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Mumbai: India's snack makers are struggling to cut sugar. Low- or reduced-sugar products made up just 0.9% of launches in chocolates, confectionery, biscuits and snack bars last fiscal year ended March 31. While that is up from 0.1% in 2022, the share has stagnated over the past two years and even slipped from 1.1% in 2024, according to latest data from UK research firm Mintel shared with ET. Also Read | Parle continues to be India's top FMCG brand at home, 13th time in a row: Report But tha ...Read More >
Heritage Foods Ltd has acquired a 51% stake in health-focused ice cream brand Get-A-Way for Rs 9 crore. This strategic move aims to expand Heritage Foods' portfolio beyond traditional dairy into functional food categories. The acquisition, expected to be completed within 45 days, will make Get-A-Way a subsidiary. Dairy company Heritage Foods Ltd said on Monday it has acquired a 51 per cent stake in Peanutbutter and Jelly Pvt Ltd, which owns health-focused ice cream brand Get-A-Way, for Rs 9 cro ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Gifting stores across the city have seen a sharp drop in corporate Diwali orders this year, with companies slashing budgets and scaling down on festive spending. Retailers report that while the season remains busy, the mood is far more restrained compared to previous years.Traditional favourites such as sweets, diyas, and dry fruits continue to find a place in corporate hampers, but in smaller quantities. Silver coins, once a Diwali staple in bulk orders, almost disappeared this year. ...Read More >
New Delhi: Long-term use of artificial sweeteners or low- and no-calorie sweeteners, used mainly by people with diabetes, can lead to cognitive decline, claimed a study. Researchers from the Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil, analysed 12,000 patients who use common artificial sweeteners such as aspartame, saccharin, xylitol, erythritol, sorbitol, tagatose, and acesulfame K. The results, published in the Neurology journal, found that people who consumed the highest amounts had the greatest decl ...Read More >
CHENNAI: Hailing from a community of palm climbers, Kannan has witnessed the cutting down of palm trees since his childhood. However, a major turning point occurred in 2021 when he questioned a landowner about why 30 trees had been cut. "They said there were no palm climbers to tap neera or harvest ice apples, so the fruits ripen on the tree. When these fruits fall, forest pigs come to eat them, and these pigs damage the cultivation land when they pass through," says Kannan, founder of Palm Era. ...Read More >
BENGALURU: Tired of seeing the word 'organic' on almost every label but rarely finding anything truly natural, an IT couple working in Bengaluru quit their corporate jobs and returned to their hometown Puttur in Dakshina Kannada, to start a chocolate brand. They wanted to put Puttur on the 'Made in India' chocolate map, using cocoa grown on their family farmland. What started as small experiments with homegrown cocoa and natural sweeteners like dates and jaggery, has now grown into a full-fledg ...Read More >
Eating lots of ultra processed food could increase your risk of suffering an unsightly scaly skin condition by over a third, French research suggests. Experts came to this conclusion after analysing health and diet data from over 18,000 people taking part in long term study on nutrition. Dividing the group into three tiers based on the amount of ultra-processed food (UPF) they ate per day on average, the scientists found the group which ate the most had a 36 per cent increased risk of sufferin ...Read More >
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