Insights into the global food economy, restaurants and trends.
Your next favorite snack may not be the culmination of a chef’s entire brainpower; it may be a product of human synergy with AI in food product development. Algorithms are the building blocks of artificial intelligence, and they are getting deployed in food innovation technology. AI food industry innovation is unravelling many aspects of food…
Protein shakes have become wildly popular in recent years, a trend of functional beverages that even Starbucks has hopped on. From probiotic sodas, adaptogen beverages, energy drinks and rehydration electrolytes, these all have one thing in common: they’re beverages designed to confer specific health benefits. There is no arguing that most beverages out there, even…
There’s more to the chocolate supply chain than meets the eye. When you pick a cocoa product off a store shelf, what you see is a nicely branded delicacy. However, the story behind the farm-to-table journey of chocolate has, over the years, been marred by poverty, exploitation, and environmental damage. West Africa has been the…
Keurig Dr Pepper is joining the race for a cut of the coffee market. The company announced a monumental acquisition deal on Monday. The agreement involves an $18 billion acquisition of JD Peet’s, a global coffee company. Keurig Dr Pepper’s takeover of the Dutch coffee giant will pitch her against Nestlé in a global coffee…
They say a wave of technological innovations is mopping up jobs around the world, but have you considered the use of AI in food supply chain? The possibilities of using predictive analytics agriculture to estimate annual global crop yields, despite the recent onslaught of climate change. Imagine the benefits of smart food supply chains that…
