Researchers and plant breeders at Iowa State University are collaborating to develop a new crop to sustain a plant-based protein market. They aim to create new mung bean varieties, considered new crops in the United States. In Asia, farmers have been growing mung beans for centuries. Farmers in the Midwestern US look at the crop, a high-yield and high-protein mung bean, as a means to add diversity to their land management as well as improve crop farming income. The mung is a legume … [Read more...] about Breeding mung bean for plant-based protein market
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PepsiCo’s New ESG Summary Offers First Look at Progress Toward Industry-Leading PepsiCo Positive Goals
PURCHASE, N.Y., July 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/– PepsiCo, Inc. (NASDAQ: PEP) published its first Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Summary since the launch of PepsiCo Positive (pep+), a strategic end-to-end business transformation with sustainability and human capital at the center of how the company will create growth and value. The 2021 ESG Summary – an evolution from PepsiCo's prior Sustainability Reports – highlights how the company is leveraging its brands, people, and scale to chart a … [Read more...] about PepsiCo’s New ESG Summary Offers First Look at Progress Toward Industry-Leading PepsiCo Positive Goals
Waste Not: FruitSmart awarded upcycled certification
FruitSmartTM fibre ingredients have been awarded the Upcycled Food Association’s (UFA) new certification mark. FruitSmart specializes in premium fruit-based ingredients. Well regarded for its not-from-concentrate apple juice, its range also includes fibre products from apples and blueberries. They can enhance consumer appeal, for example by enabling health claims, as well as providing manufacturing functionality such as moisture retention. Furthermore, because the fibres … [Read more...] about Waste Not: FruitSmart awarded upcycled certification
