Products claiming to improve gut health are flying off shelves, yet many fail to live up to their claims and consumers are confused on how to evaluate what they see on the label, suggests a new national survey from Danone North America.
At the annual conference of the European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism (ESPEN) the results of research into the perspective of Covid-19 patients on nutritional support across Europe was published.
Danone North America’s plant-based brand So Delicious Dairy Free has launched Good People Loop, a program that aims to support social and economic empowerment of farming partners across its supply chain.
An amino acid based infant formula with synbiotics could help infants allergic to cow’s milk develop tolerance, restore disrupted gut microbiota, and lower their risk of hospitalisation due to infections.
We have conversations with Oscar Zollman Thomas, Formo’s lead researcher; Sumathi Manjunath, digital infrastructure & sustainability director at Danone Specialized Nutrition; and PACCOR CEO, Andreas Schuette.
Danone’s specialized nutrition plant in Poços de Caldas in Brazil, which produces milk formula and medical nutrition products, is the company’s first production site in the world to meet its sustainability goals across three environmental areas of carbon,...
Access to Nutrition Initiative (ATNI) has launched its fourth assessment of the marketing policies and practices of the world’s largest manufacturers of formulas and foods for infants and young children.
We hear plenty about the importance of gut health and probiotics, but now that vocabulary has extended to biotics, prebiotics, postbiotics and even synbiotics. So what do they all mean?
Danone has published its first quarter of 2021 statement, which shows consolidated sales stood at €5.7bn, down 3.3% on a like-for-like basis, with a 3.7% decline in volume and a 0.3% increase in value.
Danone Institute North America is accepting applications for its “One Planet. One Health” Initiative grant program to promote resilient and sustainable local food systems.
This week, we have three interviews on the podcast. We have conversations with Shannon Coco, strategic marketing director, food at Kerry North America, and Logan Cisewski, RD&A senior scientist at Kerry; Tim Duret, director of sustainable technology...
As a step towards Horizon Organic's carbon positive by 2025 goal, Horizon has published an executive summary of its life cycle assessment (LCA) on the Horizon Organic brand.
Following a meeting on March 1, Danone's board of directors reviewed the company’s corporate governance and decided, on a proposal from Emmanuel Faber, to separate the functions of chairman and CEO in the near future.
As part of its ongoing portfolio review, Danone said it has reached an agreement with COFCO Dairy Investments Limited, to convert Danone’s stake in China Mengniu Dairy Company Limited, currently held indirectly, into a direct holding.
Global food and beverage company Danone and Earth Island, maker of Follow Your Heart brands, have entered into a share purchase agreement under which Danone will acquire 100% of the shares of Earth Island.
Daniel J. O'Keefe, Artisan Global Value Strategy lead portfolio manager, and N. David Samra, Artisan International Value Strategy lead portfolio manager have gone public and sent a letter to Gilles Schnepp, lead independent board member elect at...
This week, we have three interviews. We feature conversations with Jamie Crummie, co-founder of Too Good To Go; Mark Tollman, group strategic sales director at Faerch Group; and Miguel Freitas, PhD, nutrition scientist at Danone.
Too Good To Go, a UK anti-food-waste company, has partnered with a range of food companies – including those in dairy – to tackle date label confusion and help eliminate food waste.
We welcome the New Year with three interviews on our first podcast of 2021. We chatted with Rebecca Shurhay, marketing analyst, Flavorchem; Normunds Staņēvičs, CEO of Food Union Europe; and Angela Grist, Danone North America senior director marketing.
Danone North America is continuing to expand its regenerative farming program, which it said is currently the most comprehensive regenerative agriculture dairy program in the US.
To tackle the challenge of muscle loss in cancer patients, Danone Nutricia Research has joined Food4Health’s MuscleCancer project that aims to incorporate nutrition and exercise into cancer treatment programs to prevent malnutrition and muscle mass loss.
Danone North America, the world’s largest Certified B Corp, has announced it is expanding its gender-neutral Parental Bonding Leave policy to its manufacturing employees, enabling them to take up to 18 weeks’ paid time off after the birth or adoption...
This week on the Dairy Dialog podcast we feature four interviews, with Orlaigh Matthews, Carbery marketing manager; Falk Paulsen, sales & business development director, extrusions solutions, at Mondi; Matthew Hall, owner at Butlers Farmhouse Cheeses;...
French-headquartered dairy giant Danone said today that in accordance with its focus on capital allocation discipline and balance sheet strength, the company is selling its 6.61% stake in the Japanese company Yakult Honsha Co. Ltd.
As part of Danone's "One Planet. One Health" agenda in Malaysia, the company is launching public health initiatives through various collaborations to address malnutrition and iron deficiency anemia (IDA) in children.
The food & drink sector is one of the few sectors that should suffer limited impact as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, with the world’s top food & drink brands unlikely to lose brand value, according to the latest Brand Finance Food & Drink...
Danone North America – maker of brands including International Delight, Light + Fit, Silk, So Delicious Dairy Free, Oikos, and others, has announced is fall launches.
Guests on the podcast this week are Normunds Staņēvičs, CEO of Food Union, Europe; Paul Kennedy, global nature & sustainability manager, Specialized Nutrition at Danone; and Federico Muffatto, CEO at Digi.Bio and Brij Sahi, co-founder & CEO at...
