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Coupons on Food Purchasing

An overwhelming majority of moms (89%) are regularly influenced by coupons to try new food and drink products.
February 3, 2014
Coupons prompted the "Womensforum.com Supermarket Moms Survey" respondents to make more new product purchases down the snack food aisle (73%) than elsewhere in the store.
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Pair of Hires at Nu-Tek

Nu-Tek Food Science announced that Brian Boor has joined the company as senior vice president of sales and business administration.
February 3, 2014
Dave Hickey has been named chief customer officer.
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State of the Nutraceutical Market

The nutraceutical ingredient market is estimated to grow to $33.6 billion in 2018.
February 3, 2014
On the whole, the market for Asia-pacific is a dominant one, with the highest growth rate and share.
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Gluten-free in 2014

Gluten-free looks poised for continued growth in 2014.
January 31, 2014
Four in 10 health conscious respondents (41%) are planning to buy more gluten-free products this year.
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Simply Replacing Natural

PepsiCo has quietly gotten rid of the word “Natural” in some of its products and instead is going with “Simply.”
January 31, 2014
The food and beverage giant says the name changes are the result of it updating its marketing.
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Olam Investments

Olam Spices & Vegetable Ingredients has completed an expansion in size and capability of its spices processing facility in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
January 31, 2014
The 85,300-sq.-ft (26,000-sq.-mt) spice processing facility will enhance cleaning and storage processes for black pepper, and adds capabilities to process cinnamon, ginger and nutmeg products.
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Americans Turning Away from Beer?

Recent research finds 22% of Americans say they are drinking less domestic beer because they are drinking wine instead.
January 30, 2014
Despite flat volume sales on the traditional domestic front, craft beer continues to make inroads.
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Hershey Surpasses Certification Benchmark

The Hershey Company announced that 18% of all the cocoa the company sourced globally in 2013 was certified.
January 30, 2014
The company’s next certification milestone is to reach between 40-50% of all cocoa purchased globally by 2016.
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Wixon Names Sales Director

Wixon has named Meredith Schneider as director of Industrial Ingredient Sales.
January 30, 2014
Schneider will be responsible for managing the strategic direction of Wixon’s national sales team for Industrial Ingredients.
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Curcumin's Bioavailability

A study examines the bioavailability of curcumin across three different oral delivery systems.
January 30, 2014
Key to capitalizing on curcumin’s health benefits is improving its limited uptake into the body.
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