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Our highly anticipated inaugural trade show in Saudi Arabia, The Saudi Food Show, is set to make its mark as the world's biggest food event in the vibrant city of Riyadh. With the captivating theme of ... -
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These 10 Women Are Re-Imagining The Future Of Food With The Help Of Synthetic Biology
02 May 2023 ForbesWhat if we could end world hunger, pack more nutrition in every meal, develop infant formula that mimics the composition of human breast milk, and even treat chronic diseases with food, without placin ... -
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Argentina, Brazil aim to expand yerba mate consumption in Middle East
07 May 2023 arabnewsSAO PAULO: During last year’s World Cup in Qatar, football fans worldwide could see the Argentinian squad drinking yerba mate, a herbal tea omnipresent in Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay and southern Bra ... -
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Afghans set sights on Middle East with world’s best saffron
09 May 2023 arabnewsKABUL: Afghans are eyeing Middle Eastern markets to export the world’s most expensive and delicate spice, saffron, ahead of what is expected to be a bumper harvest season. Known as “red gold,” saffr ... -
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Philippines boosts efforts to tap into GCC food market through ‘healthy convenience’
22 Mar 2023 arabnewsMANILA: The Philippines has identified healthy convenience food as a potential opportunity in the GCC market, officials told Arab News as a special trade mission ended its tour of the region on Saturd ... -
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2 New Food Tech Projects Herald the UAE’s Sustainable Ag Focus
05 May 2023 greenqueenAs food sovereignty becomes an increasingly urgent priority around the globe, the UAE is seeing an uptick in sustainable food production efforts. The UAE is aiming to become a global leader in susta ... -
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How floating farms are helping Bangladesh adapt to climate change
02 May 2023 The Japan TimesTo reach his farm, Mohammad Mohasin has an unusual commute. The 40-year-old either rows in a wooden canoe or swims to the field of crops — which is floating in a body of water in Barisal, a southern r ... -
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Nestle to Use Satellites to Monitor Reforestation Projects
06 May 2023 esgtodayGlobal food and beverage company Nestlé announced today that it will pilot new Pléiades Neo satellites from Airbus for monitoring of its reforestation efforts, with very high-resolution images from th ... -
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Inside big beef’s climate messaging machine: confuse, defend and downplay
03 May 2023 theguardianThe US beef industry is creating an army of influencers and citizen activists to help amplify a message that will be key to its future success: that you shouldn’t be too worried about the growing atte ... -
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Steakholder Foods unveils world’s first bioprinted fish fillet
05 May 2023 foodbusinessafricaISRAEL – Steakholder Foods Ltd, an international deep-tech food company at the forefront of the cultivated meat industry has unveiled its successful bioprint to produce the first ready-to-cook cultiva ... -
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Regenerative ag is driving food sustainability promises, but is it greenwashing?
28 Apr 2023 fooddiveFood companies are making lofty promises about lowering emissions by the end of the 2020s, and regenerative agriculture is touted as a solution to improving their carbon footprints. But many experts s ... -
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British International Investment commits $50mln to support food availability in Sudan
07 Apr 2023 zawyaThe commitment will allow DAL Group to import 280,000MT of wheat annually, providing crucial food supply to millions of the urban population in Sudan. The deal will be the first investment by British ... -
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Kraft Heinz boosted by foodservice, emerging markets
07 Apr 2023 foodbusinessnewsPITTSBURGH — Even as consumers shifted buying behaviors because of higher costs, Kraft Heinz Co. managed to generate higher sales and profits in the first quarter while raising its earnings guidance f ... -
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New laws to ease tensions in Ukraine’s dairy sector
24 Apr 2023 dairyglobalUkrainian lawmakers are working on a new programme for the dairy industry, which could ease tensions in the troubled dairy industry. Arsen Didur, chairman of the Ukrainian Dairy Union, told the loca ... -
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Indonesia seeks to boost food exports to Saudi Arabia
08 May 2023 arabnewsJAKARTA: Indonesia is seeking easier access to Saudi Arabia for its food products, as the country hopes to tap into export opportunities. The Indonesian Food and Drug Agency held a high-level dialog ... -
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‘More dairy is sold online today than during the pandemic’ - Euromonitor
27 Apr 2023 dairyreporter“For every person that has stopped ordering online, several others have started to do so,” according to Euromonitor International’s David Hedin, who spoke of the market research firm's new e-commerce ... -
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Everything you need to know about the Gault&Millau UAE Gala 2023
