Nestle, Unilever &Tesco among 40% of leading food firms with focus on plant-based products
Four-year investor engagement with 25 giant food retailers and manufacturers, led by the FAIRR investor network, has found that two in five global food giants with combined annual revenues of US$ 459 billion (approximately...
GEA supplies steam-sterilizable centrifuge for probiotics production
GEA claims to have supplied its largest steam-sterilizable centrifuge to Jiangsu Wecare Biotechnology in Luohe, Henan Province, in central China. In January 2020, GEA completed the installation of the pharma separator of type CSI...
Indian basmati rice – GI tag and eliminating pesticides
On 11 September 2020, India has applied for an exclusive Geographical Indications (GI) tag to basmati rice at the European Union's official registry, the Council on Quality Schemes for Agricultural Products and Food Stuffs,...
FSSAI ensures uninterrupted food business operations during the COVID-19
The outbreak of COVID-19 has not only posed a threat to lives but also affected the world’s economy – supply chains, businesses, and jobs. In response to this pandemic, the Food Safety & Standards...
A surge in demand for clean-label foods in India
Shivam Hingorani
The health-food sector in the past few years has witnessed a pronounced inclination to clean-label foods. Clean label foods have easy to recognize ingredients that are natural, non-GMO, are unprocessed and contain no...
Tea chemicals boost immunity against coronavirus
Tea chemicals could be useful in boosting immunity as they can block coronavirus activity better than anti-HIV drugs, said Sanjay Kumar, director, Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology (IHBT), based in Palampur, Himachal Pradesh. Kumar...
Healthy snacks to boost immunity
During the lockdown, staying home and eating healthy are two main mantras. While spending more time at home, we make more trips to the kitchen, searching for tasty treats. To ward off infection, one...
Bühler and Givaudan aim to address nutrition challenges
Switzerland-based food technology company Bühler and flavor and fragrance company Givaudan have partnered to set up a plant-based food innovation center in Singapore. Nabila Azmatulla, consumer insights analyst at GlobalData, offers her view, “The innovation...
Propak India and Fi India & Hi 2019
The 2nd edition of Propak India and the 14th edition of the Food Ingredients India and Health Ingredients (Fi India & Hi) organized by Informa Markets (formerly UBM India) took place from 22 to...
Nestle launches nesQino in China first
Nestlé has recently launched nesQino – a smart and simple solution that enables people to personalize healthy superfood drinks made from 100% natural ingredients, at home or in the office. First launched in China,...