Hong Kong’s bid to become a centre for innovation in Asia is picking up speed with companies from the mainland and overseas announcing plans for investment in R&D, advanced manufacturing and other areas.
Do ultra-processed foods lead to poor health outcomes by definition? A ‘hyper-literal’ focus on definitions is not the point, suggest Henry Dimbleby and Chris van Tulleken: ‘ultra-processed food’ as a category encapsulates the toll that an industry dominated by industrially-produced food has taken.
General Mills is ready to “unleash” the growth potential of its carefully constructed digital capabilities, including e-commerce, data-driven marketing and supply chain digitization, in which it has made “significant investments” over the past five years, CEO Jeff Harmening told investment analysts this week at the Consumer Analyst Group of New York meeting.
The discovery of what activates the gene that forces potatoes to convert starch into sugar when they’re stored in cold storage is a significant leap forward for the savory snacks industry.