GLP-1 drugs are influencing food M&A, but buyers risk overvaluing health-led assets and underpricing adaptable bakery and ...

EU-funded research reveals how vague food claims, hidden sponsorships, influencers and AI can mislead consumers – and how producers should respond.

Nestlé leads TIME and Statista’s 2026 food and drink ranking. See the top 20, from Carlsberg and Mars to Mondelēz and PepsiCo.

Oreo goes pistachio, Wonka returns to UK shelves and Yasso expands frozen yoghurt as protein, nostalgia and hybrid formats reshape snack NPD.

Lucky Charms and Trix have lost their certified colours. General Mills has now removed petroleum-based dyes from every cereal in its US portfolio, completing one of the food industry’s most closely ...

Breakfast cereal’s health halo has taken a bruising after new independent testing detected arsenic, lead, acrylamide and agricultural chemicals across a selection of 77 US cereals, including some of ...

Private-label food manufacturers are becoming increasingly acquisitive. Their names rarely appear on supermarket shelves, but they make the biscuits, cereal bars, snacks and ice creams sold by major ...

When chocolate leaks from a pain au chocolat, the ingredient is often blamed for a failure that actually began with baton placement, dough sealing or proofing. But that doesn’t mean chocolate ...

What does great leadership actually look like in a modern bakery business? The five contenders for British Baker’s inaugural Bakery Leader of the Year Award show there’s no single answer. They work ...

Stickiness, weak bite and a poor nutritional profile remain recurring problems in gluten-free pasta. A study of carob-enriched tagliatelle suggests one ingredient could tackle all three, although its ...

We’ve had lab-grown meat, precision-fermented proteins and insect-based snacks, but is an edible plastic-derived cookie a step too far? Microplastics have already infiltrated water, seafood, meat, ...

Securing a supermarket listing doesn’t mean a retailer has decided a product deserves permanent shelf space. It means it has agreed to give that product an opportunity to prove itself, and what ...