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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. Arla Foods Ingredients has launched Nutrilac Ageless, a new whey protein plus calcium ingredient that will enable dairy companies to create yogurts and desserts for active […]
Soft drinks resilient in the face of attack
The recently published Britvic Soft Drinks Review reveals that soft drinks increased in value sales by +0.4 per cent to £7.6 billion in 2014 in the UK. Paul Graham, Britvic GB managing director GB, says, “2014 was the year when the grocery and convenience channel ‘held steady’ and showed its true resilience in the face […]
Stevia missing a trick in confectionery
With ongoing concerns about health and the reduction of sugar in the diet, the sugar-free confectionery market should be booming. This is particularly in the face of ongoing technical developments that have improved sensory properties and the appearance of new sweeteners and other ingredients with a more natural image. Yet sugar-free lines accounted for less […]
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. Bio-Synergy Biltong is a new marinated lean beef snack, which has been designed as a natural, tasty and nutritionally superior alternative to protein bars. Rachel’s […]
2015 beverage outlook optimistic
According to Canadean’s latest Quarterly Beverage Tracker, the final quarter of 2014 brought some welcome news to the west European beverage industry, with full-year consumption only declining by a marginal 0.3% due to mild winter weather. Beer saw the first uplift for some years with an increase of nearly 1%, while the rate of decline for soft drinks […]
New Fruit Shoot flavour
Britvic Soft Drinks is adding a new limited edition flavour to its Robinsons Fruit Shoot no added sugar range. The new Peach & Mango variant has been launched to widen the range of products to choose from, ensuring there is something for every child and every occasion. According to the company, parents can feel good […]
Own label healthy foods at five-year high
Supermarkets across Britain have reached new levels in stocking their shelves to appeal to a healthier appetite, with new research from Mintel revealing that the share of own label food products launched carrying a better for you claim reached a five-year high in 2014. 6.6% of own-label products launched in 2014 carried a low, no, […]
Sugar reduction
Food & Drink Technology spoke to Mary Mitchell, application scientist at PureCircle, to find out more about the challenges faced by the dairy industry today when reducing sugar in yogurt.
Business news, Food safety, Ingredients, New products, Packaging
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. Future Market Insights’ (FMI’s) recent report Global Stevia Market – Market Analysis and Opportunity Assessment, 2014 – 2020 focuses on emerging regions and delivers insights into the […]
Low calorie sugar
Tate & Lyle has launched Dolcia Prima low calorie sugar, its newest ingredient aiming to transform the way the food and beverage industry develops low or reduced calorie products. Dolcia Prima, which is the company’s brand name for allulose, a low calorie sugar that exists in nature, promises the satisfying mouthfeel and sweetness of table […]
Positive outlook predicted for chilled foods
Research and Markets has added the Chilled Foods Market Update 2015 report to its offering. This market update examines the UK market for chilled foods. In 2014, the market continued to exhibit year on year growth, with total market value increasing by 3.6% from 2013. This growth was spread across the majority of market sectors, […]
Business news, Food safety, Ingredients, New products, Regulatory
Britvic overhaul
I was recently invited to a Britvic Soft Drinks press event, which introduced us to several innovations from the drinks company including new packaging and products across its brands in the UK. Identifying key trends in consumer behaviour, commercial director at Britvic Soft Drinks, Nigel Paine, explained that the dynamics of adult socialising are changing, […]
Iced tea market can benefit from health claims
Despite rising levels of interest in recent years, ready to drink (RTD) or iced teas still accounted for a relatively modest 7.5% share of global soft drinks launches recorded by Innova Market Insights in 2014. Developments included the launch of more sophisticated products in relatively established markets, such as the US, and the move to […]
New brand strategy for Coca-Cola portfolio
Coca-Cola Great Britain (CCGB) has announced that it will be unifying the Coca-Cola portfolio of products – including Coca-Cola, Diet Coke, Coca-Cola Zero and Coca-Cola Life – under a new one-brand strategy to promote the full choice of Coca-Cola variants. Over the years, as consumer taste, preference and lifestyles have changed, Coca-Cola has launched and […]