The National Coffee Association (NCA) in the US recently filed comments with California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA), the state regulatory agency that enforces Proposition 65. The NCA comments focused on misapplications of the law that have made coffee the subject of claims which forced the industry into court. Coffee is not alone, […]
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The National Coffee Association (NCA) in the US says there is a growing focus by regulators on caffeine, which recently led it to file comments about caffeine with the Food and Drug Administration, part of the US Department of Health and Human Service (HHS). The NCA says that, as part of this growing focus on
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The European Food Safety Agency (EFSA) has confirmed previous evaluations that, based on animal studies, acrylamide in food potentially increases the risk of developing cancer for consumers in all age groups. Acrylamide is produced by the same chemical reaction that ‘browns’ food. Coffee, fried potato products, biscuits, crackers and crisp breads, soft bread and certain
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Speaking at the recent NCA Coffee Summit, presenter Don Holly, an independent analyst, spelt out how single cup brewing is revolutionizing the coffee market. Expanding on data from the NCA’s recently released report, Single-Cup Format 2014 – The Changing Coffee Market: Single Cup & Preparation Methods, his presentation affirmed the fact the single cup has
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Capsules rather than pods are driving the development of consumption in Germany. Speaking to C&CI in early December, Holger Preibisch, Managing Director of the Kaffeeverband (German Coffee Association), said consumption in Germany was “broadly flat” but the single portion market was continuing to grow. “Demand for capsules continues to grow, whereas in the past demand
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Overall coffee consumption in the US jumped by 5 per cent in the last 12 months, according to the latest National Coffee Association (NCA) National Coffee Drinking Trends (NCDT) market research study, preliminary results from which were published at the NCA convention in San Francisco in March. “With this increase, 83 per cent of the
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As elsewhere in Europe, pods are the single most important factor driving the development of the market in France. Héloïse Terraud, Secretary General of the Syndicat Français du Café, which represents the 20 largest roasters in the country, told C&CI that the main trend that is identifiable in the coffee sector in France was the
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An International Coffee Organization study into drinking patterns has found that fresh roasted coffee has been gaining ground in countries where soluble has always accounted for the lion’s share but, as Robin Stainer reports, where roasted has always been preferred the opposite trend has emerged. More coffee, it also emerges from its study, is drunk
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South Korea’s per capita coffee consumption is five times greater than consumption in the rest of the Asia Pacific region, and despite the economic downturn it continues to grow, particularly as the younger generation embraces Western coffee culture. According to the latest report on the market from the US Department of Agriculture’s Global Agricultural Information
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Releasing data from its 2011 National Coffee Drinking Trends survey, the National Coffee Association (NCA) in the US says the study indicates that consumption among consumers in the 18-39 age range has rebounded to 2008-2009 levels following a decline last year. The NCA said the finding mirror increased confidence expressed by that age group about
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