Stevia is the growing sweetener of choice for consumers looking for natural and healthy products. In 2009, the natural low-calorie sweetener, between 200 and 400 times sweeter than sugar, became commercially available in the U.S. …
[Editor’s Note 1/13/2022: Please see our updated list that includes sesame here: The Big 9 Food Allergens] More than 170 foods have been reported to cause allergic reactions, but eight major food allergens, also known …
Food Institute Focus – Strategic Changes at Food Distributors
Food Institute Focus – Demand for Small Business Loans Slows
Food Institute Focus – Sales of At-Home Cooking Products Soar
Food Institute Focus – Plant-Based Options Fill Meat Void
Food Institute Focus – Most Americans Oppose Reopenings
Food Institute Focus – Supermarkets Limit Meat Sales
Food Institute Focus – How America is Getting Back to Business
Food Institute Focus – Delivery and Takeout Provide Relief to QSR
While many food companies already had an eye on robotics and artificial intelligence (AI), the coronavirus is accelerating efforts to deploy the technology across the grocery retail industry. Sanitation was an important aspect of any …
Food Institute Focus – Health to Remain Top Priority Post-Pandemic
Food Institute Focus – Pandemic Prompts Manufacturing Changes
As consumers seek out convenience and accessibility, the vending machine market is predicted to surpass $30 billion in revenue by 2024, according to Global Market Insights. Some companies are going outside the typical vending machine …
The Food Institute Focus – Cattle Producers Call for Investigations into Beef Margins
The Food Institute Focus – USDA Works to Improve Food Security
Twenty-five percent of working Americans are at “high risk” of losing their jobs to automation, according to a recent Brookings Institution study. A 2017 report by McKinsey also predicted a third of workers in the …
Food Institute Focus – At-Home Grocery Shopping Intensifies
Food Institute Focus – Better Protection for Meat Industry to Secure Food Supply
The Food Institute Focus – U.S. Corn Production Expected to Hit Record High
The Food Institute Focus – Banner Year Predicted for Peaches
Food Institute Focus – Major Ways Supermarkets Changed Due to Pandemic
Food Institute Focus – Big Companies Return PPP Loans
Ghost kitchens—special kitchens set up to handle deliveries-are cropping up nationwide, attracting big investment and becoming an industry unto themselves built around the internet. As evidence of this growing interest, New York and Dubai-based Kitopi …
Food Institute Focus – Shoppers Lean into Digital Shopping
Food Institute Focus – Chipotle to Pay $25 Million in Food Safety Case
Food Institute Focus – How Are Food Companies’ Financials Fairing?
Food Institute Focus – Contactless Payment Sees Surge
Food Institute Focus – Is Food Supply in Trouble?
Food Institute Focus – Plant-Based Expands in Retail
Food Institute Focus – Ghost Kitchens Gain Traction
“Sustainability has reached a tipping point,” according to Meet the 2020 Consumers Driving Change report from the IBM Institute for Business Value. Almost 60% of surveyed consumers are willing to change their shopping habits to …
Food Institute Focus – Agriculture to Face Huge Loss
One-third of food produced for human consumption is lost or wasted globally, amounting to about 1.3 billion metric tons per year, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Food is lost …
Food Institute Focus – Delivery Not Doing as Well as Expected
The global meat industry is worth over $2 trillion, according to a report from IDTechEx. In 2017, the U.S. alone produced about 100 billion-lbs. of meat, with production growing at a rate of 2-3% per …
