India’s packaged-food companies are beginning to change their recipes even before the final rules for front-of-pack warning labels are settled. Manufacturers of biscuits, noodles, snacks,…
View More The Red-Label Effect: India’s Food Cos Are Reformulating Before FSSAI Warning
The Bangalore Bioinnovation Centre (BBC) has developed ready-to-eat energy bars using pulses grown in Kalaburagi, Karnataka, as part of efforts to add value to the…
View More Karnataka’s Kalaburagi Pulses Turned into Ready-to-Eat Energy Bars
India’s proposed front-of-pack food warning system is facing a challenge in the Supreme Court, with health activists arguing that the framework could allow some packaged…
View More India’s Food Label Fight Escalates as Health Activists Challenge Warning Rules
As food supply chains become more complex, conventional visual checks alone may no longer be enough to identify contamination. Molecular testing is increasingly emerging as…
View More Molecular Diagnostics Emerge as Key Tool for Safer Food and Water
As protein moves from the fitness aisle into mainstream Indian consumption, food and FMCG companies are changing not just what they sell, but how much they…
View More The ₹10 Protein Push: FMCG Brands Take Nutrition to the Mass Market
The Nutella maker is reformulating and repackaging the wafer-based protein bar while highlighting its lighter, crispier texture in a crowded protein-snacking market. Ferrero is revamping…
View More Ferrero relaunches Power Crunch as protein snack brand looks to regain momentum
PepsiCo is urging the sports nutrition industry to address what it describes as a significant gap in research and product development for women athletes, calling…
View More PepsiCo Calls for More Research on Women’s Sports Nutrition, Highlights Gaps in Hydration and Hormonal Health
Tata Consumer Products Ltd. (TCPL) is preparing to enter the fast-emerging GLP-1 nutrition segment with a range of functional foods and beverages designed to address…
View More Tata Consumer Bets on GLP-1 Nutrition, Readies New Functional Foods Portfolio
A Parliamentary Standing Committee has called for stricter regulation of sugar content in infant food products, recommending tighter oversight, mandatory front-of-pack sugar disclosures and enhanced…
View More Parliamentary Panel Seeks Tougher Curbs on Sugar in Infant Foods
The Maharashtra government has decided to ban the sale of energy drinks and similar products within a 500-metre radius of school campuses, in a move…
View More Energy Drinks Under Watch: Maharashtra Restricts Sales Around School Campuses