Reading Time: 3 minutes Changes to Health Canada’s food additive, enzyme and supplement regulations influence how raw and processed agricultural products can be marketed, labelled and formulated across the value chain.
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What producers need to know about Health Canada’s latest food additive, enzyme and supplement updates
These changes influence how raw and processed agricultural products can be marketed, labelled and formulated across the value chain
McCormick bets on flavor in $65 billion Unilever merger
Reading Time: 2 minutes McCormick’s merger with Unilever’s food business to create a US$65 billion sauce-and-spice giant is a bet that access to rising global demand for flavor-rich, healthier food can help counter a maturing U.S. market.
Food and beverage sales growth, volume decline predicted for 2026
FCC’s report suggests higher prices, not consumption, will drive growth in total sales
Reading Time: 3 minutes Farm Credit Canada 2026 Food and Beverage report shows predicts rising sales and declining volumes among Canadian food and beverage manufacturers
The changing landscape of Canadian food demand
Changing eating habits are creating both risks and new opportunities for farmers and processors
Reading Time: 5 minutes Changing eating habits are creating both risks and new opportunities for Canadian farmers and processors.
Unilever in talks with McCormick & Company as it seeks to sell food business
Reading Time: 2 minutes Unilever is in talks with McCormick & Company about selling its foods business, in a potential deal that would bring together the British company’s Hellmann’s and Knorr brands with McCormick’s Cholula hot sauce.
Canada’s Loblaw misses fourth-quarter revenue estimates
Reading Time: < 1 minute Canadian retailer Loblaw on Wednesday missed analysts’ estimates for fourth-quarter revenue, signaling consumers are turning cautious and more discerning in their spending pattern as tariff uncertainty hovers.
General Mills cuts annual outlook as shoppers seek cheaper options
Reading Time: 2 minutes General Mills cut its annual core sales and profit forecasts on Tuesday as the Cheerios cereal maker contends with a volatile economic backdrop and evolving consumer tastes.
Future of Food conference underscores need for unity in agriculture sector
Reading Time: 5 minutes Canada’s agriculture sector must work together for success — that was the message of the day at the 2026 Future of Food Conference in Ottawa.
FCC platform to tell story of Canadian agriculture, food brand
Reading Time: 2 minutes FCC launches Let’s Grow Canada platform to tell the story of Canadian agriculture
Carney wins admiration globally but struggles to lower food costs at home
Reading Time: 4 minutes Prime Minister Mark Carney has earned global admiration for openly declaring the end of a global order based on rules, but he has had far less success addressing a growing and more day-to-day concern at home: the rising cost of food.