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Keir Steinke, former VP for R&D at Unilever and former Chief R&D Officer of Masan Consumer, shared key building blocks to achieve health-based innovation success.

Four factors to succeed in health-focused product innovations: Ex-Unilever VP of R&D

If major food manufacturers are not striving to make genuinely healthier products then they are shaping up for failure, according to a former senior research and development executive at Unilever and Masan Consumer.

Watch: Gold and bold - Why the food industry needs to up its game when marketing to older consumers

The food industry needs to better ‘hold a mirror’ to older consumers in order to meet their purchase needs, instead of telling them what they should be buying, or even worse, discarding them in favour of younger shoppers.

Australia’s changing grocery landscape is good for consumers but is it bad for business?

Falling food prices in Australia are benefitting consumers, but the knock-on impact for industry appears to be far less positive.

Vertical indoor farm first from UAE to sign distribution deal with high-end market distributor

Badia Farms, a UAE vertical indoor farm, has signed a distribution agreement with Classic Fine Foods, a distributing firm that serves five-star hotels and upmarket restaurants across the Middle East, Asia and Europe.

Japan’s halal wagyu industry grows as Asian Muslim tourism increases

Japan’s halal wagyu industry is poised for rapid growth, thanks to demand from an increasing number of Muslim tourists and the opening of new export markets.

Constantia Flexibles to double sales in India within five years thanks to Creative Polypack acquisition

Constantia Flexibles plans to double sales in India within the next five years thanks to its acquisition of a majority stake in Creative Polypack and its group companies.

India’s draft ‘red light’ food labelling regulations in need of "massive strengthening"

India’s proposed new Food Safety and Standards (Labelling and Display) Regulations been dubbed a ‘good start’ but in urgent need of amendments to be truly effective in tackling obesity and diabetes.