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So 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 ...

The World Bank's report, developed under the Food Systems, Land Use, and Restoration Impact Program (FOLUR) and led by the International Finance Corporation (IFC), highlights the central role of rice ...

Latin America is one of the most biodiverse regions in the world, home to around 60% of global terrestrial life in addition to vast amounts of land and water resources. The livestock sector in Latam a ...

For over three decades, Gulfood has served as more than just an exhibition, it’s been a catalyst for growth, innovation and global expansion. With its diverse international audience and focus on the F ...

The Legacy of Spice Routes   The spice routes of antiquity were arteries of commerce that connected the East and West, facilitating the exchange of spices, herbs, and other exotic goods. These routes, ...

Summer, to me, is all about stone fruit: dark-purple plums, peaches you can smell from three feet away. But last summer, I struggled to find peaches at the farmers’ markets in New York City. A freak d ...

Since its inception, Gulfood has been more than just an exhibition; it has been a driving force behind economic growth, global trade, and international connections. To mark the 30th edition of Gulfood ...

Timothy Robb peers into a microscope to reveal the underground realm of the living and dying within a fistful of soil. On the glass slide, he sees clumps of golden-brown minerals and organic matter pa ...

When it comes to the health of our planet and its ability to sustain us for future generations, the modern world cares - a lot. In fact, 66-75% of consumers around the world say that sustainability is ...

The 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 ...

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 ...

Ever wondered what a Ghaf tree would taste like?   Well, we didn’t really think about it either. But in honour of UAE National Day, homegrown juice brand Barakat has introduced its all-new Ghaf range, ...

Food import costs globally are projected to reach $1.94 trillion this year and will affect some of the most economically vulnerable countries, according to the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation.   ...

Dubai, UAE, February 19, 2024: GMG, a global well-being company retailing, distributing, and manufacturing a portfolio of leading international and home-grown brands across sport, everyday goods, heal ...

UAE, February 15, 2023: GMG, a global well-being company retailing, distributing, and manufacturing a portfolio of leading international and homegrown brands across sport, food, and health sectors, to ...

According to the State of Food Waste report in West Asia during Ramadan, 30–50% of food prepared in Saudi Arabia goes to waste, alongside 25% in Qatar and 40% in the United Arab Emirates, revealing an ...

Global Head Office in Dubai, Jebel Ali Investment & MMA Legend Khabib Nurmagomedov Appearance Signal Strong Regional Commitment Dubai, UAE – February 19, 2025 – Gorilla Energy, a global top energy dri ...

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 ...

Producing the world’s food causes about one-third of planet-heating emissions, even as climate change makes the job even harder, plaguing farmers with more frequent floods and droughts.   Despite all ...

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 ...

Livestock accounted for slightly more than half of the 14 percent increase in global greenhouse gas emissions by agriculture from 2000 to 2021, said a Food and Agriculture Organization report on Wedne ...

Using 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 ...

The round was led by Jahez Group, with participation from Addition and Oryx Fund, the MENA-dedicated fund of Hambro Perks.   The company intends to use the funds to accelerate its geographic expansion ...

The growing trend for functional ingredients, new flavors and leveraging agri-food tech is driving beverage innovation in the UAE as consumers in the Middle East embrace health, well-being and sustain ...

PHILIPPINE 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 ...

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 ...

Dubai, 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 ...

Hilton 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 ...

Those Vegan Cowboys, the spinoff brand from the founders of the Dutch plant-based meat brand Vegetarian Butcher, has launched its first precision fermentation cheese.   Jaap Korteweg and Niko Koffeman ...

Alex 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 ...

Tell us a little about your journey and how you got involved in the food industry.   I was working in the F&B industry before I started Common Farms. I saw the problems coming from food importations: ...

Alhaan, with his background in product design, strategy and innovation, added, “We focus on problem-solving. Our goal is to create materials that are not just sustainable but also functional, durable ...

To 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 ...

Mortadella, the flamingo-coloured lunch meat, has been made in Bologna since the 14th century. On first glance it’s slightly sad-looking – all flabby edges and globs of white fat. In a sandwich, howev ...

