Month: September 2018

For some time, it seemed like the plight of egg-laying hens—confined to cages so small they can’t even spread their wings—was ending. Restaurants, retailers, hotels and manufacturers, as well as food service and hospitality groups, suddenly recognized that consumer revulsion might cost them real money. So they rushed to announce self-imposed deadlines to go cage-free. …

Before the clean label movement gained momentum in the late 1990s, dairies and food manufacturers were mainly relying on chemical alternatives to cope with food spoilage issues or simply accepting limited shelf life. At the time, momentum was building among consumers for cleaner, more natural ingredients as they gained more interest in the food ingredients they were ingesting. …