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Brazil ranked number 2 most innovative craft beer market: Mintel

By Stephen Daniells

The domination of Brazil’s beer market by big brewers has essentially created a market with ‘bored’ consumers thirsty for innovation, and that’s why its craft beer market is starting to take off, says a Mintel analyst.

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Peru re-opens fish oil exports to Europe

By Stephen Daniells

The National Fisheries Health Organization of Peru, SANIPES, has announced it has reopened export of fish oil for human consumption to the European Union.

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Carrefour Brasil to open 10 more Atacadão stores this year

By Kacey Culliney

Grupo Carrefour Brasil will open ten additional Atacadão wholesale hypermarkets, drive food e-commerce and invest in its newly-launched private label brand after a 'particularly satisfying' start to 2018, its CEO says.

There’s ‘ample room for innovation’ for cheese in Latin America, says Mintel

'Ample room' for cheese innovation in Latin America, says Mintel

By Mary Ellen Shoup

Latin American consumers are looking for more flavor options when it comes to cheese, representing an untapped market opportunity for manufacturers as just 12% of new cheese introductions in the region between January 2017 and April 2018 were flavored...

PAHO aims to improve impact of Latin America nutrition programs

PAHO aims to improve impact of nutrition programs in Latin America

By Mary Ellen Shoup

The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) in collaboration with George Washington University’s Milken Institute School of Public Health and the Yale School of Public Health, with financing from the Government of Canada, are working to improve the efficacy...

Top 7 from 7: The key global food industry news of the past week

Top 7 from 7: The key global food industry news of the past week

By Stephen Daniells

From comments on the new GMO labeling rule from the US Department of Agriculture, to a “new generation” of plant-based protein products from Spanish start-up Foods for Tomorrow, here’s a round-up of the top seven global food and beverage news items from...

Top 7 from 7: The key global food industry news of the past week

Top 7 from 7: The key global food industry news of the past week

By Stephen Daniells

From Danone’s plan to bring exotic fermented foods to the yogurt aisle to the implications of ConAgra’s acquisition of Pinnacle Foods, here’s a round-up of the top seven global food and beverage news items from the past seven days.

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What F&B firms need to know about Argentina's $50bn IMF loan

By Kacey Culliney

Argentina has been granted $50bn from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the largest loan given in the organization's history, and food and beverage firms should pay close attention to economical and political impact, says an expert.

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‘Free-from is the most promising trend in LATAM’: Euromonitor

By Stephen Daniells

Gluten-free and lactose-free are two of the leading growth categories in the evolving free-from category in Brazil, with ‘free-from’ also tipped as the most promising trend across the whole region, according to Euromonitor International.