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  • A new global chapter is unfolding in the future of food. Faced with the growing concerns of climate change and the ensuing need for greater sustainability, along with the rising costs tied to inflatio ...
  • In an era recently dominated by fad diets, quick-fix food trends, and off-the-wall innovations that seemed to follow the idea “the weirder the better” (fuelled in large part by social media and its vi ...
  • With less than one month to go until Cop28, the eyes of the world are fixed on the UAE and its glittering skyline of five-star hotels.   But whereas the hospitality industry has traditionally drawn th ...
  • As the food manufacturing industry continues to evolve, a number of key trends have been significant in shaping its trajectory. Five, in particular, have risen to the forefront: sustainability, transp ...
  • PepsiCo is investing over SAR 200 million (approx. $53.3 million) in its snacks facility in Dammam, Saudi Arabia. The investment aims to increase the facility’s overall capacity to meet growing local ...
  • Middle Eastern food and beverage heavyweight Agthia has pledged to focus more investment into the digitalisation of its business as well as the creation of new snacking innovations in order to sustain ...
  • Experts have welcomed plans by Cop28 organisers for an Emirates Declaration that will rally countries to shake up their food and agricultural systems. The declaration is expected to be unveiled on Dec ...
  • A new global association, Future Ocean Foods, has launched this week, dedicated to accelerating the alternative seafood industry.   The first-of-its-kind association is launching with an inaugural mem ...
  • The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region’s heavy reliance on grain imports as a source of dietary calories and protein poses major risks to food security and nutrition level among its population ...
  • Consumers in the Middle East are increasingly looking for protein-rich products to fulfil various needs, with claims ranging from sports performance to age-related muscle support.   Arla Food Ingredie ...
  • Join chef Jeremy Chan on a trip around Castilla-La Mancha as he meets the community, discovers local flavours, samples traditional recipes and investigates ancient techniques kept alive by local cooks ...
  • Tetra Pak has signed an agreement with Bagdad-based food company Alssad for food Industries. The agreement was signed on the Tetra Pak stand at Gulfood Manufacturing 2023, attended by senior represent ...
  • Italian plant-based cheese startup Dreamfarm has secured €5 million in investment from accomplished food industry entrepreneurs Giampaolo Cagnin and Francesco Mutti.   The funding comes after the comp ...
  • Truth, as the saying goes, is often stranger than fiction. The very notion of resurrecting the long-extinct woolly mammoth was the stuff of fantasy not that long ago, but scientists are already workin ...
  • We could be a step closer to industrial food production in floating ocean biodomes: a team of Australian researchers have built a completely self-sustaining system that uses only seawater, solar energ ...
  • OneAgrix is a pioneering digital platform that revolutionises the global agricultural and faith-based food trade. Dianna Sabrain, the company’s Founder & CEO, sat down with Gulfood to provide insights ...
  • Coca Cola Says New Flavor Co-Created with AI

    14 Sep 2023 foodmanufacturing.com
    ATLANTA — Coca‑Cola is inviting fans to imagine what the future tastes and feels like with a limited-edition drink and new AI-powered experience.     Coca‑Cola Y3000 Zero Sugar was co-created with hum ...
  • As food service giants Taco Bell, Wendy’s and Starbucks enter the metaverse with their devised lands and non-fungible tokens (NFTs), we explore whether it is only a matter of time before manufacturers ...
  • “A Day in the Life” allows you to step into the shoes of a UAE resident to experience a typical 24 hours in their work and home life   Mary Anne de Haan’s flowers look good enough to eat – and if you’ ...
  • Ministers in the United Arab Emirates have stressed the need for innovative agri-tech, such as vertical farming, to ensure long-term food security and self-sufficiency in the Arab world.   Speaking to ...
  • The United Nations (UN) Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has said that agriculture “holds the solutions” to the global water crisis and food security.   Speaking at the 18th World Water Congres ...
  • For Tindle Foods CEO and co-founder Andre Menezes, meat is more than a food group, it is a “social fabric,” he said. “It’s more than just an ingredient, it’s the center of the plate. It’s what brings ...
  • From “no-kill” chicken grown in bioreactors to juicy plant-based burgers, alternative protein options are cropping up (in extremely limited quantities) in the grocery aisle, at restaurants, and on you ...
  • Cultivated meat can be considered halal if it meets certain criteria, according to three Shariah scholars who advised alt-protein leader Eat Just on the matter. The company, whose subsidiary GOOD Meat ...
  • There isn’t a single place on the African continent that is not feeling the effects of climate change. Every farm in every country—including in our home country of Kenya—has already been forced to ada ...
  • There’s no denying that times are tough for the global plant-based industry. Retail sales are down, investors have lost confidence, startups are ceasing operations and the mainstream media is pushing ...
  • A four-year project aimed at developing whey protein from CO2 and electricity has been selected for investment by the European Commission via its innovation programme.   From a pool of more than 440 p ...
  • Can the meat industry be sustainable? This is the question on the lips of multitudes within the food industry. In a new scheme, Belgium’s meat producers aim to keep track of sustainability, with a foc ...
  • Dutch cultivated meat pioneer Mosa Meat has announced that it has become the first cultivated meat company in the world to attain B Corp certification, in what the company calls a significant mileston ...
  • When Don Kerrigan, a well-versed executive previously serving as the president of Nature’s Bounty, was appointed to be the CEO of Nestlé Health Science U.S. in 2021 as a result of the acquisition of t ...
  • While indoor agriculture for crops like leafy greens and strawberries may be undergoing a massive correction, there’s still been plenty of activity from startups in the Novel Farming Systems category. ...
  • If you want a delicious, affordable meal of fresh seafood that’s also humanely and sustainably procured these days, you’re kind of out of luck.   The combination of overfishing and climactic upheaval ...
  • This story appeared in our September 2023 issue, featuring our Global Meets Local ranking, highlighting the most powerful regional heads of the world's biggest companies.   According to Mordor Intelli ...
  • “Day in the Life” allows you to step into the shoes of a UAE resident to experience a typical 24 hours in their work and home life   Feeding 1,200 for breakfast may seem like a daunting task, but for ...
  • The group’s CEO explains how they are setting an example for the industry, contributing to UAE’s food security strategy   The UAE has risen into the upper echelons of the global food security index ov ...
  • Saudi Arabian Mining Company, known as Ma’aden, has renewed its agreement with the Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation, to supply 600,000 tons of fertilizers to BADC. The agreement was sig ...
  • A version of this piece was featured in Food Tank’s newsletter, released weekly on Thursdays. To make sure it lands straight in your inbox and to be among the first to receive it, subscribe now by cli ...
  • Overfishing is depleting the global fish population, while microplastics and mercury pollute the remaining marine life. In response, a biotech firm and an agriculture startup have formed a partnership ...
  • One of the many unintended consequences of Russia’s action in Ukraine last year has been the conflict’s impact on the security and stability of global food supplies. Before the invasion, Ukraine was t ...
  • In the century since the modern chicken industry was born, chicken has overtaken beef and pork as the most popular meat in the world. According to a report published last month by the Organisation for ...
  • This story appeared in our August 2023 issue, featuring a ranking of the Top 100 Arab Family Businesses.   Agriculture is a serious business in Morocco. After all, the sector accounts for more than 10 ...
  • The Fertilizer Conundrum

