News & Analysis on the Bakery and Snacks Industries
ASR Group-owned Tate & Lyle Sugars is considering legal action against The Guardian newspaper over a story published this week accusing the sugar giant of working with a Cambodian supplier that employed child labour among other human right abuses.
Younger Mexican consumers have adopted healthier eating trends as US influence, obesity concerns and marketing efforts take hold, prompting a sharp rise in breakfast cereal consumption, according to Canadean.
Indian consumers have universally steered towards healthier breakfast options over the last decade and oat cereals have far outpaced other choices, Nielsen research shows.
Developing a new method to improve production homogeneity of polylactic acid (PLA) and exclude the use of metallic catalysts is the aim of an EU project.
Cambridge Engineered Solutions has bolstered its Cam-Grid line of metal belts for spiral cage systems with a tight-radius belt.
Lawyers defending food industry clients in consumer class actions over whether GMOs belong in 'natural' products say courts should follow a California judge's lead and let the FDA determine this matter once and for all, so such cases stop "needlessly...
Best Packaging Systems has released the DS20 semi-automatic stretch taper, a machine that secures product pallets with minimal material.
A microorganism that produces and stores poly-beta-hydroxybutyrate (PHB), a biodegradable compound, has been discovered by scientists.
Kellogg says it takes palm oil sourcing extremely seriously and is defending its joint venture with Wilmar International after accusations that the Asian agri giant is involved in illegal palm oil activities.
Snacking frequency is not related to BMI, according to a new study published in Public Health Nutrition.