In the webinar, Zegler broke down the trends to watch for in 2024 into four distinct categories, including Trust the Process; Climate Changes, Comfort Endures; Age Reframed; and Eating, Optimized. In each category, CPG companies have responded to the challenge with new product innovations to meet the growing trend. While price and value are top of
“[Deals] are still moving, but they’re moving at a pace that we saw during the pandemic. It’s just very, very slow, so that’s further impacting companies in their cash flow cycle. I think this is, unfortunately, a new norm, and it’s likely going to continue through the year’s end and into next year. So, companies
The kids formula market is dominated by bovine formula, with more than 90% of industry thought to rely on cow’s milk as its primary ingredient. The remaining 10% is made up formula based on soy and rice.This is reflected in the size of the global cow milk infant formula, valued at $21.5bn in 2021 and
They are calling for the consultation to be withdrawn, alleging multiple breaches of the UK Cabinet Office consultation principles and serious misrepresentation of the facts, which the signatories claim call into question the integrity of the agency.The FSA consultation, which was launched on November 8 2023, aims to elicit the views of consumers, UK and
A new project explores the addition of food-grade antimicrobials to the wax and fungicidal coatings applied to stone fruit to reduce contamination risks and extend shelf life. While stone fruit, fleshy fruit with a hard pit, is generally considered safe, multi-state outbreaks and recalls prompted Dr. Qixin Zhong of the University of Tennessee to investigate
By News Desk on December 29, 2023 The Food and Drug Administration continues using import alerts to enforce U.S. food safety regulations for food from foreign countries. The agency updates and modifies the alerts as needed. Recent modifications to FDA’s import alerts, as posted by the agency, are listed below. Click here to go to the
Federal, state, and local officials investigated dozens of foodborne outbreaks during 2023, with some ongoing as the year ended. One common denominator among the outbreaks is that far more people are likely to have gotten sick than were confirmed ill in each outbreak. Based on its research, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports
An outbreak of E. coli has sickened at least 30 people in the United Kingdom. The Food Standards Agency (FSA), Food Standards Scotland (FSS), and UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) warned people that a type of raw milk cheese may be contaminated with Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC). Four of Mrs. Kirkham’s Lancashire Cheese products
Kratom, the tropical tree native to Southeast Asia, isn’t lawfully marketed in the U.S.— not as a drug product, a dietary supplement, or a food additive in conventional food. However, products prepared from kratom leaves are available in the U.S. through sales on the Internet and at brick-and-mortar stores. Kratom is often used to self-treat
The summit, which takes place between 30 November and 12 December, gathers together heads of state and significant figures to tackle the challenge of the climate crisis.Last year’s summit saw the inclusion of a pavilion dedicated to food for the first time. This year will see the summit pushing for an even greater focus on