colours
INGREDIENTS: Weekly round-up
Here is your weekly round-up of Ingredients news. If you have a news item you would like to submit for next week’s round-up, please contact Carly Wood at mailto:carly@bellpublishing.com. Hydrosol is meeting the rising demand for meat-free alternatives with new all-in compounds for the manufacture of vegetarian and vegan cold cuts, and alternatives to hot […]
Patriotic sleeves
CCL Decorative Sleeves has supplied high impact sleeves for Beefeater Gin’s limited edition Spirit of London bottles. The sleeve features a striking Union Jack design, while the brand’s intrinsic link to London beefeaters is maintained by a cut out silhouette of the Beefeater figure, which adorns the standard bottle label. Using 50 micron PET high […]
Botanical colours
Sensient Colors is introducing a new line of natural colours under the Pure-S brand, enabling manufacturers to tap into vibrant botanical shades. Previously, the use of natural colour derived from sources such as red radish, red cabbage and paprika was limited in most food and beverage applications. Despite the attractive colour shades attainable with these […]
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
Shelf life best practice
Isabel Campelos, senior technical advisor (food safety) at Leatherhead Food Research, explores the interplay of shelf life and packaging.
Business news, Food safety, Ingredients, New products, Packaging, Regulatory, Sustainability
Canadean’s trends for 2015
As the end of 2014 draws near, Canadean has forecasted the top trends which it believes will influence consumer behaviour in 2015, along with an insight into how manufacturers and marketers can target these evolving consumer needs to drive sales over the next year. They are: From mass produced to personalised – Canadean predicts that the […]
Hypnotic packaging
Sleeves from CCL Decorative Sleeves have been used for the packaging of a limited edition sparkling version of Hpnotiq Liqueur. Hpnotiq Sparkle has the same colour and taste as the original Hpnotiq but is infused with bubbles. The sleeve design features an opaque white base to provide a strong background for the Hpnotiq Sparkle branding […]
Snack attack
Last week I attended Health Ingredients Europe in Amsterdam along with around 8,000 others from the health and natural ingredients industries. We were there to see what solutions the 500 or so health and wellness suppliers had to offer food and beverage applications, and to ‘trend spot’ for 2015. With the subject of last week’s […]
New year, new food
With the arrival of December, it is now only a matter of weeks before the new year is upon us. With this in mind, I have been receiving lots of food predictions for 2015, so I’m using this week’s blog to round them up and inviting you to share your own food forecasts.
Hot dog launch
Produced by Smithfield Foods, French’s Hot Dogs are the latest addition to the brand’s range of mustard, relishes, sauces, and salad dressings on offer in the UK. Jill Leigh, category manager for Smithfield Foods, says, “Our research showed that French’s is trusted by hot dog consumers, making it the perfect partner for a naturally beechwood […]
New flavours
Divine Chocolate has announced two new limited edition additions to its range of 100g bars. The Divine Dark Chocolate with Pear & Ginger and the Milk Chocolate with Spiced Toffee Apple have been created especially for the Christmas period. Made with Fairtrade cocoa from Kuapa Kokoo in Ghana, the co-operative that owns 45% of Divine, […]
INGREDIENTS: Weekly round-up
Here is your weekly round-up of ingredients 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. DSM has published a Global Insight paper, stating that consumers demand dairy products such as yogurt prepared with simple and familiar ingredients Premium Ingredients is presenting […]
Rainbow range
Ingredients specialist Wild has expanded its range of colours and now offers a prism of intense shades: the Rainbow Range of concentrates and extracts is available in six colours.
Beverage flavoured confectionery
The taste of cola, ice tea, tonic and ginger ale is popular around the world – and not only in beverages. Trends from the beverage industry are increasingly spilling over into other segments of the food industry such as confectionery. To meet this trend, Doehler has developed a range of natural flavours and colours as […]