In the epic 1967 film The Graduate, the young lead character Ben played by Dustin Hoffman is given advice about his future by Mr. McGuire – “One word. Plastics.” Indeed, plastics have fulfilled a vast ...

The food and beverage giant hopes practices such as using cover crops can help it meet its goal of achieving net zero emissions by 2040, said Rob Meyers, vice president of global sustainability. Pepsi ...

Plant-based cuisine has seen a dramatic increase in popularity worldwide over the past decade, especially among health-conscious consumers. Therefore, the global restaurant industry has begun includin ...

Royal Caribbean’s Icon of The Seas can hold almost 10,000 people, and that means tens of thousands of meals a day. WSJ’s Jamie Leventhal goes behind the scenes to see what happens to what doesn’t get ...

Salmon 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 ...

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 ...

IFFCO Group has announced the launch of THRYVE, claimed to be the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC’s) first 100% plant-based meat venture.   IFFCO is an international UAE-based group that manufactures an ...

A new food hall concept from the company behind Ikea spotlights local, plant-based cuisine with a focus on regenerative agriculture.   Swedish home furnishings giant Ikea has not been shy about its su ...

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 ...

India has officially opened its food and beverage sector to 100 per cent foreign investment, allowing full foreign ownership and management of such enterprises, Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyus ...

JAKARTA: 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 ...

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 ...

The 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 ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — A ruling by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service allows farmers and growers to run trials on corn plants developed by Insignum AgTech. ...

 What is the agrifood system? Corinna Hawkes: The agrifood system is everything that is connected to food and agriculture. What we eat as well as the way that food is sold, distributed and processed. ...

After a decades-long decline, investment in food and beverage is showing signs of recovery, with technology front and centre. And the shift is far from small, with new data from Infor showing that 77% ...

The seafood industry has a problem. As demand for fish and shellfish soars and the ocean is pushed to the brink by overfishing, pollution, and climate change, nearly 90% of the world’s wild stocks are ...

Beef is a serious business in South Korea: local butchers typically identify 120 different cuts (as opposed to the western 20 or 30) that run from the tenderloin to obscure parts of the tail. Hanwoo b ...

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 ...

The 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 ...

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 ...

For most farmers who rely on traditional methods and lack access to high-tech greenhouses, the need for adaptable, ready-to-use solutions is paramount. This is where agtech companies like Iyris, based ...

Even as a boy, Koichi Takahashi knew he wanted to save the planet. He dreamed of building a future society that sustainably coexisted with nature through a loop of recycling and regeneration. Takahash ...

Dubai, United Arab Emirates: JETRO (Japan External Trade Organization) will be participating in the Gulfood exhibition, which will be held in Dubai from 19 to 23 February 2024. The Japanese pavilion i ...

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 ...

Kellogg plans to split the company into three separate, publicly traded businesses, the CPG said in a statement. The separation is expected to be completed by the end of 2023. The company will spin of ...

Founded in 2019 and led by Kisumu-based founder and CEO Dave Okech, alongside co-founders James Odede and Joseph Okoth, Aquarech is working to streamline the production behind fish farming with a mobi ...

“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. ...

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 ...

South Korea-based cultivated seafood company CellMEAT has raised 17.4 billion KRW ($13 million) in Series A funding.   The round was led by previous investors BNK Venture Investment, Ryukyung PSG Asse ...

PITTSBURGH — 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 ...

DUBAI – February 4, 2024: Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC) has announced that Gulfood, the largest annual food and beverage sourcing event in the world, will take place from 19-23 February 2024, as the ...

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 ...

The prognosis is alarming: the UN warns that within the next 60 years, the planet’s remaining arable topsoil will vanish, leading to an estimated one billion people becoming refugees because of soil d ...

From the increasing impact of climate change to geopolitical unrest, the food and beverage industry across Europe has been under immense strain in recent years. However, a recent report from Oghma Par ...

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 ...

