Osborne announces sugar levy on the soft drinks industry
16 March 2016 | By Victoria White
In the 2016 Budget, Chancellor George Osborne has announced that a sugar levy will be introduced in the UK on the soft drinks industry...
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FSAI report highlights the risks of acrylamide and aflatoxins
16 March 2016 | By Victoria White
The FSAI has published the results of a Total Diet Study carried out to assess the dietary exposure to a number of chemicals that may pose a risk to health...
Survey reveals levels of consumer trust in seafood labelling
16 March 2016 | By Victoria White
Early results from a MSC survey show that more than half of participants doubt that labelled seafood is what it says on the packet...
Plant-based feeds altering the nutritional benefits of farmed seafood
15 March 2016 | By Victoria White
Using vegetable oils in feed instead of fish oil changes the fatty acid content of fish and nutritional value for human consumption...
Dairy UK commits to make the dairy industry more sustainable
15 March 2016 | By Victoria White
Dairy UK has signed up to a ten-year voluntary agreement, the Courtauld Commitment 2025, to reduce the environmental impact of the dairy industry in the UK...
First sliced cheese rolls off new slice on slice line at Fonterra Eltham
15 March 2016 | By Victoria White
Fonterra says its Eltham plant is set to produce enough sliced cheese this year to fill more than three billion burgers...
Ocean Optics enhances capabilities of NIRQuest series spectrometers
14 March 2016 | By Ocean Optics
Ocean Optics enhances capabilities of NIRQuest series spectrometers...
Ocean Optics expands Flame spectrometer line with versatile miniature NIR spectrometer
14 March 2016 | By Ocean Optics
Ocean Optics expands Flame spectrometer line with versatile miniature NIR Spectrometer...
Nurtured Foods – the online marketplace for artisan producers
14 March 2016 | By Victoria White
Nurtured Foods, a startup online marketplace for artisan producers and sellers to sell their products directly to customers, has launched in the UK...
Tesco announces the national rollout of its food waste initiative
14 March 2016 | By Victoria White
The groundbreaking nationwide scheme - Community Food Connection with FareShare FoodCloud - is being launched in 15 cities and regions across the UK...
Nestlé USA issues voluntary recall over possible glass contamination
14 March 2016 | By Victoria White
Nestlé USA has initiated a voluntary recall of approximately 3 million packages of its DiGiorno, Lean Cuisine, and Stouffer’s products due to the potential presence of glass pieces...
Nestlé invests €25 million in infant nutrition R&D centre
11 March 2016 | By Victoria White
Nestlé is to invest over €25 million in a significant expansion of its infant nutrition Research and Development Centre in Askeaton, Ireland...
Naturex and Mazza in extraction agreement for clean-label products
11 March 2016 | By Victoria White
Naturex and Mazza have signed an agreement for use of Mazza's pressurized low-polarity water technology to extract phytochemicals from cranberries...
Broccoli may offer protection against liver cancer
10 March 2016 | By Victoria White
A new study reports that including broccoli in the diet may protect against liver cancer and aid in countering the development of fatty liver or nonalcoholic fatty liver disease...
General Mills to reach $1 billion in net sales from natural & organic products by 2019
10 March 2016 | By Victoria White
General Mills is also accelerating its commitment to more than double the organic acreage from which it sources ingredients...
