Category: Food and Beverage

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Blockchain in the CPG industry

– The consumer packaged goods (CPG) industry is transforming rapidly. In the past decade, technologies from...
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Plant-based diets can power athletes

– A plant-based diet is often confused with a vegetarian or vegan diet; but in contrast...
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The Single-Use Plastic Directive and its impact on the use of bioplastics in the CPG and F&B industries

– Demand for sustainable products has been growing among consumers, leading brand owners to a desire...
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What are the health advantages of plant-based proteins versus animal-based proteins?

– Years ago, many of us only knew a few people who claimed to be vegetarians,...
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A peek into the current innovations in infant and toddler nutrition

– According to experts, breastfeeding is the gold standard of infant nutrition. Despite the known benefits...
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Working from home tips from PreScouter: How to maintain productivity amid the coronavirus pandemic

– In December 2019, a novel coronavirus, COVID-19, appeared in the city of Wuhan, China. It...
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How will personalized nutrition be shaping the food and health industry?

– Though the nutraceutical and functional food markets have witnessed significant growth in recent years, the...
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PreScouter 2019 round up: The 10 most read stories of the year

– Before the new year comes rolling in, here we present the top ten most popular...
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The PreScouter Journey: From Idea to Execution

– The following is a chapter from the book “Dynamic Entrepreneurs of the 21st Century” that...
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What are the disadvantages of cryptocurrencies?

– Much time has been spent lauding blockchain and cryptocurrencies in this series.  However, cryptocurrencies suffer...
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Why the buzz around functional foods?

– With enhanced access to nutrition information and greater label transparency, today’s informed consumers want to...
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Drinks of the future: 3D printed beverages and cocktails

– 3D printing can be defined as the art of creating three-dimensional objects with the help...
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Why the global age demands global-age skills

– Fear not the times, rather fear the illiteracy of being unable to read the times....
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A new life for food waste

– Every year, about 1.3 billion tonnes of food goes off to waste. However, the good...
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The latest innovations in personalized food technologies

– In line with the increasing industrial shift from mass production to mass personalization, technologies such...
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The future of flavor discovery & development: Big food data and AI

– It is really exciting that AI and machine learning are being utilized to discover and...
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Open Innovation: Definition and Future Trends

– In today’s digitized world, information is spread vastly across the web. Due to the quantity...
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PreScouter exclusive: Novel sugar replacement touts 80% sugar reduction

– In a press release published on 14 February 2019, Holista CollTech Ltd announced the end...
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Profitable sustainability: 10 companies making food waste edible again

– Food waste occurs all along the supply chain, from farm to fork. With an estimated...
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How taxes and bans are fueling innovation

– Government regulations such as taxes and bans are generally intended to improve standards of living...

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