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Metabolic Maintenance targets brain function with nootropics range

Metabolic Maintenance targets brain function with nootropics range

29 Jan 2025

US supplements player Metabolic Maintenance is entering the fast-growing nootropics category with the launch of its latest supplement, metaMIND, a patented cognitive performance complex available in gummy and capsule formats.

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The five frozen food trends expected to reshape the US market in 2025

The five frozen food trends expected to reshape the US market in 2025

27 Jan 2025

The future of frozen food is being shaped by the preferences of younger generations who, compared to their older counterparts, are more likely to embrace bold flavours, global cuisines, and adventurous options.

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Low-hanging fruit for the blended meat industry? Jackfruit’s potential as a high-fibre, clean-label ‘hybrid’ ingredient

Low-hanging fruit for the blended meat industry? Jackfruit’s potential as a high-fibre, clean-label ‘hybrid’ ingredient

23 Jan 2025

As consumer demand for more sustainable, clean-label meat alternatives and hybrid meat ingredients grows, Fiber Foods is positioning jackfruit as a key solution to solve taste, nutritional, and processing issues faced by other blended meat products.

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SPINS forecasts 2025 US nutraceutical growth driven by younger consumers

SPINS forecasts 2025 US nutraceutical growth driven by younger consumers

22 Jan 2025

The latest SPINS 2025 CPG Outlook: Industry Update & Trends Predictions report highlights younger consumers’ increasing influence on the nutraceutical and functional food markets in the US.

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Ben & Jerry’s accuses Unilever of breaching merger agreement

Ben & Jerry’s accuses Unilever of breaching merger agreement

21 Jan 2025

There is a chill wind blowing through the ice-cream aisles after Ben & Jerry’s sued its parent company Unilever, which also owns Wall’s and Magnum.

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Major Belgian retailers promise standardised, reusable packaging at scale

Major Belgian retailers promise standardised, reusable packaging at scale

16 Jan 2025

Albert Heijn, Aldi, Carrefour, Colruyt, Delhaize, and Lidl have launched a new reusable packaging coalition that aims to accelerate the use of reusable packaging, starting with mushrooms.

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Kraft Heinz, Mondelēz, Coca-Cola, and Nestlé accused of marketing ‘addictive’ UPFs at children

Kraft Heinz, Mondelēz, Coca-Cola, and Nestlé accused of marketing ‘addictive’ UPFs at children

15 Jan 2025

Major food manufacturers have been hit with a first-of-its-kind lawsuit alleging that they specifically engineer their ultra-processed foods (UPFs) to be addictive, and that they market the products towards children.

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Siniora Foods plans multi-million-dollar food manufacturing plant in Saudi Arabia

Siniora Foods plans multi-million-dollar food manufacturing plant in Saudi Arabia

14 Jan 2025

Food processing company Siniora Foods builds upon its expansion efforts with a new food manufacturing facility in the burgeoning Saudi Arabian market.

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HyFun Foods team up with Woolworths to expand frozen foods

HyFun Foods team up with Woolworths to expand frozen foods

13 Jan 2025

Ready-to-eat frozen food provider HyFun Foods partners with multinational retail giant Woolworths to move the premiumisation of frozen foods further into mainstream food aisles.

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California companies required to disclose heavy metal content in baby food

California companies required to disclose heavy metal content in baby food

10 Jan 2025

As of January 2025, baby food manufacturers selling in California must disclose test results for four heavy metals – arsenic, lead, cadmium, and mercury – via an on-pack QR code.

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Is meat consumption a barrier to China’s GHG emission-lowering potential?

Is meat consumption a barrier to China’s GHG emission-lowering potential?

8 Jan 2025

New research by the global industry community Food and Land Use Coalition (FOLU) finds that adopting healthy diets could halve the amount of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in China from the country’s agricultural sector by 2050.

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Sperri builds investment momentum with US expansion plans

Sperri builds investment momentum with US expansion plans

7 Jan 2025

Hailed as Canada’s first organic and allergen-free plant-based meal replacement drink, food-as-medicine brand Sperri progresses its efforts to enter the US market.

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