Food Industry

The first artificial sweetener was discovered by accident. In 1879 Russian chemist Constantin Fahlberg was working with coal tar, a sticky black by-product of coal processing, when he licked his unwashed hands. His fingertips, coated with a thin layer of sacc…

ARLINGTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--FMI today launches a renewed brand identity as FMI - The Food Industry Association, reflecting its strategy to more broadly represent the food marketplace and embrace a more interconnected supply chain. FMI views retail as the…

What's the difference between cage-free, pastured, and humane eggs? And why do they cost eight dollars at the farmers' market, but a dollar at the supermarket? What does "organic" really mean? The ABCs of Good Food will attempt to answer these questionsand as…

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The "Packaged Food Industry Forecasts - China Focus" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. This study focuses on China's Packaged Food industry forecasts. In the two past decades, the industry has been growing a…

Organic food start-up Kesarwala on Monday sought incentives from the government in the forthcoming Budget for the fast growing sector to push the industry growth. "The industry needs adequate infrastructure in terms of number of testing and certifying labs i…

Growth or safety? Why not have both? Growth stocks and recession-proof stocks don't generally go together. Growth stocks , after all, tend to be riskier on average, while recession-proof stocks are usually mature companies in stable industries that pay dividends. With those kinds of stocks, investors generally have to sacrifice growth…

Restaurateur Steve Palmer is on a mission to offer sobriety to the restaurant industry. Aaron Kotowski/The Forbes Collection In the industry that initially enabled his addiction, Steve Palmer is living sober. The hospitality industry has higher rates of substance abuse than any other, and as a young man, Palmer was…

How teens’ brains respond to TV advertisements for fast food can predict what they are going to eat for dinner, according to new research. Teens who had greater responses in reward centers of the brain when viewing commercials for unhealthy foodslike cheeseb…

Impossible Foods is just one rival that will soon serve up more plant-based offerings, and that might take a bite out of Beyond Meat’s margins. Beyond Meat (NASDAQ:BYND), the producer of plant-based meat alternatives, wowed the market when its stock soared 160% in its first day of trading last May. Further gains…

Gordon Ramsay is to hunt for the next big innovation in the food and drink industry in a BBC One competition format made by his production company Studio Ramsay. Ramsay will front eight-part show Gordon Ramsay’s Future Food Stars, in which 12 British candida…