Two emerging trends related to meat are progressively capturing more consumer attention: sustainability and humane practices related to raising animals, and the reemergence of high-culinary, artisan butchery. ...More
DuPont will invest more than $3 million over the next three years to help smallholder farmers in Ethiopia to achieve food security, and the company also will sponsor an innovative Global Food Security Index being developed by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) to measure ...More
The majority of Americans have some awareness of plant biotechnology and almost 40 percent are favorable toward the use of biotechnology in food production. ...More
James C. Borel, executive vice president of DuPont, encouraged the creation of sustainable solutions to world hunger in an address to industry leaders and students. ...More
Barry Callebaut® announced launched its “Growing Great Chocolate" campaign, which shifts the entire production of the “Finest Belgian Chocolate" to sustainable cocoa beginning May 1, 2012. ...More
U.S. sales of organic products grew 9.5% in 2011, reaching $31.6 billion, according to the Organic Trade Association’s (OTA) new 2012 Organic Industry Survey. The organic food and beverage sector was valued at $29.22 billion, while the organic non-food sector reached $2.2 ...More
Global consumption of chocolate is rising 2% to 3% each year, and increasing chocolate consumption in developing Asian economies paired with instability in cacao growing areas is making chocolate manufacturers anxious about meeting demand, according to new research ...More
In a whitepaper released today, PureCircle published that its high-purity stevia sweeteners have a carbon footprint that is as much as 82% lower and a water footprint that is as much as 97% lower than other publicly available sweetener benchmarks. ...More
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