how do you balance that with the need for return on investment? There is no one rule for all, concludes…

Australia's bush food industry is expected to increase tenfold over the next few years, but there are concerns Aboriginal Australians won't be the ones to reap the benefits or lead the way. Key points:As demand grows for bush foods, there are calls for more to be done to stop the…

Fermentation may be a millennia-old technique, but it continues to throw up new opportunities in food production. From providing new protein sources or health-boosting ingredients to improving the taste, texture and safety of food products, fermentation adds value across the food industry. René Floris, Food Research Division Manager at NIZO…

Food production is responsible for around one-quarter of total greenhouse gas emissions. If global warming is to be limited to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels - and the catastrophic consequences of a greater increase are to be avoided - the way we produce, process and consume food needs to change. In…

An ancient native nut once eaten by dinosaurs has huge potential to be part of the booming Indigenous bush food industry, according to new research led by the University of Queensland. Brazilian-born scientist Jaqueline Moura Nadolny was conscious of walking a sensitive line between examining new uses for bunya nuts without…

Sky News host Rowan Dean says the United Kingdom’s food industry has “been asked to prepare plans to avoid empty shelves” heading into winter. “As the UK braces for winter, blackouts in January that see days of planned power cuts, it’ll see railways closed, plummeting temperatures,” he said. Mr Dean…