News & Analysis on Food & Beverage Development & Technology
By encouraging unhealthy food purchases, supermarkets are worsening Latin America’s childhood obesity crisis – but certain strategies can help both public health and retailer profits, according to a recent UNICEF report.
Brazilian supplier Duas Rodas has developed an aromatic herbal extract that allows beverage manufacturers to create botanical-based ingredients and drinks with an "expressive" taste profile.
Legislators in Mexico passed a new law that will require strong front-of-pack nutrition warning labels on processed foods and non-alcoholic beverages.
A Colorado-based producer of bulk hemp-derived CBD products, backed by an ambitious state government plan, is looking south to new markets in Latin America.