01 May 2023 gaultmillauaeThe Gault&Millau UAE 2023 Gala and Guide Release took place on the evening of April 27 at Burj Al Arab Jumeirah. The exclusive event saw 200 of the UAE’s finest chefs, restaurateurs and industry lea ... -
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Gault&Millau UAE Gala 2023 Award Winners
28 Apr 2023 gaultmillauaeThe Gault&Millau 2023 Awards ceremony took place on the evening of April 27 at Burj Al Arab Jumeirah. An exclusive event that played host to 200 of the UAE’s very best chefs, restaurateurs and industr ... -
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UAE: First plant-based meat production facility inaugurated in Abu Dhabi
26 Apr 2023 khaleejtimesAbu Dhabi’s first state-of-the-art plant-based meat production facility has been inaugurated in KEZAD. From May 1, the facility will start producing food products, which are 100 per cent free of genet ... -
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Gulfood trade show generates over $50M in sales for PHL exhibitors
03 Apr 2023 bworldonlinePHILIPPINE FOOD exporters generated $50.65 million worth of sales as exhibitors at the Gulfood 2023 food and beverage expo in Dubai, the Department of Trade and Industry’s (DTI) export promotion arm s ... -
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These days, artificial intelligence is everywhere. Whether it's generating a deepfake, driving a car, or waxing poetic on which fast food restaurant has the best burger, it's hard to avoid the applica ... -
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Italy Proposes A Ban On Lab-Grown Meats To Protect Its Food Heritage
31 Mar 2023 forbesThe Italian government has given its support to a bill that would prohibit the sale of lab-grown meat and other synthetic foods, highlighting Italian food heritage as a leading cause. If the bill pa ... -
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Seafood consumption declines in response to inflation, FMI reports
05 Apr 2023 foodnavigatorSeafood sales fell 3.8% last year to $16.3b from the previous year, as consumers shifted their shopping in response to rising inflation, but remained above pre-pandemic levels as consumers sought opti ... -
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How to grow fish from stem cells
27 Mar 2023 sciencelineSalmon cells brew in giant metal tanks at Wildtype, a start-up based in the Dogpatch neighborhood of San Francisco. Over the next few months, those cells will grow, morph and eventually emerge as a pi ... -
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Fermentation: This Ancient Technique Is the Key to Our Plant-Based Future
29 Mar 2023 realsimpleFermentation is the opposite of a new technology; we’ve been using it to make food and drink products like beer and wine, yogurt, miso, and kimchi for thousands of years. But what’s very old is new ag ... -
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Will 2023 be the year food plays a role in sustainability policy?
02 Apr 2023 fooddiveWhile the food system has always been a vital component of climate change, it’s largely been ignored in favor of attention to other sources, such as emissions from factories and vehicles. Until last y ... -
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Moooove over: How single-celled yeasts are doing the work of 1,500-pound cows
01 Apr 2023 washingtonpostBERKELEY, Calif. — The first course was a celery root soup lush with whole milk. The last was a spice cake topped with maple cream cheese frosting, served with a side of ice cream. And then a latte wi ... -
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Seedless Lemons Are The Next Big Bet From The Billionaires Behind Halos, Pom Wonderful And Fiji Water
24 Mar 2023 forbesOa sunny, 58-degree day in Delano, California, Zak Laffite walks through groves of trees where he grows a special kind of lemon, and then stops to explain how harvesting it works. “What we want is th ... -
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French Fries & Bananas Top The List of Popular Drone-Delivered Items
28 Mar 2023 thespoonSo what items flew off the shelves last year when it came to drone delivery? According to Flytrex, a company specializing in backyard drone delivery, the most popular item ordered off restaurant men ... -
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PepsiCo rebrands Pepsi with a new logo for the first time in 14 years
30 Mar 2023 bevindustryPepsi, a brand of Purchase, N.Y.-based PepsiCo, unveiled a new logo and visual identity system, the first update of the iconic Pepsi globe logo in 14 years. Pepsi will roll out the new look in North A ... -
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Emulsifiers, the “unsung heroes“ of the food industry, providing stability in unstable times
23 Mar 2023 foodingredientsfirstOften overlooked despite being one of the most widely used ingredients in the industry, emulsifiers quietly work behind the scenes to give chocolate its sheen, bread a longer lifespan and ice cream it ... -
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Tastewise Unveils TasteGPT, the New Generative AI That Predicts What and How We Eat
27 Mar 2023 foodindustryexecutiveThe AI-powered market intelligence platform designed for the food and beverage industry, is launching TasteGPT: its next evolution of generative AI solutions. While Tastewise already incorporates ge ... -
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Saudi dates exports surges by 5.4% in 2022
27 Mar 2023 zawyaRIYADH — The Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture (MEWA) has revealed that the Saudi date exports recorded an increase by 5.4% in 2022, compared to 2021, exceeding SR1 billion and 280 millio ... -
UAE Food Bank launches initiative to distribute 3 million meals, achieve zero food waste during Ramadan
