snacks
Maximising efficiency key theme of Ishida snacks open house
The snacks industry remains extremely buoyant. According to the Snack, Nut and Crisp Manufacturers Association, in the UK alone the savoury snacks industry was estimated to be worth £3,229 million in 2013.
Business news, Food safety, Ingredients, New products, Packaging
Sauces handle the heat
Frutarom Savory Solutions has launched new heat stable sauces, which can be easily applied to snacks, wraps or dishes as they remain viscous during heating.
Named fruit pieces
Taura Natural Ingredients’ latest innovation enables manufacturers of baked goods and snacks to include concentrated fruit pieces with authentic provenance in their products.
Successful show for More Than Meat
Recently held in London, Food Matters Live 2015 proved to be a turning point in the growth of food brand More Than Meat, the company says.
ROUND-UP: Shelf Life
Here is your weekly round-up of Packaging news. Next week’s round-up will focus on ingredient news. To submit an item for inclusion, please contact Carly Wood at [email protected]
Give us a wave
Burts Chips has launched Lentil Waves, marking the brand’s first entry into the alternative snacks sector.
Chilli popcorns
Empire Bespoke Foods is collaborating with Tabasco Pepper Sauce to launch a duo of Tabasco popcorns – Sweet Chilli Cheese and Sweet Chilli BBQ.
Surge in GMO free labelling
Ongoing demand for clean labelling and greater transparency has led to increased interest in GMO free or non GMO products, finds Innova Market Insights.
Healthy freeze dried snacks
Amongst the new products arriving to the snacking sector in the wake excessive sugar consumption warnings is Nothing But’s freeze dried fruit and vegetable snack packs.
ROUND-UP: Shelf Life – Lunch! 2015 special
The 2015 Lunch! show took place at the Business Design Centre in Islington, London on 24-25 September.
Shaking up the UK snack bar market
One of the fastest growing US snack bars KIND Snacks attended the Lunch! show ahead of its UK launch this October.
Scrutinising sugar
At last month’s Food and Drink Federation (FDF) Awards, Ian Wright, director general at FDF, warned attendees, “There is a debate about to ensue, perhaps already started, on the place of individual parts of the industry… It is a reasonable debate, it is an important debate, and it could be an absolutely crucial debate in terms of our commercial future.”
Seaweed: the next big thing
Seaweed is a rare example of an opportunity to get in at day one of a new growth market for snacks, predicts New Nutrition Business, with sales of seaweed snacks in the US already overtaking those of kale.
Ingredion launches new online tool
Ingredion launches its new online reference tool, The Pulsepedia, to help the food industry understand how pulse based proteins and flours can meet the continuing consumer demand for nutricious, protein rich ingredients.