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1 week ago | 
foodnavigator.com | Augustus Bambridge-Sutton |Donna Eastlake |Nicholas Robinson
Earlier this year, cocoa prices reached record highs. Following a similar, but not quite as extreme, price hike in April last year, they reached $10.75 (€9.47) per kilogram on January 31. They have since reduced, though remain above 2023 levels. Nevertheless, the price pressure has started to impact consumers, and this at the most chocolatey time of the year: Easter. Price hikes hit Easter eggsOne of the most significant issues with price rises is consumer demand.
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1 week ago | 
foodnavigator.com | Nicholas Robinson |Augustus Bambridge-Sutton |Katy Askew
Cultivated meat is at the growing centre of a €23bn food tech boom, sucking up major investments including over €60m of government, private and NGO funds in the UK. A full safety assessment of two lab-produced foods is also underway by the country’s Food Standards Agency (FSA), which could see the products shelf-ready in two years.
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1 week ago | 
foodnavigator.com | Augustus Bambridge-Sutton |Rachel Arthur |Nicholas Robinson
Having non-alcoholic beer on-tap has its advantages, or so Heineken says. The number one advantage is it allows consumers to have a more authentic experience when having a pint. With the stigma surrounding non-alcoholic drinking still present in some circumstances, it also means that the consumer can blend in more easily, a pint of beer looking more or less the same whether it’s alcoholic or not.
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1 week ago | 
beveragedaily.com | Augustus Bambridge-Sutton |Rachel Arthur |Nicholas Robinson
Having non-alcoholic beer on-tap has its advantages, or so Heineken says. The number one advantage is it allows consumers to have a more authentic experience when having a pint. With the stigma surrounding non-alcoholic drinking still present in some circumstances, it also means that the consumer can blend in more easily, a pint of beer looking more or less the same whether it’s alcoholic or not.
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1 week ago | 
foodnavigator.com | Nicholas Robinson
Beneo’s new facility will focus on pulse processing for food, with waste going into feed and follows a €50 investment from owner Südzucker Group. Local faba production in the vicinity of the Obrigheim, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany site will feed production. “Beneo’s new plant represents a strong commitment to Rhineland-Palatinate as a business hub,” says Rhineland-Palatinate minister for economic affairs Daniela Schmitt.
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1 week ago | 
nutraingredients.com | Nicholas Robinson |Horphag Research
Beneo’s new facility will focus on pulse processing for food, with waste going into feed and follows a €50 investment from owner Südzucker Group. Local faba production in the vicinity of the Obrigheim, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany site will feed production. “Beneo’s new plant represents a strong commitment to Rhineland-Palatinate as a business hub,” says Rhineland-Palatinate minister for economic affairs Daniela Schmitt.
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1 week ago | 
foodnavigator.com | Nicholas Robinson
A 90-day pause to US president Donald Trump’s tariffs is no salve to the overall trading relationship, and there should be little expectation that talking will result in any positives, sector experts argue. The scale of food and agriculture trade between the EU and US hinders any quick solutions being found, say leading economists from the global market intelligence firm ING.
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2 weeks ago | 
foodnavigator.com | Augustus Bambridge-Sutton |Nicholas Robinson |Donna Eastlake
GLP-1 drugs are already a success story, making Novo Nordisk, maker of Wegovy and Ozempic, until recently Europe’s highest valued company. However, it appears that the sector is only just getting started.
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2 weeks ago | 
foodnavigator.com | Nicholas Robinson
In yet another tariff rollout twist, US president Donald Trump has backtracked with a 90-day reprieve for many countries. The pause means trading countries and groups like the EU will no longer for the time being pay their bespoke taxes to import into the US, but will instead face the 10% baseline tariff targeted at the likes of the UK. In answer to why he’d implemented the three-month pause, Trump said “people were jumping a bit out of line”. What do tariffs mean for the EU?
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2 weeks ago | 
foodnavigator-latam.com | Augustus Bambridge-Sutton |Nicholas Robinson
Markets have heaved a sigh of relief following president Donald Trump’s 90 day tariff postponement (with the exception of China), announcement yesterday. Before the reprieve, publicly owned food businesses such as Mondelēz remained positive, despite the market uncertainty that continues to linger. The EU will now face a 10% baseline tariff until further notice. Last week Mondelēz International, along with Danone, Unilever and Nestlé, saw share values drop in light of Trump’s tariff announcement.