    04 Aug 2023 project-syndicate
    Making the global food system more sustainable and equitable represents a huge and complex undertaking that necessarily involves difficult trade-offs. The tension between responding to short-term incr ...
  • The United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has received €25 million in additional funding from the European Union to extend and scale up the Sustainable Wildlife Management (SWM) prog ...
  • Earlier this week, chef Dominique Crenn received a shipment of chicken at her San Francisco restaurant, Bar Crenn. That sounds like a near-daily occurrence for almost any chef, but this was a notewort ...
  • Use by.” “Best by.” “Sell by.”     Food labels are tricky business—especially in the U.S., where a lack of national labeling standards leads to 80 million tons of good food being thrown out every year ...
  • The Uae COP28 chairmanship launched its Agenda on Food systems and agriculture part of the work to shape the action agenda leading up to this year's climate conference. It was the COP28 chair, represe ...
  • Latina-led venture capital firm, Supply Change Capital, has officially closed its $40 million inaugural fund from limited partners, including General MillsGIS +0.3%’ venture arm 301 INC, MassMutual, a ...
  • Corinna Hawkes the Director of the FAO Division of Food Systems and Food Safety says a holistic and sustainable approach is needed that considers economic, social, and environmental factors, and that ...
  • European precision-fermentation leader Formo has teamed up with the University of Saskatchewan on a landmark study, shedding light on the promising intersection of precision fermentation, the cheese m ...
  • The Arab-Africa Trade Bridges Program (AATB) – a programme aimed at promoting and increasing trade and investment between African and Arab member countries – has launched a $1.5 billion programme to a ...
  • In vertical farming operations, artificial lights and artificial intelligence coax plants, stacked densely on towering shelves rather than spread over a field, to grow indoors with minimal human inter ...
  • On a sunny Tuesday afternoon in May, Gastropod co-hosts Cynthia Graber and Nicola Twilley sat down at a countertop in a test kitchen for a very unusual hamburger: taste test #97 at Bay Area-based comp ...
  • The Coca-Cola Company and eight bottling partners have announced the closing of a new $137.7m venture capital fund focusing on sustainability investments. Greycroft, a seed-to-growth venture capital f ...
  • Amazon has announced that its palm-scanning payment technology, called Amazon One, will roll out to all 500-plus Whole Foods locations by the end of 2023. Amazon first introduced the contactless Amazo ...
  • Saudi Arabia-based food-tech company, Kaso, has raised $10.5 million in a seed funding round to fuel the company’s mission of revolutionising the food supply chain.   The round was supported by invest ...
  • The following is a guest post from Rick Hamilton, a Senior Consultant at 4C Associates. Hamilton shares his insights following the International Food & Drink event in London where Charles Banks, co-fo ...
  • “Use by.” “Best by.” “Sell by.”   Food labels are tricky business—especially in the U.S., where a lack of national labeling standards leads to 80 million tons of good food being thrown out every year. ...
  • Mondelez International is not alone in exploring the potential of AI. Dean Best speaks to Joe Manton about how the company uses the tech in its R&D. As senior director and global lead for digital R&D ...
  • Strong government support reflects key role of F&B sector in achieving Vision 2030   Sustainability, efficiency and innovation the focus of high-level discussions and technology showcases   RIYADH – 2 ...
  • Show launches under the patronage of H.E. Bandar Ibrahim Alkhorayef, Saudi Minister of Industry and Mineral Resources Saudi Food Summit ministerial keynotes to unveil vast strategic business opportuni ...

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