Among the myriad trends and innovations that made waves at Gulfood 2024, few turned as many heads as customisation and personalisation in foodservice. From equipment that allows for personalised latte ...

In November 2022, La Lorraine Bakery Group officially opened their new plant in Abu Dhabi. To support the ambitious growth plans in the Middle East region in the coming years, LLBG invested in local p ...

Dive Brief: Mars has debuted candy jars made with 15% recycled plastic — for M&M’s, Starburst and Skittles bulk products — in collaboration with packaging manufacturer Berry, which will launch in Octo ...

Today Circularity Capital led a €40 million growth capital round in Swedish company Matsmart-Motatos, a D2C e-commerce retailer of overstock dry foods and consumer products, with additional support fr ...

Agriculture is a primary economic activity across many parts of Africa, but Cherotich Rutto, CEO and founder of a new agribusiness marketplace called Tawi Fresh, says the region’s smallholder farmers ...

There are few things as universal as the love of a steaming hot cup of coffee. In fact, for millions of people around the world, the incomparable beverage is the way to start the day.   So for the Fou ...

DUBAI – January 18, 2023: Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC) has announced the largest annual global food and beverage sourcing event in the world, Gulfood, will take place from 20-24 February 2023. Brin ...

According to Ayca Yumlu Karaozan, Regional Product Manager – Culinary & Alternative Proteins SAMEA at Givaudan, the combined momentum of consumer demand and technological innovation is likely to trans ...

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 ...

In an era where sustainability is more than a buzzword, New Zealand-based food tech company, Miruku, is literally turning a seed into a cows udder using molecular technology .   Miruku has developed a ...

SAUDI 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 ...

Dive Brief: Mondelēz International will spend an additional $600 million by 2030 on its Cocoa Life program. The initiative, which started in 2012, addresses environmental and human rights challenges a ...

BERKELEY, 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 ...

As Maria Kameta grew up in Malawi's rural Chisinga area, she watched, baffled, as villagers depleted forests to make charcoal to cook food for their families.   Women collected firewood for the three- ...

Exclusive Q&A with Jihyun, Founder & CEO of Mush&   Q: You’ve been at the helm of Mush& for over three years. Can you share how your journey with Mush& began and what inspired your mission to make mus ...

Modern-day F&B consumers are a discerning group: they’re educated, curious, and aware of global and social issues, and as a result, they care about sustainability and ethics in what they purchase, whe ...

SWITZERLAND – Swiss multinational food and drink processing conglomerate, Nestlé, plans to invest over CHF 100 million (US$107 million) by 2030 in low-carbon logistics for its three international wate ...

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 ...

Nestlé is launching its first major U.S. brand in nearly three decades as the food giant looks to meet the needs of consumers taking GLP-1 medications and other individuals focusing on weight manageme ...

Global 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 ...

A senior executive told Reuters exclusively that the Formula 1 deal had been struck to cover the period between late 2025 and 2028, and the aim was to improve KitKat's global reach and appeal to shopp ...

Ukrainian 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 ...

DUBAI – February 21, 2023: As the 28th edition of the world’s largest Gulfood goes even larger and greener this year, the organiser Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC) announces to the hundreds of thousan ...

The Norwegian technology company Plaato, was founded to provide fermentation solutions to the home brewing market and is now becoming a leader in large-scale fermentation monitoring, looking to revolu ...

Across the bustling kitchens and vibrant dining spaces of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), a silent revolution is under way - one that promises to secure our future of food while safeguarding the plane ...

Supply chain and e-commerce enablement startup Omniful has today emerged from stealth with $5.85 million seed funding led by VentureSouq, with participation from 500 Global, DASH Ventures, Jahez Group ...

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 ...

In today’s world, women are breaking barriers in male-dominated industries. However, despite the progress made towards gender equality, women still face significant challenges.   The challenges     Wo ...

Saudi Arabia-based SaaS startup Order, has raised $1 million in a pre-Seed funding round, led by several angel investors. Founded in 2020 by Faisal AlAnazi and Essam Mohamed, Order provides technical ...

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 ...