FoodBeverageInnovation

Youngsters shall never be afraid of failure. Let’s set forth on a “Journey of Finding your Passion”, and you will witness your own growth at the “Fresh Air” Beverage Innovation Contest. While we still cherish the amazing designs of last year’s contest, such as “School Beauty Jiang Yining” and “M + M Stay-up Partners”, this year’s contest has come. What amazing surprises has it taken to us this year? Let’s check it out. FBIF2018 Hello Foods Prize—the “Fresh Air” Beverage Innovation Contest is a competition for student groups. After four rounds of audition, preliminary contest, rematch and semi-final, the contest finally ushered into the climax yesterday. Its final was successfully held on the site of the FBIF2018 Product Innovation sub-form. The jury tasted and scored the 12 finalists on site and awarded six finalists’ works as the top three of this year’s “Fresh Air” contest. The team led by Liao Zhanghong from Tianjin University of Science &Technology won the...

"Reactive leadership might minimise a crisis, but a proactive approach will stop it happening,"said Dan Fone. ‘Don’t talk about creating a food safety culture, do it’: That’s the advice from one of the senior leaders overseeing food safety at Walmart’s 12,000 stores, in 28 countries, with 2.3 million employees. Dan Fone, the retail giant’s International Director for Food Safety, said it was all too easy to get bogged down in the various theories of food safety culture. He was speaking at last month’s Global Food Safety Conference in Japan, where execs from the likes of Fonterra and Cargill shared their views on creating world-class food safety cultures in an organization. In setting the scene, Professor Robert Gravani, from Cornell’s Department of Food Science, said recent incidents, such as the deaths of 180 people in South Africa from a listeria epidemic linked to processed meats, showed there was “still clearly cause for concern” around food safety. A m...

Source: chinadaily Author: Tan Xinyu Laura Tang, Fonterra's marketing director, delivers a speech at the Food and Beverage Innovation Forum 2018 in Shanghai on April 19, 2018. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] New Zealand dairy giant Fonterra vows to position technologies, marketing and products based on consumer trends in the Chinese market, which the company views optimistically. Laura Tang, Fonterra's marketing director, said on Thursday at the Food and Beverage Innovation Forum 2018 the company not only has to understand dairy trends and behaviors on the consumption side, but also consumers' work and their daily lives. Fonterra recently unveiled a new fresh milk product for Alibaba's Hema Fresh, the prototype supermarket chain of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd's new retail concept. The product, "Daily Fresh", comes direct from Fonterra's farm hub in Hebei province and claims to reach store shelves less than 24 hours after milki...

WilburZhu Building, expanding, innovating, oh my! From frozen desserts to appetizers and meals, the frozen section in U.S. grocery stores has the ability to be a one-stop shop for on-the-go consumers. From frozen desserts to appetizers and meals, the frozen section in U.S. grocery stores has the ability to be a one-stop shop for on-the-go consumers. In fact, 26% of total shoppers are shopping in the frozen foods department more frequently than last year, and it’s being led by Millennials and households with children, according to “The Future of Frozen,”produced by Acosta Sales &Marketing, Jacksonville, Fla. But, in today’s day and age where food safety is of utmost importance and becoming more sustainable is key to success, many of today’s frozen food processors continue to build, expand and innovate. In fact, the food market will experience rapid evolution in 2018, according to sector experts at MSL, Seatt...