MultiBriefs - Your source for industry specific News Briefs

Study: Canned foods contain high amounts of BPA

Bambi Majumdar Food & Beverage

For many of us, canned foods have been a blessing. They making eating in on weeknights easier as we can quickly throw together a meal with minimal fuss or work. But a new study published in Environmental Research might make us think twice about using cans anymore.

America’s favorite farmers markets

Dave G. Houser Recreation & Leisure

There's no greater shopping experience than roaming about a busy farmers market, foraging for farm-fresh produce, artisanal cheeses and meats and local ethnic specialties — often at prices better than I find at my grocery store.

Brexit’s impact on US food trade in Europe

Bambi Majumdar Food & Beverage

Brexit tops the discussion charts right now, and businesses around the world are busy analyzing how this will impact their future. For U.S. companies with euro exposure, this could be a decisive time indeed. President Barack Obama had issued dire warnings about U.S.-U.K. trade relations before the Brexit vote in favor of the United Kingdom leaving the European Union. For example, the lower tariffs U.K. exporters pay may go up, and they could also potentially face more trade barriers like other non-EU countries like China, India or Brazil.

Your guide to the FDA’s new Nutrition Facts label

Natalie Thomas Food & Beverage

It's no secret that America's pants are ripping at the seams. A study released earlier this month by the CDC found the rate of obesity in the United States is still continuing its upward trajectory. To put the numbers into perspective, health officials expressed concern in 1997 when researchers found 19.4 percent of American adults were obese. In 2015, that figure was 30.4 percent — and still rising.

Grocery delivery startups are the new food sector leaders

Bambi Majumdar Food & Beverage

The Nielsen Global E-Commerce and The New Retail Report April 2015 said that a quarter of the global consumers (survey respondents) are already ordering grocery online and over 55 percent are willing to use it in the future. This is, what the experts are calling, the age of the digital milkman. Just a year ago, experts predicted that the online grocery delivery market would see explosive growth, and it has. Major players, like Google, Amazon and Walmart, along with the new favorite Instacart, have all expanded their same-day delivery services with additional operational infrastructure.

Explosive growth expected for produce processing market

Bambi Majumdar Food & Beverage

A new report published by Zion Research predicts the global fruit and vegetable processing market will grow at an impressive annual rate of 7.9 percent through 2020, reaching a total revenue of $320 billion by that time. So what's behind this explosive growth projection? Let's take a closer look.

Designing kitchens for healthy eating

Michael J. Berens Interior Design, Furnishings & Fixtures

Consumers are increasingly concerned about their health, and that includes ensuring their homes are healthy, too. As a designer, you know how to create spaces and select products and finishes that will provide your clients with a safer and healthier living environment. But do you know you can also encourage them to adopt more healthy eating habits? The design choices you make in a kitchen can make a difference.

The golden age of beer has arrived

Bambi Majumdar Food & Beverage

Virginia's recent support and funding for its budding craft brewery enterprises is a testament to the growing potential of beer tourism throughout the country. The state matched the funds that were earlier allocated to the breweries by the York County's Economic Development Authority. The state grants are to be utilized in enhancing the Greater Williamsburg area's reputation as a great craft beer destination. As the county cleared the way for craft breweries and made their zoning laws flexible, the area is now ripe for a beer trail.

Plant-based food packaging to combat food waste

Bambi Majumdar Waste Management & Environmental

Almost 795 million people go without proper nourishment everyday globally. That means 1 out every 9 people on earth don't have enough to eat. But before we tackle this problem and actively think of food security, we have to combat food waste at the individual level. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations has estimated at least a third of all food produced is wasted.

Monk fruit: The zero-calorie sweetener you’ve never heard of

Heather Linderfelt Food & Beverage

If you are watching your weight, dealing with diabetes, battling candida or just wish to be healthier, how do you get sweet without spiking blood sugar levels or feeding into candida? You could turn to artificial sweeteners, but what if you don't want the poisons of artificial chemicals in your body?

Industries