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Industry’s innovation needs
A new statement of what industry needs from science and technology has been published by Campden BRI. The document was compiled following an extensive consultation of Campden BRI’s industrial members – some 2,400 companies across 75 countries. The ‘needs’ document will be used to actively encourage providers of research and other scientific, technical and knowledge […]
Breakfast snackification
Companies with ambitions in breakfast should not rule out NPD ideas as consumer habits are changing, writes Julian Mellentin, director of New Nutrition Business.
Business news, Food safety, Ingredients, New products, Packaging, Sustainability
Healthy eating tops the resolution list
Happy New Year! I hope you all enjoyed the festive season. The arrival of each New Year brings with it the usual ‘new year, new me’ claims as consumers make their New Year’s resolutions – often including something along the lines of eating less ‘naughty’ foods and/or eating more ‘healthy’ foods. Indeed, new research from […]
SHELF LIFE: Round-up
Here is your weekly round-up of Shelf Life news. If you have a news item you would like to submit for next week’s round-up, please contact Carly Wood at carly@bellpublishing.com. The Coca-Cola Company will roll out the global brand Fanta in a frozen carbonated format in Belgium, the Netherlands, France, Sweden and Denmark initially, with […]
Alcohol-free Kopparberg
With experts predicting that ‘dry January’ 2015 is set to be the most popular on record, Kopparberg is launching a new alcohol-free strawberry and lime cider. Kopparberg Alcohol Free Strawberry & Lime joins Kopparberg Alcohol Free Pear and Kopparberg Alcohol Free Mixed Fruit in the UK’s only alcohol-free cider range. Kopparberg head of marketing, Rob Calder, says, “Our alcohol-free […]
84% of Brits say Scotch whisky tax is unfair
An overwhelming majority of the British public (84%) find the rate of tax on Scotch whisky – which is 78% – unfair, according to new research conducted by Censuswide on behalf of the Scotch Whisky Association. The survey polled 1,129 people across the UK and found that one in three people buy Scotch as a […]
Coca-Cola teams up with Every Can Counts
In a bid to boost recycling among consumers, Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE) supported its Coca-Cola UK Christmas truck tour with a new initiative developed in partnership with Every Can Counts. Volunteers from CCE and Every Can Counts engaged with members of the public about recycling whilst they queued to claim their free sample of Coca-Cola product […]
FDF looks to 2015 and beyond
The food and drink manufacturing industry is committed to strengthening its industrial partnership with government to deliver long-term, sustainable growth in the UK’s largest manufacturing sector. At an industry reception held earlier this month, the Food and Drink Federation (FDF) reaffirmed its ambition to grow sustainably by 20% by 2020 by continuing to grow UK […]
Innovation themes for juice
A new report on juice drink innovation from specialist food and drink consultancy Zenith International has highlighted nine themes driving new product development and innovation worldwide: functionality, low sugar/calorie, child orientated, new flavour/variety, origin and provenance, limited edition, innovative packaging, new proposition/concept and cross category. The report covers 100% fruit juice, 24-99% juice content nectars […]
Scottish businesses reformulate for health
Bakers, butchers and other small- and medium-sized food producers across Scotland, UK have been lowering the salt, fat and calories in products, in some cases by over 50%, as part of an industry and Scottish government partnership. The recipes of a range of foods made in Scotland have been reviewed and improved to lower the […]
Kerbside collection of beverage cartons hits 60%
Recent figures released by the Alliance for Beverage Cartons and the Environment (ACE) UK show that the proportion of UK local authorities collecting beverage cartons for recycling from kerbside has hit 60%. This milestone represents a 15-fold increase on 2006 levels when just 4% of local authorities collected cartons at kerbside and follows sustained, close co-operation […]
SOFHT celebrates 35 years
In 1979, the Society of Food Hygiene (SOFHT) was launched. Now, 35 years on, SOFHT has supported its members – gathered from all areas of the food supply chain, from retailers to manufacturers and suppliers – in a whole range of food related milestones. From the introduction of the Food Safety Act in 1990, BSE […]
Poster presentations invited for Vitafoods 2015
Experts from the world of the functional food and beverages industry and academia are invited to present their research findings and current projects to the international functional nutrition community and the broader nutraceutical industry at Vitafoods Europe 2015. The Vitafoods Europe Executive Advisory Board (EAB) have issued a call for poster presentations for the event, […]
Shelf life best practice
Isabel Campelos, senior technical advisor (food safety) at Leatherhead Food Research, explores the interplay of shelf life and packaging.
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