ROUND-UP: Ingredients

Here is your weekly round-up of Ingredients news. Next week’s round-up will focus on packaging news. To submit an item for inclusion, please contact Carly Wood at [email protected].

• Monteloeder promises to invest €600,000 in helping its customers launch new products containing MetabolAid, if it wins a €2 million grant from the EU’s Horizon 2020 innovation programme.
• The Sugar Reduction Summit is returning to London, UK next month, bringing together industry, public health and the scientific and health and wellness communities to explore the future of sugar reduction policy in the UK and the role of sweetness and sweeteners.
• Glanbia Nutritionals’ OatPure gluten free production protocols have received recognition from three of Europe’s most influential coeliac societies.
• When choosing food and drink products, 60 per cent of consumers worldwide avoid additive colours, preservatives and sweeteners, according to the results of a recent global consumer study.
• Ongoing demand for clean labelling and greater transparency has led to increased interest in GMO free or non GMO products, finds Innova Market Insights.
• The value of the UK cooking sauces and food seasonings market fell by 0.3% in 2014, according to a report by Key Note.