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What’s the food and beverage strategy for Novonesis going forward? Image credit: Novonesis

Novonesis F&B chief on post-merger strategy: ‘We’re now reaching 2bn consumers a day’

How will the merger between Chr Hansen and Novozymes impact their now joint food and beverage division?

The price of butter keeps creeping up, why?

The price of butter has risen steadily in recent years, with a 18.5% year-on-year increase recorded in the EU wholesale market between 2023 and 2024. But why is this happening? And is it a permanent trend?

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How dairy’s nutrient-dense profile can reinforce ‘food as medicine’ and promote holistic health

As the relationship between food and health continues to be explored, studies reveal how the nutrient-dense profile of dairy can support key areas of health.

Antibiotics cannot be completely removed from cow rearing, but they must be moderated to prevent creating antimicrobial resistance in consumers. Image Source: Getty Images/kamisoka

Antibiotic use in dairy: Could traces in milk put consumers at risk?

When antibiotics are used for livestock, it can put consumers at risk of developing antimicrobial resistance, for example in dairy when traces can get into milk. Regulations, therefore, are vital.

Mondelēz International under investigation: What is parallel trade?

In 2021, the European Union opened up a formal investigation into Mondelēz International for allegedly restricting parallel trade. What is parallel trade? And how can it harm competition?

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Food x Warming World: 9 key themes to watch at the intersection of food and climate

Sustainable and alternative practices are emerging in the food and beverage industry to reduce the impact of climate change.

Climate change can significantly affect farmer working practices. Image supplied by author.

Cocoa feels the bite of climate change

Climate change will affect many industries, but few more than cocoa. While farmers on the ground struggle with fluctuating climatic conditions changing working practices, large companies grapple with environmental regulation.

According to the report, sugar – in the form of sucrose or honey – was identified in products aimed at children from one to three years of age. GettyImages/Arisara_Tongdonnoi

Nestlé accused of adding sugar to baby food in lower income countries

Sugar is added to some of Nestlé’s baby food products sold in poorer countries, but not in its main European markets, claims a new report.

Should vanilla production be stopped?

Vanilla is one of the most common flavours for sweet treats around the world. But is the farming of this much-loved spice sustainable? And, if not, should we be consuming it at all?

Organic alternative to chemical pesticides discovered

Scientists believe they’ve found an organic solution to chemical pesticides

If neither supplier, manufacturer nor retailer is willing to foot the bill for cocoa...who pays? GettyImages/stockcam

Chocolate prices expected to climb as industry relays cocoa burden

Cocoa supplier Barry Callebaut is passing on soaring costs to its customers, and predicts manufacturers will do the same.

Leticia Yankey is the founder of the first ladies-only cocoa cooperative in Ghana. Pic: Oxfam

Oxfam slams large chocolate companies at World Cocoa Conference

Against a backdrop of cocoa topping $11,000 per metric ton on the futures market for the first time last week, Oxfam says its experts will be highlighting the discrepancies in farmgate price at this week’s World Cocoa Conference (WCC) in Brussels (21-24...

Evergreen launches Waffles 'N' Bites, continues expanding into breakfast category

The debut of breakfast brand Evergreen’s Waffles 'N' Bites at Natural Products Expo West last month taps into a growing consumer demand for handheld and “snackable quick breakfast formats,” and frozen quick options, which Innova Market Insights...