Bright outlook for the dairy ingredients category

Dairy Foods: The ingredients market, including whey ingredients, milk protein powders and more is expected to reach $86.9 billion by 2024. Factors such as an aging population, more health issues and increased awareness about the benefits of food products rich in nutrition are expected to benefit the overall market.

Premier Protein finds 'sweet spot' outside of sports nutrition

NutraIngredients: One year on from its European launch, Premier Protein has secured a stronghold in Germany thanks to a continued rise in everyday protein appeal and will now focus on building brand equity, executives say.

Kellogg’s offsets low cereal sales with growth in healthier snacks

Food Bev: Kellogg's said that while cereal consumption declines moderated, the firm made progress toward stabilising key health brands, by emphasising their wellness attributes.

Wide variation in sugar content of UK cakes and biscuits, says study

New Food: Many manufacturers have failed to reformulate and reduce the sugar content of their products, with some businesses increasing the overall level of sugar. A team of researchers at the Queen Mary University of London found that 97 per cent of cakes and 74 per cent of biscuits received a ‘red’ label for sugar (>22.5g per 100g).

Rabobank issues Global Dairy Top 20 – no new entries and Nestlé stays top

Dairy Reporter: Dairy price recovery in 2017 has positively affected the combined turnover of the top 20 companies, which, in 2017, was up 7.2% on the year in US dollar terms, according to RaboResearch’s latest report, ‘Global Dairy Top 20 – A Shuffling of the Deck Chairs.’

ESSNA’s ABC’s of Sports Nutrition

To combat the raft of misconceptions around the sports nutrition world, ESSNA has produced its ultimate guide to the industry, covering everything from what these products are – and equally important, what they aren’t - their history, the myth of contaminated/adulterated products, and economic considerations of the sports nutrition market.

For further information please contact:  Stewart Aitken, Senior Regulatory Officer  Stewart.Aitken@volac.com

The EU Food Information to Consumers Regulation 1169/2011 - contains a new rule on origin labelling 

Where the country of origin, or the place of provenance, (coo/pp) of a food is given (voluntarily) on the label, and

Where it is not the same as that of its primary ingredient,

The coo/pp of the primary ingredient in question shall also be given; or

The coo/pp of the primary ingredient shall be indicated as being different to that of the food,The rule will apply from 1 April 2020