by Freshagenda | Oct 31, 2023 | Consumer
Interventions at the production end of the supply chain have economic and environmental benefits but the world is unlikely to see food brands encouraging consumers to buy less. The world has a problem with food waste laid bare, according to McKinsey, 33% –...
by Freshagenda | Jun 23, 2023 | Consumer
Consumers are sick of misleading claims – will it stiffen what companies need to prove to make a claim – and move the dial on meaningful decarbonisation? The European Consumer Organisation (BEUC) is calling for a ban on all carbon neutral claims on consumer...
by Freshagenda | Mar 14, 2023 | Consumer
The changing needs of consumers will continue to reshape preferences for food categories, product forms and the origins and systems to produce and deliver them. Young consumers are a force to be reckoned with, with vastly different spending propensities. In the EU,...
by Freshagenda | Mar 14, 2023 | Consumer
The case to shrink the NZ dairy sector’s footprint is gaining more community support. Can the industry get on the front foot ahead of this pressure? A Horizon Research survey for Greenpeace in New Zealand from November 2022 found 61% of surveyed New Zealanders now...
by Freshagenda | Mar 14, 2023 | Consumer
Having kids for the economy won’t catch on, despite the enticements of the recent “two child policy”. A survey conducted among university students in China jointly sponsored by China Family Planning Association, China Youth Network and China Population and...
by Freshagenda | Nov 1, 2021 | Consumer
Scientific advances have improved the ways in which infant formula can mimic breast milk Human milk oligosaccharides (HMO) are components found in breast milk, known to provide benefits to infants by supporting the immune system, promoting growth of beneficial gut...