News & Analysis on the Bakery and Snacks Industries
The artificial butter flavouring 2,3-pentanedione, used to provide butter taste and aroma in microwave popcorn is an ‘inhalation hazard’ that may cause severe lung disease in food industry workers, warns new research.
UK confectionery and snack maker Zetar has announced a licensing agreement with Unilever to make Marmite branded nuts.
Adept has launched a clamshell packer as the first product from its packaging solutions group and said its division would continue to look at sectors where robotic solutions could improve on manual processes.
Age is the single most important factor determining when and where Americans eat, according to a new report from market research organization Packaged Facts, which suggests ways that food companies can respond to shifting demographics and eating habits.
Researchers claim to have found a stevia muffin formulation that has all the qualities of a sugar muffin and gives four times the amount of fibre content.
Healthy food should be made cheaper and a ‘fat tax’ should not be treated simplistically in Israel, the head of the public health lobby in Israel’s parliament has told FoodNavigator.
Bakery and snack manufacturers can expect a higher wheat price in the coming months as the US drought has hit the maize market putting pressure on wheat supplies amid export concerns in Russia, says an analyst.
Emerging flexible packaging markets are showing rapid growth and now represent 20% of world demand, according to PCI Films Consulting.