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Nobel and World Food Prize Laureates sound alarm over hunger crisis
In an open letter signed by 153 winners of the Nobel Prize and World Food Prize, the signatories warned that the world was “not even close” to meeting future food needs, with an estimated 700 million people going hungry today and an additional 1.5 billion people to feed by 2050. The letter predicted humanity faced an “even more food insecure, unstable world” by mid-century unless the international community ramped up support for the latest research and innovation.
Consumers express concern about AI relating to F&B manufacturing
Research by Ingredient Communications has found that 83% of consumers want label declarations for food products made with the help of AI.
F&B companies in EMEA will be navigating another challenging year
With factors such as geopolitical turbulence, shaky economics, weather impacting supply chains, and a new administration in the USA, it looks to be another tough year for food & beverage (F&B) players in EMEA.
Optimising inventory management
Implementing best practices and technology into the inventory management system, will enable companies to improve supply chain efficiencies while minimising waste.
It may be a new year, but the top consumer trends haven’t changed
Euromonitor International has revealed the top global consumer trends for 2025 and quality, health and wellness, convenience, and price are the main factors influencing purchase decisions across all trends. Furthermore, habits to relieve financial strain have become embedded into consumption.
Daily coffee consumption can augment your life expectancy
A new study finds that daily coffee consumption can add up to two extra years of healthy aging to your life and suggests that existing guidelines on coffee consumption in older age should be re-evaluated on the basis of research supporting its role in healthy aging.
The packaging and processing industries continue strengthening their sustainability efforts
Sustainability was once again the primary theme of PACK EXPO International 2024, with many sustainability-focused educational sessions and associations discussing topics such as developing a circular plastics economy, eliminating plastic in the environment, minimizing packaging waste, and raising consumer awareness about carton recycling.
The best cities in the UK for coffee enthusiasts
Once a nation of tea drinkers, coffee consumption in the UK is rapidly growing. A new study from Coffeeness ranks the best cities throughout the UK for coffee lovers.
Brewing success in omnichannel sales
With food prices remaining high, shoppers are not only buying less, they are actively managing their spend by changing how they shop to save money and employing various strategies to curtail costs. To find success, it is vital for manufacturers to have an omnichannel strategy.
Sustainability in all forms takes centre stage again PACK EXPO International
PACK EXPO International 2024 was its largest show to date and featured an intense focus sustainable packaging materials, more energy efficient packaging and processing machinery, and consolidated machinery.
Coffee for sail
Just like in the old days, when favourable winds and waves mapped the course.
Blending, roasting & processing, Single origin, Sustainability
Away-from-home F&B sales are growing as consumers ‘treat’ themselves
Rising food costs and inflation is not hindering away-from-home consumption—quite the opposite in fact as foodservice and drinking places are recapturing shares of food sales.
Brands: beware of the new class of private label products
The most unique, trendy item on the shelf may not be from a national/multinational brand, it is likely a store brand. Today’s store brands/private label brands are not the ‘cheaper knock offs’ from years ago, they are innovative, on trend and hitting shelves faster than many national/multinational-branded products.
Foodservice is an ‘under tapped’ market for tea
The future of away-from-home tea consumption is bright, particularly in the foodservice channel.