Vegan ingredients, fruits and traditional cakes are just a few of the products benefiting from the coronavirus pandemic, which has prompted increased consumer focus on health, indulgence, provenance and functional ingredients.
Jobs at desserts maker Indulgence Patisserie have been saved after certain assets of the company were bought out of administration by specialist turnaround investment firm Volvere.
Ingredients provenance is playing an increasingly significant role in consumers’ sweets and snacks purchasing decisions, according to the latest trends’ analysis from Innova.
Food and drink manufacturers should look to promote ‘power ingredients’ to capitalise on the growing health agenda, a bakery and chocolate ingredients firm has claimed.
Consumption of meat, dairy and cereal products will have to change if saturated fat intakes are to fall below 10% of dietary energy intake, the UK’s leading nutritionists have warned.
Irish protein snack bar company Fulfil Nutrition plans to ramp up its “aggressive” expansion in the UK and Europe after securing minority investment from US confectionery giant The Hershey Co.
Six fire crews have battled to put out a blaze that broke out in a food compactor unit at the Jordans Dorset Ryvita factory in Poole this morning (14 August).
