By Natalie Martin, 3R materials innovation manager
Those looking to improve the sustainability of their packaging may be considering compostable alternatives, but beware, it’s a complex issue. Continue →
When you source flavourings from Formula Foods, you’re not just getting top-quality ingredients and efficient service, you’re getting a taste of success. Continue →
Integration between product inspection data and a cloud-based platform could provide food manufacturers with more transparency throughout the food-supply chain thanks to a new partnership between Mettler Toledo Product Inspection and EVRYTHING. Continue →
By Fonterra’s director for Category, Strategy & Innovation, Mark Piper
Our co-op’s cheesemakers had plenty to celebrate at the annual NZ Champions of Cheese Awards earlier this month. Continue →
By The FoodBowl chief executive Alexandra Allan
As consumers become increasingly health and environmentally aware, we are seeing an explosion in the hemp industry – certainly for food but also for its incredible benefits and uses in biodegradable plastics, paints, building materials, medicines, biofuels, and textiles. Continue →
By Natalie Martin, 3R materials innovation manager
Sustainable packaging has become something of a hot topic recently, but as designers will know it’s more than just about ensuring packaging can be recycled, composted or reused. Continue →
A wise person once said the path to success isn’t always a straight line – and this was certainly true for Soochi’s food technologist Margie Hunt. Continue →
By Fonterra’s director for Category, Strategy & Innovation, Mark Piper
Fonterra has three new tanker trailer designs on the road as part of a trial to find a more sustainable, efficient option for our nationwide milk pick-ups. Continue →
By Food Futurist, Tony Hunter
While the pandemic has shown us that the global food system is very resilient, some weaknesses have been highlighted. Continue →
Research undertaken by the Riddet Institute will contribute to a global conversation about the future of sustainable food production and food security as part of the UN’s international food systems summit. Continue →
By Natalie Martin, 3R materials innovation manager
Government is tackling the issue of plastic waste with a two-pronged approach – regulated stewardship, which I outlined in my last article, and proposed phase-outs and bans. Continue →
By The FoodBowl chief executive Alexandra Allan
Among the dozen or so really hot trends in food and beverage innovation this year, health and wellbeing underpin them, whether its collagen products, no-sugar beverages, gut, brain or immune support or free-from products. Continue →
Leaft Foods has announced it is launching a $20m programme to develop technology that extracts edible protein from New Zealand grown green leafy crops. Continue →
