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Not for the first time, issues surrounding authenticity have hit the headlines. The European Commission’s Food Fraud Network dealt with 156 cases in 2016, compared with 108 in 2015 and a mere 60 in 2014 and recently the founder of the UK’s largest supplier of supermarket chicken has been called…
Ask him to predict the precise ramifications of Brexit and Nostradamus himself would have smashed his crystal ball, hurled his tarot cards at the wall and spent the rest of his days deliberately not looking at a single palm. Nevertheless, a recent paper published by researchers at three leading UK…
Many of our lifelong eating behaviours develop during the first few years of childhood. It is through actual experiences with food as well as watching the eating behaviours of others that children learn about what they want, and how much they want to eat. Alice Fotheringham, registered Nutritional Therapist &…
In the fourth instalment of Thermo Fisher’s webinar series, senior applications specialist Dominic Fisher holds a Q&A on the Orbitrap GC-MS.
Antibiotics are an essential resource for the health and welfare of people and animals. They also positively contribute to the growing global demand for safe and sustainable food from animals. At the same time there is growing concern about the developing human medical antimicrobial resistance (AMR) crisis, which has focused…
In this country profile we explore how Brexit could affect the UK farming sector and what's in store at the UK's main event for processing and packaging...
Technological advances now mean it is possible to test for an ever growing list of potentially harmful emerging organisms. But this raises the question: when is the right time to start testing for them? Eurofins Food Testing UK’s Head of Microbiological Services, Catherine Cockcroft, explains the dilemma facing the food…
In this food packaging & labelling In-Depth Focus: The growing popularity of the drinks can and changes to rules surrounding how food is labelled...
In a new series in which New Food looks forward to the upcoming 'Food Brexit' event, we speak to Katie Doherty, Policy Director at The International Meat Trade Association who will speaking in London in October.
In this in-depth focus: Choosing a healthy juice, the future of UK wine and the effects of the new ISO 16890 testing assessment standard...
We’re in the middle of a sea-change in attitudes to colours in food and beverages. It’s no longer enough for products to look good — customers now demand that products should be produced safely and naturally and the colours that go into them are no exception. Christiane Lippert, Head of…
Consumers are becoming more health conscious when it comes to oils and fats, perhaps due to increased awareness from conferences, research and media outlets focusing on the impact of fats and oils. The result is that the edible oil industry, specifically refineries, is having to join the discussion and even…
As of January 2017, the new test standard ISO 16890 for filter testing and assessment replaced the previous standards EN 779 (Europe) and ASHRAE 52.2 (USA). It will have sole validity from the middle of 2018 onwards. Though the primary impact of ISO 16890 will be on air quality, this…
At times, British and English wine has had a distinctly poor reputation, but this has not always been the case. With the wine market growing considerably and English wines scooping international awards for taste and quality, New Food spoke to UK Wine Producers to find out why domestic produce is…
In the UK 60% of consumers say they are actively looking for healthier options when grocery shopping, meaning that delivering healthier nutrition for children is key. In this article Samantha Edgar, Communications North West Europe, Tetra Pak, asks how can the juice industry support parents with children’s healthy nutrition?
