New food review: ice and vegetables help instant noodles to diversify

This month's food innovation review looks at how manufacturers are seeking to enhance instant noodles by offering unusual sensory experiences, with a new launch designed to be mixed with ice and eaten cold, and another using vegetable formulations to hint at health benefits. Elsewhere, lime-based flavors, perhaps inspired by alcoholic cocktails, could be making a comeback in savory products.

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PLA Innovation of the Week: cooling off with icy cup noodles

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New food review: turning kids on to salad with shakable seasoning cups

This month's roundup of innovative food launches looks at manufacturer efforts to make salad more appealing, with seasoning cups targeted at children and unusual extra-spicy leaves appearing in recent launches. Meanwhile, a twist on baked beans sees them pursuing a more health-minded audience, and potato chips have taken an unusual route to commemorating Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee.

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PLA Innovation of the Week: turning "ordinary" rice into "extraordinary" rice

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New food review: glitter and gold add sparkle to gum and jam

Glitter effects are being increasingly used by manufacturers, as seen in this month's round-up of novel food introductions, with recent innovations including gum coated in "beaten silver" and jam featuring edible gold. Soup, meanwhile, has borrowed an idea from hot drinks with the launch of a self-heating pouch, while economy branding has taken an irreverent turn with the launch of "crisis chips."

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New food review: energy products take a cue from medicine with capsule innovation

A new energizing powder sold in capsules and designed to be sucked through a straw rather than consumed as a drink or a shot is among the innovations to feature in this month's roundup of the latest food industry launches. In other news, cake mixes have taken a decorative turn, and a rival to peanut butter has hit stores in the US.

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New food review: nutritionally enhanced broccoli emerges as new "super superfood"

The race to develop ever more nutritionally beneficial foods has gathered pace, as revealed in this month's summary of the latest food industry launches, with the launch of a new broccoli enhanced with cancer-fighting agents. Meanwhile, the egg category could be, quite literally, set for a shakeup, with the launch of an innovative aerosol format.

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PLA Innovation of the Week: a pink soft drink for women

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New food review: milk finds new ethical niche

The heightened consumer awareness around animal welfare has led to the launch of an innovative "ethical" milk, a product which headlines this month's rundown of novel products from the food industry. Meanwhile, a cracker that boasts of containing "more than 50% vegetable" has hit shelves in the US, and an unusual "three course dinner" of chips has been launched for the festive season.

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New food review: sprays, sachets, and droppers enliven the oil category

New ways of dispensing oil that allow for greater precision and less mess are featured in this month's summary of the latest food industry launches, with multifunctional nozzles, droppers, and single-serve sachets all looking to make an impression in the category. Meanwhile, white chocolate curry and potato chips with coffee are among the last month's more novel flavor developments.

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