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Bowls of tomato soup and chicken curry with rice beside silver retort pouches, fresh vegetables and spices, with a stainless-steel retort vessel in the background

Retort Food Formulation: pH, Salt, Texture and Heat Penetration for Soups and Ready Meals

6 November 2026
How to formulate a retort-stable soup or ready meal: pH and the 4.6...
Foil and clear retort pouches of tomato curry on a lab bench beside tomatoes, herbs and spices, with a horizontal retort in the background

Retort Pouch Materials: Layers, Barrier, Microwave Use and Recyclability (2026)

6 November 2026
Retort pouch materials explained for UK brands: what the PET, foil or...
Foil retort pouches and a tray of curry and rice on a steel bench in front of a horizontal retort, with fresh vegetables, a ticked compliance checklist on a clipboard and a rubber stamp

Shelf-Stable Ready Meal Regulations in the UK: Registration, Heat Process and Labelling

6 November 2026
What UK law requires before a shelf-stable ready meal goes on sale:...
Dried ashwagandha roots, a bowl of root powder, herbal capsules in a dish and a jar, a mortar and pestle and laboratory glassware on a wooden bench

Herbal Product Development Process: Seven Stages From Plant to Shelf (India, 2026)

5 November 2026
The herbal product development process in seven stages for India, from...
Herbal testing bench with dried root slices, herb powder in a wooden bowl and petri dish, a mortar and pestle, a laptop showing a chromatogram, tubes of herbal extracts and a DNA helix on a monitor

Standardised Herbal Extract Testing: HPLC Marker Assays and DNA Authentication (2026)

5 November 2026
A standardised herbal extract must be proven twice: a validated HPLC...
Amber supplement jars with blank labels, herbal capsules, ashwagandha roots and root powder beside a checklist on a clipboard, with a capsule bottling line behind

Private Label Herbal Supplements in India: Costs, MOQs and Lead Times (2026)

5 November 2026
What drives the cost of private label herbal supplements in India, how...
Bottled orange, red and green functional drinks with fresh fruit, test tubes of coloured liquids, a flask and a formulation checklist on a clipboard in a lab

How to Formulate a Functional Beverage: From Target Profile to Shelf-Stable Batch (2026)

5 November 2026
A five-step guide to formulating a functional beverage for the US:...
Bottled orange, red and green functional juices with fruit, ginger and seeds beside a checklist, stacked coins, a calculator and a laptop showing a bottling line

Functional Beverage Development Cost: A Stage-by-Stage Budget Guide for US Brands (2026)

5 November 2026
There is no single functional beverage development cost. This guide...
Stainless-steel beverage processing line beside icons for temperature, pH, water activity and preservatives linked to a safety shield, with lemon, ginger, mint, oil and powdered ingredients

Hurdle Technology for Functional Drinks: pH, Water Activity, Preservatives and Heat (2026)

5 November 2026
Hurdle technology combines pH, water activity, preservatives and mild...
Brass balance scale with a mortar and herbs on one pan and a jar of herbal capsules on the other, beside ashwagandha roots, root powder, capsules and a compliance checklist on a clipboard

AYUSH Licence vs FSSAI: Choosing the Right Route for a Herbal Product in India (2026)

3 November 2026
An AYUSH licence is a state drug licence for Ayurveda, Siddha and...
Premature baby in a hospital incubator beside a magnified view of gut bacteria, probiotic bottles, capsules and powder, and an FDA building with a red warning sign

FDA’s Probiotic Warning for Preterm Infants: What Happened and Lessons for US and EU Product Makers

2 November 2026
In 2023 the FDA linked a hospital probiotic to a preterm infant's...
Fizzy fruit drinks, kefir, yogurt, oats and chicory root on a kitchen counter beside an illustrated digestive tract

Gut-Health Foods in the US and EU (2026): The Prebiotic Soda Market, Kefir and Fibre

2 November 2026
Olipop's sales doubled and PepsiCo paid US$1.95 billion for Poppi, but...
Blue, black and red energy drink cans with guarana, ginseng and mint beside a gavel, clipboard, UAE and GCC flags and a Gulf map, with the Dubai skyline behind

Energy Drink Regulations in the UAE and GCC: Caffeine Limits, Labels, Age Rules and Tax (2026)

31 October 2026
Energy drink regulations in the UAE and GCC rest on GSO 1926: caffeine...
Probiotic capsules and powder beside a magnified view of rod-shaped bacteria, agar plates with colonies and a laboratory microscope with sample tubes

CFU Meaning in Probiotics: How Counts Are Tested and Labelled in the US and EU

31 October 2026
CFU counts the probiotic cells that can still grow on a plate. How...
Yoghurt, kefir, berries, sauerkraut and probiotic capsules on a counter in front of an EU flag and a glass parliament building, beside a gavel on a law book with EU and US desk flags

Probiotic Claims in the EU and US: Can You Say “Probiotic” on a Label? (2026)

31 October 2026
In most of the EU, “probiotic” is treated as an unauthorised health...
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