03-Dec-2010 - In response to the popularity of savoury slices, Welsh pie and pasty maker Peter’s Foods has launched an ‘All day Breakfast’ slice – claiming a category first for the savoury pastry market.
02-Dec-2010 - Loseley Dairy Ice Cream has launched a new range of booze-infused 500ml ice cream tubs for the festive season.
01-Dec-2010 - Market research firm Harris Interactive has struck a deal with the Food and Drink Federation (FDF) to conduct quarterly research into consumer attitudes on topics including nutrition, food labelling and sustainability.
30-Nov-2010 - Trying to reduce saturated fat is all well and good, but replacing it with refined carbohydrates could create more problems than it solves, according to one expert in the field of diet and glycaemic response.
29-Nov-2010 - Warburtons has pumped more than £2.5m into building a dedicated facility in Newburn to support the launch of a new eight-strong range of gluten-free products.
24-Nov-2010 - Why is Tesco the only major retailer to use carbon footprint labels? Should nanomaterials be listed on food labels? Do shoppers really care about country of origin labelling? What does 'clean labelling' really mean, and how consistent are retailers' policies on it?
19-Nov-2010 - With the Food Standards Agency (FSA) now focusing on food safety, and nutrition falling under the Department of Health’s (DoH’s) umbrella, where does this leave the FSA’s controversial salt, saturated fat and sugar reduction campaign?
15-Nov-2010 - What do consumers really want (as opposed to what they say they want)?
08-Nov-2010 - "Would you eat this?" asks Stiletto Foods md Jeremy Woods, thrusting forth a nondescript looking bar with the words ‘diabetic chocolate’ emblazoned over the front.
04-Nov-2010 - Oxford Nutrascience has gained listings for its Chewyz fortified chews in the UK’s Nutri Centre stores.
04-Nov-2010 - The pizza market continues to be dominated by the foodservice sector in most countries, according to research from Innova Database.
04-Nov-2010 - One of Europe’s leading manufacturers of premium frozen cakes and desserts for the foodservice industry, Erlenbacher, is launching a range of UK products this month.
04-Nov-2010 - Sales of organic food and drink through supermarkets reached £82M in September – an increase of 15.5% on the previous four weeks, according to data from Kantar Worldpanel.
04-Nov-2010 - Higgidy has launched a new pie for the festive season.
04-Nov-2010 - In response to consumer demand for a dairy- and sugar-free bar, Stoats is extending its range of porridge bars with the new Uber Bar.
04-Nov-2010 - Drinks brand Tails is launching bar-quality cocktails in shakers that can be served at home.
04-Nov-2010 - Keylink is launching a new range of frozen fruit purées for the foodservice sector that contain no added flavours, colours or preservatives.
02-Nov-2010 - What are food labels for? If the answer to this question used to be fairly clear cut, it is anything but today, as food packaging has become a battleground where politicians, lobby groups, legislators, nutritionists, environmentalists and brand managers compete for space.
01-Nov-2010 - When working on a product brief it is no longer enough to put one’s personal ideas down on a sheet of blank paper. A more in-depth, rounded approach is required.
01-Nov-2010 - In a bid to offer a ‘pop up’ solution for the foodservice industry, Brakes has launched a range of instant portioned pasta meals for school, college, university and workplace canteens, hospitals and independents.
01-Nov-2010 - An artificial tongue has been invented by professor Toko of Kyushu University, Japan. He aims to identify all tastes automatically using a special polymer membrane, electronics and some fancy maths. He warns no secret food or drink recipe will be safe. I must admit to some scepticism.
25-Oct-2010 - Muffins found in high street coffee chains frequently contain more salt than a packet of crisps, according to lobby group CASH (Consensus Action on Salt & Health), which has blasted the food industry for the seventh time this year, this time for adding “shocking amounts of salt” to cakes and cookies.
25-Oct-2010 - Unilever is aiming to complete ‘want summits’ in which staff identify a wish-list of technologies and desires across all of its key categories by the end of the year as it ramps up its open innovation activities.
25-Oct-2010 - Is open innovation just a fancy term to describe what manufacturers have been doing for years, or is it genuinely changing how (and how fast) new products get to market?
22-Oct-2010 - Mars, a private company once famed for its secrecy, is cranking up efforts to engage with external collaborators via the launch of a new open innovation website, in which it will invite potential partners to help it solve its research and development challenges.