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Food Trends
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Don’t care about the new Food Guide? Some do, especially when it comes to plant-based dieting
By: Sylvain Charlebois According to a recent poll from Angus Reid Global in partnership with Dalhousie University, plant-based nutrition is alive and well in Canada. By April 2019, 38 per cent of Canadians had tried a plant-based food item in…
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Tim Hortons to add Beyond Meat® Breakfast Sandwiches to the Breakfast Anytime Menu
As Canadians’ tastes and culinary preferences evolve, Tim Hortons is looking to provide new options for guests with a new Beyond Meat breakfast sandwich test. Starting May 15, select stores will be testing three new breakfast options made with the…
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Ruby chocolate launched in North America
Barry Callebaut has launched ruby chocolate in North America. Known as the fourth type, ruby chocolate has been welcomed by artisans, brands and consumers across the globe. It’s now broadly available in the biggest chocolate and confectionery market, the U.S.,…
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Meat, meet plants: Kitchener-Waterloo company asks meat eaters to “meat us half way”
Consumers want to eat less meat, and plant-based protein products are on the rise in popularity. Kitchener-Waterloo company, Equilibrium Foods Inc, is the newest innovator in the emerging market of better-for-you burgers with its new, Better Blends™ meat + plant burger. Created to meet the meat eater…
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Turkey Farmers of Canada Launches National Think Turkey™ Campaign
Turkey Farmers of Canada, a national organization representing Canada’s 500+ turkey farmers, the Canadian Poultry and Egg Processors Council, Turkey Primary Processing Sector Members, have together launched Think TurkeyTM / Pensez DindonMC the first national, bilingual campaign to boost turkey…
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Results from SIAL Canada’s 16th edition
The 16th edition of the International Food Show (SIAL Canada) and the Equipment and Technology Sector (SET Canada) took place from April 30 to May 2 in Toronto. During the three days of the show, the major players in the…
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Maple Leaf Foods to build plant-based protein processing facility in Indiana
Maple Leaf Foods Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiary, Greenleaf Foods, SPC, announced plans to construct a US$310 million plant-based protein food processing facility in Shelbyville, Indiana. At approximately 230,000 square feet, it will be the largest facility and investment…
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EU must better protect consumers from acrylamide in food, new test shows
A new EU-wide test by consumer organizations has highlighted that consumers – especially the youngest – must be better protected from acrylamide in their food. To do so, the European Consumer Organization (BEUC) calls on the European Commission to lower the…
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Annual Survey Reveals New Adventurous Ways Canadians Love Their Cereal
In celebration of National Cereal Day (March 7), a recent survey by Kellogg Canada Inc. reveals that Canadians continue to think outside-the-cereal-box when it comes to their cereal creations. Experimenters of flavour and embracers of the unconventional, nearly 90 per cent…
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Study uses big data to analyze international food trade
As the world population swells, the inequitable distribution of food around the globe is prompting profound moral questions. Is the unequal distribution of food in rich and poor countries, for instance, merely a consequence of geography, with rich countries having…
