Jellyfish are nutrient-rich, boast a similar taste and texture profile to oysters, and if approved as a novel food, could help ease the burden of over-exploited fisheries, according to EU-backed research.
Satisfied Snacks sits at the valuable intersection of technology-driven innovation and mega-trends around health and flavour. We speak to founder Dr. Heather Daniell about how she is meeting demand for healthy, convenient and tasty snacks.
Nestlé accelerated its organic sales growth in the second-quarter of this year. Delivering the result, CEO Mark Schneider updates the market on two ‘big’ opportunities for the group moving forward: Starbucks and plant-based.
From vegetarian children's ready meals to eco-friendly dairy, palm oil-free bakery and botanical brews, FoodNavigator brings you a weekly round-up of hot products to hit the shelves in Europe.
Carbon neutrality is an imperative global goal to halt global warming. But it can also have a significant benefit on a company’s performance, writes Mark Chadwick, CEO of international climate change and sustainability consultancy EcoAct.
Anglo-Dutch consumer goods giant Unilever is focused on developing connections with consumers through its digital strategy which is focused on four key planks: relevance, quality, segmentation and targeting.
A consortium of ten partners – including 3F Bio, Mosa Meat and Vivera - has launched a project to build a ‘first of its kind’ large-scale integrated biorefinery. “Our focus is on sustainability and for us that means sustainable both environmentally and...
Shifting consumer preferences towards vegan products in Europe are expected to drive growth of the hydrolyzed plant protein sector, predicts a global market study, which adds the negative impacts of MSG will curb the sector’s advances.
Royal Blue and Orange International Trading (RBO) is an innovative food and logistics platform that aims to improve the speed, efficiency and cost of shipping food ingredients from-farm-to-fork. We spoke to founder and CEO Sukai Ceesay about her vision...
Packing a powerful nutritional punch, brown rice sprouts are unique ingredient poised to become the ‘next superfood’, plant-based producer MozzaRisella believes.
Shifting consumer demand is shaping innovation in food flavours and colours. FoodNavigator speaks to experts in the field to bring you a rundown of the top six trends delivering disruptive innovation.
As the snacking trend grows in France, market research firm Mintel looks at which claims – including gluten-free, high fibre, and high protein – are attracting shoppers in ‘the Hexagon’.
Nestlé has unveiled a new chocolate recipe that replaces refined sugar with cocoa pulp as it begins to explore the possibilities of side-stream utilisation to reduce food waste.
FoodNavigator's trend tracker brings you a weekly round-up of some of the most exciting products hitting the shelves in Europe. This week, we hear about CBD ' tongue shots', Asian snacks and potato smoothies.
Cerealto Siro Foods and IBM speak to us about the development of I+Radar, an artificial intelligence tool that helps spot emerging consumer trends to inform innovation.
Researchers from the University of Cambridge have developed a vegetable-picking robot that uses machine learning to harvest iceberg lettuce. They believe the technology can be applied to other crops in order to tackle agricultural labour shortages and...
AI technology holds the key for big food companies looking to repel the threat of smaller more nimble challenger brands, according to the chief executive of big data and analytics specialist IRI.
NEMIS Technologies is working on an innovative, ultra-sensitive chemiluminescence-based technology to detect Salmonella and Listeria monocytogenes. It is “as easy as pushing a button”, chief science officer Dr. Mario Hupfeld tells us.
Demand for egg-free packaged foods is growing. But poor quality-perception and formulation challenges make the increasingly competitive sector a tough one to crack.
US-based Ocean Hugger Foods says it will launch plant-based alternatives to raw tuna and freshwater eel in the UK this year to meet growing demand for vegan seafood.
The collaboration will see agri-food giant Avril Group and Royal DSM produce a complete rapeseed protein with “excellent emulsification” and “outstanding foaming” properties.
Finnish nutrition start-up Ambronite is launching a new range of meal replacement products. When compared to other ‘smart food’ options on the market, Ambronite believes it delivers something different: complete, sustainable nutrition with a clean label.
Ingredients distributor Univar Solutions has entered into an agreement to sell Seaweed & Co. ingredients in Europe. The ‘exciting new portfolio’ of ‘innovative seaweed ingredients’ will help meet consumer demands around health, taste and sustainability,...
The ingredients manufacturer has launched a stabiliser made from fermented bio-based raw materials that caters to the surging plant-based trend, DuPont tells FoodNavigator.
A Belgian start-up is analysing pollen samples to monitor bees’ environments, a Quebecois innovation is tapping AI tech to ‘give bees a voice’, and dairy farmers in the UK and Sweden are creating insect-friendly ecosystems to promote biodiversity.
Flavours and fragrances giant Givaudan has developed ‘breakthrough’ new solutions to mask off-notes in plant-based protein formulations and extended its ‘SmartTools’ programme to make product development faster and cheaper.
This week's innovation highlights include the launch of a new subscription snacking service from UK healthy snacks brand Ginni, which hopes to tap into the growth currently being seen in direct-to-consumer models. Elsewhere, Hunter & Gather hit...
FoodNavigator, in partnership with investment data and analysis provider Tracxn, brings you a quarterly round-up of the latest wheelings and dealings in the EMEA food tech start-up space.
Fed up with the limited range of “really bland” and highly processed meat analogues available for vegans and vegetarians, a German start-up has developed plant-based chicken alternatives using a new protein source: the laetiporus mushroom.
Mars Edge is to acquire a majority stake in startup foodspring in a deal that prioritises personalised nutrition and represents the first investment for the foodmaker’s health foods division.
In this week's round-up of new product launches across Europe, FoodNavigator features a 'category changing' plant-based gelato brand and a new air-dried fruit crisp made using watermelon.
UK start-up Better Nature is developing nutrient-rich tempeh products for western audiences while raising funds to eradicate protein malnutrition in Indonesia.
Demand for meat analogues is booming as ever more sophisticated plant-protein products are developed. Future growth of the sector will benefit from diversified protein sources, ingredients specialist Roquette predicts.
Solveiga Pakštaitė, creator of the Mimica Touch, tells FoodNavigator how her award-winning innovation that could eliminate the problem of best before dates and food waste was inspired by working with people experiencing the challenge of visual impairment.
