If you had any doubt about America’s love for ice cream, think again. U.S. retail and foodservice sales of ice cream and frozen desserts topped 25.1 billion in 2011, up 2.4% over the previous year, according to a new report from Packaged Facts. Sales are expected to reach ...More
Unilever’s Open Innovation launched a new online platform to has extended its collaborative approach with partners and to help it deliver a range of important innovation projects that support the company's sustainable growth strategy. ...More
The Consumer Goods Forum on Sept. 6 released its Global Protocol on Packaging Sustainability (GPPS) to help companies reduce the environmental impact of their packaging by providing a common language to address business questions about packaging sustainability within a ...More
Seventeen of the nation’s largest food and beverage companies unveiled an agreement that outlines uniform nutrition criteria for foods advertised to children that will further strengthen voluntary efforts to change child-directed food advertising.. ...More
Savory aromas may help to boost salt reduction strategies by masking the tastes of sodium replacers such as potassium chloride, according to a new study published in the Journal of Food Science. ...More
Seven more companies have committed to join the National Salt Reduction Initiative (NSRI) and pledged to reduce salt in packaged and restaurant foods by 25 percent by 2014. ...More
Unilever United States Inc. announced a recall of Skippy® Reduced Fat Creamy Peanut Butter Spread and Skippy® Reduced Fat Super Chunk Peanut Butter Spread because the products may be contaminated with Salmonella, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced March ...More
The rise in obesity, introduction of new products, and increased customer focus on enhancing quality of life are key variables driving the global market for weight control products to an estimated $47 billion by 2015, according to a new report from Global Industry Analysts ...More
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is seeking public comments beginning Dec. 8, 2010, on its proposal to amend its labeling regulation authorizing a health claim on the relationship between plant sterol esters and plant stanol esters and reduced risk of coronary ...More
Three New Jersey residents filed a class-action lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Newark on Nov. 4 accusing Unilever of violating the state Consumer Fraud Act by falsely claiming its Breyers ice cream is “all natural," according to the Bergen County Record. The lawsuit also ...More
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