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A tropical drink for gut health, an iron-support capsule and a protein-packed soda. Fonterra-backed Vivici is offering a taste of where everyday nutrition could be heading, with products designed to fit around people’s lives. The Dutch company will showcase its latest concepts at SupplySide Global in Las Vegas this month. They’re ideas for brands to develop, rather than products heading straight onto supermarket shelves.

A UHT cream Kiwis can’t even buy has just won New Zealand’s top food award. Fonterra’s Easy Bakery Cream, a low-fat dairy formulation designed for Chinese bakeries, has taken the Supreme title at the 2025 New Zealand Food Awards. Brilliant science, yes. But when the winning cream is made for someone else’s fridge, it raises a fair question: whose food industry are we celebrating?