It is a fact that the global agriculture and food production industry employed more than one billion people in 2013 being equivalent to the third of the entire global workforce, and yet the industry is controlled and managed by a very small number of companies,...
Millions of B2B food formulations are today offered to food producers all over the world with one simple message: “My formulation is better or cheaper than yours”. Most of the offered formulations are generic recipes developed by one person or a small team being employed by...
Dairy food producers are turning to markets such as Africa: Growth in established markets is low while, population is increasing in emerging countries, which, and where there is an increasing interest in dairy products. Recently, Arla Foods announced both the shipping of a portable packaging...
Through a Linkedin article, I recently learned about a very interesting concept called “Smart dairy - Farming in the box”. A new way of producing milk anywhere, and a concept apparently very similar to food powder blends “Anywhere” offered by Blendhub - for production of...
Recent studies about final food consumers' preferences reiterate an increasing interest in locally produced products and transparency. Going downstream the food value chain, it is clearly contradicting the way in which companies producing and delivering food formulations and blends have been operating for the last...
I have been working in the agri-food sector for nearly thirty years. After some successes and failures, I consider the construction of a state of the art factory for blending food powder one of my biggest mistakes during this time – I'm not doing it...
Arla Foods has recently announced 2 new joint ventures in Nigeria and Senegal with the objective of adding value through selling their dairy powders in Africa. They have announced a strategy which includes the installation of a mobile packaging facility in the corresponding local market. Arla...
Fueled mainly by population growth and increasing urbanization, many opportunities are emerging in processed food especially, in developing markets, where new local players are arising. On the other hand, traditional food and beverage producers are in the need of entering new regions and segments to...
In a world where the population is expected to reach nine billion by 2050, where two billion people suffer malnutrition, 30% of produced food goes to waste during production and delivery process, and food insecurity and climate change represent huge sustainability treats,optimizing inefficient food supply...
I recently read an interesting article focusing on the transition to an industrial economy to a service economy, signed by Dave Gray. As suggested in the article, the car is, perhaps, one the clearest examples of how the advancement of digital technology, demographic and economic...