GRAB YOUR FORK: Does anyone remember wax straws? And how there was a fleeting fad of coating the insides with chocolate syrup so it would flavour your milk as you sucked? The chocolate flavour never lasted very long (and I always ended up destroying my straw in the process) but as we all know, retro is in, and technology is […]

The Daily Telegraph: FOR those who find baked beans on toast just too messy to put together, help is on the way. Heinz has devised a frozen baked bean sandwich which simply needs to be heated in a toaster. Heinz chief Bill Johnson said the company needed to give people “new ways to use beans”. “If people take the time […]

Springwise: Although nothing beats fresh fruit, and apples and bananas are conveniently packaged by nature, sometimes consumers favour something even easier. E4B (“Easy for Busy”) steps up to the challenge, packing the puree of multiple fruits into portable pouches. E4B’s mango flavour, for example, contains 2 mangos, 1 apple, half a banana, and no artificial additives. Packaging was originally developed […]

Springwise: The concept has exploded in the past year. Entrepreneurs across the US have started their own dinner assembly stores, and the field’s leader, Dream Dinners, has expanded from 49 locations . Though they vary in style, all of the dinner assembly companies offer essentially the same service: customers schedule a session online, picking meals from a monthly menu. Customers […]

Springwise: Banana ice cream with peanut butter cups mixed in? Not a problem for MooBella, a high-tech vending machine that makes ice cream to order in 45 seconds. Because it uses flash freezing instead of the standard slow churning method, MooBella can produce ice cream on demand from room temperature ingredients. The front of the machine features a touch-screen display […]

Strange New Products: President’s Choice, a Canadian brand of food products, introduced new “Crispy Lettuce Wraps”, leaves of hybrid lettuce for the purpose of making low-carb bread-free burgers. Because so many carb-conscious people are using lettuce leaves in lieu of hamburger buns, Loblaws Inc., which owns the President’s Choice brand, decided to sell lettuce leaves designed expressly for this purpose. […]

ConvenienceStoreNews: 7-Eleven and Javo Beverage Company Inc. joined forces to launch an extensive line of fountain dispensed specialty iced coffee and latte beverages in five flavors. Customers can prepare the drinks themselves at the 7-Eleven self-service coffee bar. “Our iced coffee and lattes are more consistently delicious than those served at high priced coffee houses,” said Gary Lillian, Javo’s president. […]

Yenra: Ipifini’s Programmable Liquid Container technology employs buttons on the container’s surface that release additives (flavors, colors, fragrances) into the liquid. Additive buttons allow for the consumer to choose variations of the liquid in the container at the point of consumption. For example, a programmable cola bottle with buttons for lemon, lime, vanilla, and cherry flavors as well as a […]

SBS: A green and red-striped tomato is the latest “designer” food set to hit the supermarket shelves in Britain. The cherry-sized fruit was created in response to increased demand for novelty produce, said Marks & Spencer. Called the tiger tomato, it has magenta-coloured flesh and is slightly sweeter than standard varieties. The tomatoes were grown in Lancashire and the Isle […]

Indiantelevision.com: Clear lime brand of PepsiCo India, 7UP, has unveiled its curvaceous new packaging Curvy. Promoting the new packaging is 7UP’s popular brand mascot Fido Dido in company with Bollywood siren Mallika Sherawat. Says Pepsi Foods Pvt Ltd, India executive marketing director Punita Lal, “We are pleased to present the new 7UP ‘Curvy’ bottle which spells style, aesthetics & differentiation. […]