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Gene variant discovered that triggers early flowering in barley
A study has found a “tiny mutation” in the genetic material of barley that ensures those plants develop faster and subsequently flower earlier.
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How the food industry can transform the national diet
WWF’s Joanna Trewern discusses why she thinks brands should enable consumers to make better choices for themselves and the planet when purchasing food.
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Pizza Huts opens 3,000th restaurant
Yum China Holdings has celebrated the opening of Pizza Hut’s 3,000th restaurant in China which includes "advanced sustainability solutions".
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Kerry opens “state-of-the-art” taste facility Indonesia
Kerry has opened a “state of the art” facility in Karawang, Indonesia, to “deliver localised products to its fast-growing markets”.
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Which city is the refill capital of the UK?
According to a study by Lifestyle Packaging, Oxford is the refill capital of the UK, paving the way with its refillable packaging efforts.
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Sustainability from the ground up
Producing meat for the masses, Jason Weller, Global Chief Sustainability Officer at JBS, one of the world’s largest food companies, discusses how it manages to scale its output while keeping meat affordable.
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How can seaweed farming help tackle global food insecurity?
According to researchers, some farmers could shift their focus from land to sea to combat hunger, malnutrition and climate change.
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The food safety and human health timebomb
Professor Chris Elliott discusses the impact plastic has on the planet and predicts the “biggest challenge” that regulators and food and water companies will ever have to face.
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What does sustainability really mean?
Joshua Minchin asks what sustainability really means to farmers across the world after some fascinating conversations in a recent episode of Food to Go.
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PepsiCo makes its biggest investment in 25 years
PepsiCo has invested £58 million into the Walkers manufacturing site in Leicester to make sustainable improvements.
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Extreme weather poses threat to wheat crops in US and China
According to a study, wheat-producing areas in the US and China are threatened by the increasingly likelihood of extreme weather.
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New Food Issue 2 2023
Issue 2 2023 of New Food is out now - download your copy today to get more than 60 pages of insight and analysis of the food and beverage industry.
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Episode 40: Food waste – time to face reality?
The New Food team are back with a bumper episode of Food to Go as they tackle one of the most important yet perhaps overlooked problems in the food and beverage industry: food waste.
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Walkers revamp Snack A Jacks with new ‘bagless’ multipacks
Snack giant Walkers has announced that it will be trialling ‘bagless’ multipack packaging for its Snack A Jacks range.
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PepsiCo Europe appoints new Chief Sustainability Officer
Archana Jagannathan has been appointed as PepsiCo Europe’s new Chief Sustainability Officer and will oversee sustainability goals across the business.
