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Mouthfeel joins flavor as a food industry focus to satisfy consumers craving extra texture
Texture is having a crunchy, gooey moment in the food and beverage industry. For many people, the way a menu item or packaged snack feels in the mouth has become as big a draw as flavor, although consumers don't always recognize the part texture…
Mouthfeel joins flavor as a food industry focus to satisfy consumers craving extra texture
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FSA signals 'major milestone' in CBD novel food process: Should industry raise its hopes?
The UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) has described its recommendation to authroize the country's first CBD novel food applications as a 'major milestone', but industry observers question whether the move marks a genuine regulatory breakthrough or…
UMass makes $120M bet on future of food
AMHERST — The University of Massachusetts is launching a $120 million Future of Food initiative, anchored by a new 36,000-square-foot research center and five permanent endowments aimed at tackling global food security, climate resilience…
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Fast food giants are reversing its course on AI as customers crave human connection
The past 10 years in the fast-food industry have been a study in automation. McDonald's rolled out in-store kiosks in 2016 for customers to order at instead of waiting in line for an employee at the counter. Wendy's debuted a human-free AI…
East London food redistribution warehouse opens in Barking
Wendy Hurrell, Barking and Jess Warren, London A food redistribution hub that aims to deliver up to 10 tonnes of food to charities and food banks each week has opened in east London. The Big Heart Food Hub in Barking will support more than 20 local…
East London food redistribution warehouse opens in Barking
A food redistribution hub that aims to deliver up to 10 tonnes of food to charities and food banks each week has opened in east London. The Big Heart Food Hub in Barking will support more than 20 local organisations that work directly with…
Food journey through Korea's administrative capital
There is a striking dual identity in Sejong, the nation's administrative capital. Looking down from a cafe on the 49th-floor of a building in the city's newest district, nothing appears aged. Neat grids of avenues, government complexes, lakes and…
The secret reason your favorite foods are getting crunchier and gooier
Texture is becoming nearly as important as taste for consumers, pushing food and drink companies to develop products that are crunchier, gooier, creamier and chewier. The growing focus on 'mouthfeel' — the food science term for how something…
Japan's Umios invests in Thailand's Pataya Food Industries
Umios, the Japanese seafood giant previously trading as Maruha Nichiro, has made another investment in Southeast Asia with a stake in Pataya Food Industries. Tokyo-listed Umios is taking a 25.1% stake in Thailand's Pataya Food Industries (PFI)…
37 Food Trends That Were Once Extremely Popular, But Have Since 'Quietly Vanished' From Society
'Bananas Foster has disappeared from culinary existence.' 'Potted meat is probably one of the grossest things I've ever put in my mouth. So salty, and the texture is just unimaginably horrible. Ugh.' Responses have been edited for length and…
There's a Scary-Sounding New Report on Kids' Snack Foods. What Should Parents Make of It?
Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. Parenthood comes with endless worries. Will they be OK at preschool? How are we spending so much on a birthday party? Is…
I went on food stamps while pregnant. Years later, I sold my company for $47.5 million.
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Ashley Tyrner-Dolce, founder of FarmboxRX. It has been edited for length and clarity. I like to say you've either got the entrepreneurial spirit, or you don't. Lucky for me, I have it. When I…
FCC invites expressions of interest in new Agri-food Project Finance initiative
REGINA, SK, Sept. 14, 2026 /CNW/ -- Farm Credit Canada (FCC) today launched a 60-day Expression of Interest (EOI) process for its new $1 billion Agri-food Project Finance initiative. Organizations are invited to bring forward major agri-food…
Jamia forms fact-finding panel amid chameleon discovery in hostel food
Jamia Millia Islamia has launched a fact-finding investigation into claims of a chameleon found in hostel mess food, amidst escalating student protests over hygiene and food quality, prompting the university to seek external agency assistance and…
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