Researchers urge retailers to replace kids’ ‘eye level’ junk food
Policies aimed at encouraging families and children to eat healthier could be aided by retailers that place healthier food options at the eye level of children, say researchers.
Archives for October 27, 2014
Dispatches: AACCI annual meeting 2014
Kellogg NPD scientist: Protein has plenty of challenges
Cereal and plant proteins hold huge potential for breakfast cereal and snack bar fortification but taste and texture remain challenging, say Kellogg’s lead product development scientist.
Exo cricket bar founder: ‘It’s been a constant game of not running out of product’
Food technology startup Exo has closed a $1.2 million seed funding round, which will help the cricket-fueled protein bar maker expand its product line and dramatically boost production to keep up with the “surprising” level of demand, its co-CEO says.
Gulfood Manufacturing 2014
tna keeps up to speed with Middle East packaged food demand
tna says it has seen an increased emphasis on automation and system integration in the Middle East over recent years.
60-second interview, Megan DeStefano, DuPont Nutrition & Health
DuPont: Snacking accounts for up to a quarter of American kids’ daily calories, so we need to make them count
The percentage of energy derived from snacks in the American diet has increased from 12% in the late 1970s to 24% in 2009/10, according to analysis of National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (NHANES) data.
General Mills develops ancient grains Cheerios
General Mills will launch ancient grains Cheerios to take the fast-growing trend into mainstream cereal, its marketing manager for cereal innovation says.
Swapping out the sat fat backed for cholesterol benefits, finds ‘weight gain’ study
While replacing saturated fats with polyunsaturated fats may have no influence on overall weight, it may improve cholesterol and other markers of heart health, say researchers.
100% film made from post-consumer waste
Herbold Meckesheim, in cooperation with Erema plastics recycling systems, has designed a washing plant for Poligroup which makes polyethylene films and packaging in Bulgaria.