Great tuber: Hilcona starts potato season

New organic variety being tested

05-Jun-2023 - These weeks, everything at Hilcona Agrar revolves around the popular potato. Worldwide, the nutrient-rich tuber is one of the most important staple foods. Furrow by furrow, the potatoes are planted in the ground. The location, plenty of sun, moderate rainfall. All this is again to ensure the best ...

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners France announces a 114 million euro investment project to modernize and reconfigure its Grigny plant

The aim of the project is to increase storage capacity, optimize manufacturing processes and modernize the site's infrastructure.

05-Jun-2023 - Ideally located at the heart of France's largest consumption basin (Ile-de-France), in an industrial zone well connected to road infrastructures and with a large land reserve, the Grigny site is an essential hub in CCEP's industrial network in Ile-de-France. However, it faces limitations in its ...

Junk food may impair our deep sleep

02-Jun-2023 - In a new study, researchers at Uppsala University have investigated how junk food affects sleep. Healthy participants consumed an unhealthier as well as a healthier diet in a randomised order. After the unhealthier diet, the quality of the participants’ deep sleep had deteriorated, compared with ...

Could a retrofit of existing infrastructure help solve plant-based scalability?

Opportunities in existing infrastructure for plant-based meat companies

02-Jun-2023 - A new report says plant-based meat companies should reuse equipment and buildings built for other parts of the food industry to quickly scale up production in order to satisfy future demand. The Plant-based Meat Manufacturing Capacity and Pathways for Expansion report,released by the Good Food ...

Eat right, live longer: could a moderate protein diet be the coveted elixir of youth?

Researchers decode the correlation between dietary protein intake and improved metabolic health in mice

02-Jun-2023 - As the proverb “You are what you eat” goes, the type of food we consume influences our health and longevity all through our lives. In fact, there is a direct association between age-related nutritional requirements and metabolic health. Optimal nutrition according to age can help maintain ...

That’s not nuts: Almond milk yogurt packs an overall greater nutritional punch than dairy-based

UMass Amherst food science major completes comparison of 612 plant-based and dairy yogurts

02-Jun-2023 - In a nutritional comparison of plant-based and dairy yogurts, almond milk yogurt came out on top, according to research led by a University of Massachusetts Amherst food science major. “Plant-based yogurts overall have less total sugar, less sodium and more fiber than dairy, but they have less ...

Heineken N.V. purchases €333 million in shares from FEMSA

02-Jun-2023 - Heineken N.V. (HEINEKEN) has purchased from FEMSA approx. 2.5 million shares in HEINEKEN at a price of €92.75 per share (totalling €235 million) and approx. 1.3 million shares in Heineken Holding N.V. at a price of €77.25 per share (totalling €98 million) for an aggregate amount of €333 ...

Shrimp from Finding Nemo could help keep your white bread white

Ben-Gurion University researchers discover new principle in optics

01-Jun-2023 - The Pacific Cleaner Shrimp may hold the secret to keeping white bread white. Inorganic nanoparticles such as titanium dioxide and zinc oxide are widely used as whitening agents in foods, cosmetics, and paints. However, due to health concerns, there is currently an intensive search to find ...

Winners of the “Renewable Material of the Year 2023” Innovation Award

Biodegradable elastic materials based on food waste, carbon-light yeast oil, and a plastic-free natural polymer

01-Jun-2023 - 465 participants from 32 countries attended the Renewable Materials Conference in Siegburg (near Cologne, Germany). The winners of the innovation award are bio-based and biodegradable elastic materials from KUORI (CH), carbon-light yeast oil COLIPI (DE) and the plastic-free natural polymer ...

Exciting foodtech business opportunities in Skåne, Sweden

“Food is heavily put under the microscope when we’re talking about climate change and other aspects of sustainability,”

01-Jun-2023 - When it comes to food innovation, Sweden’s southernmost province is where hot things are happening. It’s home to a wealth of startups and researchers (as well as established companies) developing novel food solutions in response to market conditions, and they’re seeking investors and partners for ...