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Nestlé invests in Ganado solar project in Texas to help expand renewable energy available in the U.S.
24-Mar-2023
Nestlé in the U.S. announced it is investing in Ganado, a solar project owned and developed by Enel North America in Jackson County, Texas. With Nestlé's investment, the project, which is the size of just over 600 hectares, or about 850 football fields, will add 208 megawatts of solar electricity ...
Plant-Based Proteins May Lead to Allergies
Scientists find that allergies to soy and peanuts can be activated by common meat-free alternatives based on other legumes, but most people won’t experience a reaction
17-Mar-2023
Many people keen to reduce their meat consumption are turning to substitutes made of legumes packed with protein, vitamins, and fiber. But allergies to legumes like soy or peanuts are both common and dangerous. Are patients allergic to particular legumes at risk from meat-free proteins made of ...
Massive efforts needed to reduce salt intake and protect lives
15-Mar-2023
A first-of-its-kind World Health Organization (WHO) Global report on sodium intake reduction shows that the world is off-track to achieve its global target of reducing sodium intake by 30% by 2025. Sodium, an essential nutrient, increases the risk of heart disease, stroke and premature death ...
Nestlé's latest plant-based beverage combines oats and fava beans
14-Mar-2023
Nestlé has unveiled its latest innovation for its plant-based products: a milk alternative that combines a unique blend of oat and fava, with a strong nutritional value. By combining oat and fava, the plant-based milk alternative has 5g of protein per serving, and all the amino acids needed in ...
Grain export ban looms: Tug of war between Moscow and Kiev
09-Mar-2023
Famine threatened many countries when Russia blocked the neighboring country's Black Sea ports and thus grain exports after invading Ukraine in February 2022. A solution was found through mediation by the United Nations (UN) and Turkey. However, Russia is threatening to let the agreement expire ...
Fire in Swiss cheese warehouse
11 000 cheese wheels destroyed
06-Mar-2023
A fire at a cheese warehouse in Switzerland has destroyed 11,000 loaves of Gruyère cheese. The cause of the accident in Vuisternens-en-Ogoz, about 50 kilometers southwest of Bern, was still unknown Friday, police told a news conference. The fire had broken out Thursday in a 200-by-300-meter ...
Vamsi Mohan Thati appointed President Asia Pacific
Change in the Executive Committee of Barry Callebaut
02-Mar-2023
The Barry Callebaut Group, the world’s leading manufacturer of high-quality chocolate and cocoa products, announced today that the Board of Directors has appointed Vamsi Mohan Thati President Asia Pacific and member of the Executive Committee, effective April 1, 2023. Vamsi Mohan Thati is ...
Tetra Pak commences first-of-its-kind research into fibre-based food packaging
Aiming to provide fresh insights towards the company’s journey to develop the most sustainable food package
20-Feb-2023
Tetra Pak has commenced ground-breaking research towards advancing fibre-based sustainable food packaging, in collaboration withMAX IV – the most modern synchrotron[1] radiation laboratory in the world. The research aims to uncover fresh insights into the nanostructure of fibre materials, with ...
Swiss Start-Up “Mirai Foods” produces first cultivated tender steak
Breakthrough for Cultivated Premium Beef Steaks
15-Feb-2023
A real new meat experience without sacrifice: Swiss start-up Mirai Foods achieves technological breakthrough for the cultivation of thick tender steaks. The company has developed what it calls a “Fibration Technology” that allows for efficient cultivation of tissue that mimics conventional meat. ...
WHO: Trans-fats continue to jeopardize health of billions
25-Jan-2023
More than 5 billion of the world's 8 billion people are exposed to industrially generated and harmful trans-fats in their food, the World Health Organization reported on Monday. The Geneva-based UN body said that it had in fact aimed for these unhealthy ingredients in certain foods to disappear ...
