Consumer & Food Industry General

30/04/10: SA: No-name goods enjoy continuing sales rise

09/04/10: The problems of imposing a tax on junk food

26/03/10: Where organic ends and natural begins

26/03/10: SA: Seismic shifts in consumer shopping habits

12/03/10: Research investigates what consumers see as 'natural'

26/02/10: Successful innovation requires three critical factors

26/02/10: US: Consumer “new frugality” may be an enduring feature of post-recession economy

26/02/10: UK: Fairtrade is no marketing gimmick for big brands

29/01/10: Mintel: US food and drink product launches plummet in 2009

22/01/10: Datamonitor's 2010 trend forecast

15/01/10: Big Ideas and Things We Like (Plus Bacon)

15/01/10:  US: For some, ‘Kosher’ food equals 'Pure' food

08/01/10: The new SHEconomy ...

08/01/10: State of the food & beverage industry

08/01/10: Reading the tea leaves for 2010

08/01/10: UK: 2030 Trends: intelligent ovens, eat at home and grow your own

08/01/10: 100 things to watch in 2010

19/12/09: Mintel predicts global consumer trends for 2010

19/12/09: Leatherhead: Food and drink trends for 2010

19/12/09: “A New Frugality?” Consumption Ain’t Dead Yet

23/11/09: Food prices face a welcome perfect storm

23/11/09: Reflections on food

23/11/09: Mintel predicts 2010's trendy flavours

23/11/09: US: Food and beverage industry trends to watch in 2010

Health, Nutrition and Functional Foods

23/04/10: Innova: Fibre continues to make an impact

23/04/10: Innova: Inherent nutrition vs fortified foods

23/04/10: US: Low-sodium product launches soar – but consumers go for taste

16/04/10: Britons eating fewer vegetables

09/04/10: Five-day-will not protect you from cancer

02/04/10: UK: FSA's new recommendations on cutting fat and sugar

05/03/10: Egg is the new superfood

05/03/10: Metabolic syndrome: Have we got it profoundly misunderstood?

05/03/10: FDA's flurry of warning letters ends an era of audacious health-food claims

19/02/10: Food nutrition labels fail to impress European consumers

12/12/10: UK: Decade of spending on health messages 'has had little effect'

12/02/10: Alternative medicine and health remedies grow apace in SA

15/01/10: New York seeks national effort to curtail salt use  

15/01/10: The 10 Key Trends in Food, Nutrition & Health for 2010

18/12/09: Health claim scepticism impacts functional spreads market

27/11/09: US: The next wave: wellness food trends for 2010

Product Development: Food

30/04/10: UK: Steaming sales of hot tinned meat and baked beans

16/04/10: Consumers regard sweeteners with suspicion

16/04/10: Oatmeal, a sweet trend for diners and restaurant profits

16/04/10: General Mills joins the salt-slashing trend

09/04/10: The fine dining trends inspiring packaged food innovation

02/04/10: Innova: Global surge in gluten-free new product activity

02/04/10: The snacking craze

26/03/10: Playing the healthy snack-food game

26/02/10: Innova Market Insights: Cereal market shows emphasis on premium adult products

19/02/10: Butchers are suddenly the rock stars of the culinary world

19/02/10: Marketers cooking up plans to reduce salt use

19/02/10: Innova: Global food industry embracing low sodium platform

12/02/10: Fresh produce innovation winners - Fruit Logistica expo, Berlin

05/02/10: Winning confectionery products from ISM 2010

05/02/10: UK: Kellogg's to cut the salt in its cereals by a third

29/01/10: Brits bowled over by breakfast cereals

29/01/10: British pie eating at 30-year high

29/01/10: Yoghurt: the US product of the decade

08/01/10: Tea shortage to widen as rising demand exceeds supply

08/01/10: Confectioners to adjust to soaring cocoa prices

08/01/10: Chocoholics unite as chocolate sales worldwide defy recession

08/01/10: UK: Spuds back big on consumers' menus

18/12/09: Bacon, sardines are among top food trends for 2010, ad agency says

Product Development: Beverage

16/04/10: EU: Nespresso steams ahead with brilliant European growth

02/04/10: US: Sports drinks suffer sales volume slump

26/03/10: UK: Coffee sales full of beans

12/03/10: Coconut waters enjoy soaring sales

12/03/10: Innocent Drinks: Economic downturn exposes flaws and strengths

05/02/10: US: Coke, Pepsi battle over bottled water

29/01/10: Pouches to double beverage market share

22/01/10: Beverage innovation: looking back, looking ahead

08/01/10: The best in beverages, 2009

18/12/09: Wine trends of the Noughties

04/12/09: Top 10 beverage flavour trend predictions

 Flavours & Ingredients

30/04/10: Stevia revolution in EU beverage market still a long way off

02/04/10: The death of high fructose corn syrup

26/03/10: PepsiCo trials designer salt

12/03/10: Munchers inspire innovation in confectionery flavouring

12/02/10: The bitter battle over salt science

12/02/10: The absolution of MSG?

05/02/10: The competition to make the most natural fake sugar

22/01/10: Functional products showcased at Fi Europe 2009

Marketing

30/04/10: Voicing and marketing your ethical stance

26/03/10: Diet Coke or Coke Zero? Food marketing by gender

26/03/10: Marketers want to get inside your brain. Literally.

05/02/10: Marketing to Millenials (those born 1980-2000)

Food & Beverage Packaging

30/04/10: Packaging is leading the ‘green’ agenda for consumers

09/04/10: BPA: The poison in the plastic that surrounds us

19/02/10: PLA and bioplastics – for and against

12/02/10: US: Beverage industry will make calories more clear and useable for consumers

05:02/10: SA's wine bottles get lighter and greener

18/12/09: Packaging trends for a new year 

Sustainability & The Future of Food

16/04/10: Developing a ‘water battery’ for trees

02/04/10: Mutant crops could radically boost food production

26/03/10: Global hunt for phosphates is on

26/03/10: The Environmental and Social Impact of the 'Livestock Revolution'

26/03/10: A delightful look at how consumers understand sustainability

12/03/10: How food and water are driving a 21st-century African land grab

05/03/10: The spread of GM crops: developing world embraces a controversial technology

05/03/10: Attack of the really quite likeable GM tomatoes

19/02/10: A menu for feeding nine billion

12/02/10: India's new delicacy: a 45-day-old tomato

05/02/10: Time to chuck out 'sell by' dates?

15/01/10: The end of consumerism: Our way of life is 'not viable'

08/01/10: GM wheat is on its way