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“Brexit bonus” as UK food and drink exports top £22 billion in 2017
Scotch whisky, salmon and chocolate are big hitters in the growing overseas market place according to 2017's UK Government figures.
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University Caterers Organisation’s food and drink trends for Q1 2018
A ten per cent rise in tea prices, 8p on can of Pepsi and gin prices rise in line with demand for ‘premium’, as UK gin sales top £1 billion in Q1 of 2018, finds new analysis.
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British food system in a ‘vulnerable’ state, Lords committee hears
Leading figures in the UK's food and drink sector raised their concerns about the impact Brexit could have on the country's food system.
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UK minister announces £60 million farm equipment fund
A new £60m grants scheme where farmers can bid for cash to buy new farm equipment has been announced at a show dedicated to agri-tech.
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Scotch whisky trademark renewed in China
Among the raft of trade announcements that emerged from UK Prime Minister Theresa May's China trip comes the news that Scotch whisky has had its trademark renewed, protecting sales in the world's largest spirit market.
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The end of the cucumber flyers: harvesting robot under development
Changing labour costs are causing a migration of the labour-intensive cucumber farming industry out of Germany to Eastern Europe and India. Researchers in Berlin have set out to develop technology that will keep the nation's cucumber production 'commercially viable'.
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Westminster Food & Nutrition Seminar: competitiveness, skills and open markets
Representatives from leading food industry bodies and politicians were brought together yesterday to discuss competitiveness, the skills crisis, access to export markets and fostering innovation at the Westminster Food & Nutrition Forum's keynote seminar on policy priorities for the UK food and drink industry.
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Council of food and drink leaders and Government meets for the first time
Welcomed across the industry when it was announced in November, the Food and Drink Sector Council has held its first meeting.
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Copper hydroxychloride boosts weanling pigs’ growth and health
Scientists examining copper hydroxychloride and its use as a method of delivering to newly-weaned pigs essential copper have found it improves pigs' weight performance following a 28-day trial.
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Call to ban all confectionery price promos and set sugar tax at 20 per cent
A new survey investigating the sugar levels of sharing packs has inspired a campaign group to push for fresh measures to tackle the rise in obesity and type 2 diabetes in the UK.
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Keep your cookies crunchy with the ‘Moisture in Cookies’ expert package
For years, METTLER TOLEDO has supported manufacturers get that 'signature crunch' into their cookies with fast and accurate moisture analysis...
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British egg sales top six billion for the first time in more than 40 years
A December bump, spurred by changes in public health advice concerning raw eggs, has topped off a glowing year for egg sales in the United Kingdom.
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University researchers set out to slash mortality rates in aquaculture
The lead scientist behind 'game-changing' research targeted at improving the economy of aquaculture has said that he believes his team can cut mortality rates in half.
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Nestlé becomes first major confectioners to commercialise ‘ruby’ chocolate
Four months after ruby chocolate joined dark, milk and white as a type of natural chocolate, the first new entry for 80 years, it has been scooped up by chocolate giant Nestlé.
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Chlorinated chicken and hormone-treated beef in ‘top ten’ risks of transatlantic deal
The divisive subject of chlorinated chicken sits alongside hormone-treated beef and brominated vegetable oil in a food charity's top ten risks of a US trade deal.
