Menace to society: Age-old herbal remedies don't guarantee safety
Popular herbal medicines that have been used for many years should not be considered safe as researchers highlight gaps in toxicity and carcinogenicity testing.
Archives for May 5, 2016
How should mainstream retailers merchandise 'natural' foods?
How best to merchandise 'natural' foods? For some mainstream food retailers, a store within a store is the best option, says David Winter, director of sales operations and sales strategy at SPINS. For others, it makes more sense to integrate them but...
Where East meets West: Highlights from FI Istanbul
FoodNavigator is at Food Ingredients Istanbul, scouting out the latest ingredient trends and developments in the region. Here are some that caught our eye.
The retail buyer’s guide to new products at the Healthy & Natural Show: Supplements
Walking the floor at the Healthy & Natural Show and looking for the new and innovative? We round-up the new products in the supplement aisles.
The retail buyer’s guide to new products at the Healthy & Natural Show: Food
Visiting the Healthy & Natural Show and looking for the new and innovative foods and beverages? We round-up the products to check out in the food and beverage aisles.
Heler launches Eatlean protein cheese in UK
Independent UK cheesemaker Joseph Heler has this week launched a new high-protein cheese.
Frutarom launches NutraT antioxidants line for instant drinks
Israeli company Frutarom Health BU has introduced NutraT, an all-natural antioxidants line that will be launched at Vitafoods Europe, Geneva.
Amaranth extract goes head to head with beet as nitrate source
Indian firm Arjuna Natural is launching its Oxystorm branded amaranth extract to the European sports nutrition market at Vitafoods, on the back of peer-reviewed clinical research and growing demand for nitrate for athletes.
Canadian marketing guru's research drills down to the very words that motivate consumers
Words are powerful, and finding out what words consumers use to describe natural and organic products is one of the insights provided by Canadian marketing guru Ryan Benn on Thursday.
Pea protein isolate to debut at Vitafoods
A new pea protein isolate will be on show at Vitafoods Europe next week.
Lallemand takes over surface and ripening cultures business of DSM Food Specialties
Canadian company Lallemand, which develops and produces specialty cultures for food applications, has strengthened its position in dairy cultures with the acquisition of the surface and ripening cultures business from DSM Food Specialties.
Hands-on, point-by-point approach helps marketing maven identify trends
Marketing maven Blake Mitchell uses a hands-on—or perhaps better put, ‘palate-on’—approach to finding out what will be the next hot food trends.