Nestlé has announced it will restructure its business in Sub-Saharan Africa and close a regional head office in Kenya as it aims to ensure it continues on a healthy growth path in the continent.
Ambient music in restaurants can influence what food people choose, say scientists including one of Indian origin who have found that louder environments inspire diners to crave greasy cheeseburgers and fries instead of making healthier
PepsiCo, Inc. has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Bare Foods Co., a U.S.-based maker of baked fruit and vegetable snacks. The transaction will expand the company’s snacking portfolio and further deliver on its
Coca-Cola launched its first ever alcoholic drink today in Japan; a fizzy, lemon-flavoured concoction laced with spirits that seek to capitalise on the growing popularity of "chuhai" alcopops enjoyed especially by young women. Although
Nestlé has announced that it will combine its two research units in order to strengthen its R&D capabilities and accelerate product innovation. The Nestlé Research Center and the Nestlé Institute of Health Sciences will
Microsoft appears to be applying its computer vision and AI smarts to make watching what you eat easier. Microsoft was awarded a patent for “Food Logging From Images.” That basically means, you can take a
TE-FOOD partnered with HALAL TRAIL™, a UK based company, to track livestock and fresh food from farm to table, through the halal food chain. From the 7.6 billion people in the world, almost 2
To mark Food Allergy Awareness Week in the US, Nestlé Toll House has released a new allergen-free chocolate chip product line for use in baking. The Simply Delicious Morsels range will initially offer two
In a field of sugar beet in Switzerland, a solar-powered robot that looks like a table on wheels scans the rows of crops with its camera, identifies weeds and zaps them with jets of blue
US-based Vermont Coffee Company has announced that its coffee roasting facility in Middlebury, Vermont is now powered by 100 per cent renewable energy, and the company claims it is the first US coffee roaster to