Chicago-based Label Insight introduced Explore Plus for Category Management, which enables Label Insight's high-order attribute data, images and unmasked information on private brand products to be combined with market measurement tools to deliver insights on specific product attributes.
The IFIC Foundation tested reactions to the three BE labeling symbols and two variations of text disclosures.
July 18, 2018
Labels proposed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) to disclose “bioengineered” (BE) foods dramatically increase a wide variety of consumer concerns, especially regarding human health, according to new research by the International Food Information Council (IFIC) Foundation, Washington, D.C.
The American Frozen Food Institute (AFFI), McLean, Va., is joining the Food Marketing Institute (FMI), Arlington, Va., and Grocery Manufacturers Association’s (GMA), Washington, D.C., voluntary product code dating initiative.
The poll findings illustrate that the current range of variations of date labels such as “best by,” “use by,” “sell by,” and “use or freeze by” is problematic for consumers to decipher what each of these different labels mean.
July 25, 2017
A new poll shows that nearly 60% of Americans have had a discussion within their household about the meaning of date labels on their food.
The annual study found that eight in 10 health-conscious consumers want to see a natural product certification similar to the USDA organic seal.
March 9, 2016
Health and eco-minded consumers are looking beyond natural labels to organic, non-GMO and grass-fed label claims, according to the 2016 Market LOHAS MamboTrack consumer research survey, produced by Market Dynamics-Market LOHAS, Acton, Mass.