Consumer price cuts and new, healthier snacks have helped PepsiCo boost its sales and drive an 8.5% revenue increase to US$19.44 billion in Q1 2026, compared with the same period last year. Organic revenue also grew by 2.6%, as the first-quarter performance provides an indicator for how CPGs can effectively navigate challenging economic headwinds and consumer price sensitivit...

Barry Callebaut CEO Hein Schumacher says there is still significant work to do to strengthen the company following a prolonged period of industry disruption and transformation. Schumacher made the comments as the chocolate and cocoa giant published its half-year results for 2025/26, which show volumes improving in the second quarter, but still down in the first half, alongsid...

BRIGHT at The Technical University of Denmark (DTU) has partnered with Novonesis to engineer microbes that convert waste CO₂ into nutritious and sustainable protein at an industrial scale. 

The collaboration is positioned as a “blueprint for circular bioeconomy,” as BRIGHT’s evolutionary research combines with Novonesis’ industry expertise to explore cost-effective...

UN FAO chief economist, Maximo Torero, has warned that a prolonged Strait of Hormuz crisis could result in a “global agri-food catastrophe.” The US-Iran war in the Middle East, which began in late February 2026, remains unresolved, with Torero urging anticipatory policy actions to mitigate a price and supply crunch for key agri-food inputs. 

Although a delicate cea...

Consumers are redefining “healthy” beverages from a focus on restriction to one of nutritional optimization. While sugar reduction remains a baseline expectation, the category is shifting toward delivering functional, targeted benefits — from gut health and energy to mental well-being, alongside clean label, natural formulations, and enhanced protein.