snacks
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.
Meat treats
Capturing convenience in meat products, by Steve Mott, technical director – proteins, ADM.
Munching in Munich
I am writing from Munich, Germany, where I am attending the iba show, the trade fair for bakery, snacks and confectionery.
Changing face of children’s foods
Global report reveals new opportunities available as a result of the reductions in sugar, salt and fat levels in the market.
ROUND-UP: Ingredients
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.
ROUND-UP: Shelf Life
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.