25 Mar 2023 Emirates New Agency - WAMUnder the directives of Her Highness Sheikha Hind bint Maktoum bin Juma Al Maktoum, wife of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler o ... -
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Food inflation, currency collapse ‘imperil food security in MENA’
24 Mar 2023 zawyaThe Middle East and North Africa (Mena) region is being hit by a worsening food security crisis due to high food price inflation and collapsing currencies, even as it celebrates the beginning of the M ... -
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PepsiCo to pump $216m into US regenerative ag: ‘We’re putting our money where our mouth is’
21 Mar 2023 agfundernewsPepsiCo has unveiled plans to pump $216 million into regenerative agriculture projects spanning 3 million acres of farmland in the US. The plan involves multi-year partnerships with Practical Farmers ... -
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Sharjah: His Highness Dr. Sheikh Sultan bin Mohammad Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Sharjah, visited the wheat farm in Maliha, Sharjah, today to attend the first phase of the harvest. ... -
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UAE announces guide for food waste reduction
19 Mar 2023 ZawyaMariam bint Mohammed Almheiri, Minister of Climate Change and the Environment, officially announced the ‘How to Reduce Food Waste Using Three Low-Cost Nudges – A Practical Guide for Canteens and Buffe ... -
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Hilton launches ‘Green Ramadan’ at Conrad Dubai in partnership with UNEP West Asia, Winnow and Goumbook
18 Mar 2023 zawyaDubai, UAE: Hilton (NYSE: HLT), in partnership with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) West Asia, Winnow and Goumbook, has announced the launch of Green Ramadan, an initiative which will ... -
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UAE Ramadan: Dubai hotel to give 1,000 meals to delivery drivers
21 Mar 2023 arabianbusinessAs the holy month of Ramadan is set to commence in less than a month, Rove Hotels will be giving away 1,000 meals to delivery drives across the city. The week prior to Ramadan, drivers that are cond ... -
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Carrefour's home-grown produce keeps prices down during Ramadan
16 Mar 2023 thenationalnewsCarrefour has embraced home-grown produce to help drive down its prices for Ramadan. The retail giant has 6,000 products in its Ramadan range, many of which it says are discounted by up to 50 per ce ... -
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Modon signs several pacts to achieve food security and localize food and beverage industry in Saudi Arabia
28 Feb 2023 foodbusinessafricaSAUDI ARABIA – Saudi Authority for Industrial Cities and Technology Zones (Modon) has several agreements and memorandums of understanding (MoUs) that will facilitate billions of dollars being invested ... -
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“The pandemic brought urgency to automation” – Tyson Foods’ Chetan Kapoor on the meat giant’s push on production technology
10 Mar 2023 just-foodThe world’s largest meat processors, already using tech in areas like packing, are investing in ways to make their production more automated. One of the very biggest, Tyson Foods, has committed to ... -
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Comfort Food In Space: The Future Of Interplanetary Gastronomy
02 Mar 2023 forbesIf you've ever wondered about the future of space travel and food, you're not alone. Zero Gravity Corporation is a space entertainment and tourism company whose mission is to share the excitement and ... -
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Experts associated with the food industry are urging people to reduce food wastage this Ramadan as it amounts to Dh6 billion every year. They highlight a ‘behavioural change’ that includes a ‘nudgin ... -
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Food security in a changing world
04 Feb 2023 arabianbusinessNew agritech solutions are revolutionising the industry and tackling issues from food security to climate change. UK companies are leading the way the agritech and agrifood sector has grown in importa ... -
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Hilton saves 9,000 tonnes of Co2 in a year thanks to local produce in kitchens
12 Jan 2023 caterermiddleeastHilton has saved close to 9,000 tonnes of Co2 emissions from entering the atmosphere through its use of local produce across its hotel kitchens. Supercharged by a partnership with Fresh on Table, 30 h ... -
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‘We’re mis-demonising ultra-processed food’: The case for focusing on what to eat, not what to avoid
09 Mar 2023 foodnavigatorFrom a public health perspective, ‘ultra-processed food’ is a major concern. But stigmatising the term, instead of focusing on the benefits of opting for healthier alternatives, is not the answer, Foo ... -
Growing crops under solar panels makes food—and healthier solar panels
08 Mar 2023 fastcompanyUsing land for solar arrays or agriculture farms is often portrayed as a zero-sum game, but it doesn’t always need to be. Agrivoltaics is the technical term for using land for both solar energy and cr ... -
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How An Accidental Entrepreneur Uncovered America’s Love For Asian Food
11 Mar 2023 ForbesAlex Zhou says that he understands what his customers want, and that their needs resonate with him, because he is one of them. And now the Chinese boss of America’s biggest Asian online marketplace ...
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