This year’s COP28 ended with a frenzy of funding commitments and pledges to transform the global food system as agriculture took center stage at a U.N. climate summit for the first time in the event’s ...
In recent years, businesses in every industry the world over have been facing a number of new challenges spurred on by various factors from the pandemic and climate change to the ensuing economic pres ...
Dubai: The Dubai-based Food Tech Valley will host a 900,000 square feet ‘GigaFarm’ – with the aim to recycle more than 50,000 tonnes of food waste. And it will also grow 2 billion plants each year. Co ...
In the current landscape of escalating financial pressures fostered by a turbulent economic climate, the allure of staple foods has been making an impressive comeback. Beyond their conventional role a ...
Today Circularity Capital led a €40 million growth capital round in Swedish company Matsmart-Motatos, a D2C e-commerce retailer of overstock dry foods and consumer products, with additional support fr ...
A new global chapter is unfolding in the future of food. Faced with the growing concerns of climate change and the ensuing need for greater sustainability, along with the rising costs tied to inflatio ...
In an era recently dominated by fad diets, quick-fix food trends, and off-the-wall innovations that seemed to follow the idea “the weirder the better” (fuelled in large part by social media and its vi ...
With less than one month to go until Cop28, the eyes of the world are fixed on the UAE and its glittering skyline of five-star hotels. But whereas the hospitality industry has traditionally drawn th ...
As the food manufacturing industry continues to evolve, a number of key trends have been significant in shaping its trajectory. Five, in particular, have risen to the forefront: sustainability, transp ...
PepsiCo is investing over SAR 200 million (approx. $53.3 million) in its snacks facility in Dammam, Saudi Arabia. The investment aims to increase the facility’s overall capacity to meet growing local ...
Middle Eastern food and beverage heavyweight Agthia has pledged to focus more investment into the digitalisation of its business as well as the creation of new snacking innovations in order to sustain ...
Experts have welcomed plans by Cop28 organisers for an Emirates Declaration that will rally countries to shake up their food and agricultural systems. The declaration is expected to be unveiled on Dec ...
A new global association, Future Ocean Foods, has launched this week, dedicated to accelerating the alternative seafood industry. The first-of-its-kind association is launching with an inaugural mem ...
The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region’s heavy reliance on grain imports as a source of dietary calories and protein poses major risks to food security and nutrition level among its population ...
Consumers in the Middle East are increasingly looking for protein-rich products to fulfil various needs, with claims ranging from sports performance to age-related muscle support. Arla Food Ingredie ...