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Iceland becomes the first UK supermarket to cut palm oil from home brand
Iceland has said that its pledge will reduce the demand for palm oil by more than 500 tonnes per year.
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Food waste: The biggest loss could be what you choose to eat
New analysis from the Weizmann Institute using the concept of opportunity costs suggests hundreds of millions more could eat from the same resources if we switched to plant-based diets.
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Report warns of cancer risk from chemicals used in processed meat
Researchers at Queen’s University Belfast have found that nitrates used in the curing process for processed meats can produce chemicals that cause an increased risk of colorectal cancer.
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Irish consumers developing a taste for high-welfare meat
Organic, free-range, high animal welfare standards, and no hormones or antibiotics; a recent study shows that an appetite for these farm-level production practices is evident amongst a growing segment of Irish meat eaters.
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Four in ten will eat lab-grown meat and fish within 10 years
Rising food costs and environmental concerns prompt Brits to consider this new food source.
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Optional alcohol labelling “unacceptable” according to consumer group
Alcohol industry have submitted proposals that will help it self-regulate the provision nutritional information about its products to consumers, but the question of where this information is presented has ruffled some feathers.
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Beef with cultured meat: US Cattlemen’s Association in labelling row
As cultured meat appears increasingly promising, anxieties are coming to the surface over how consumers will be able to distinguish between beef harvested in the 'traditional manner' and waves of alternatives.
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Saturated fat and sugar-rich diets can lead to depression and anxiety
Changes in the biology of the brain can lead to depressive, anxious and compulsive behaviours in those whose diets are rich in saturated fat and sugar.
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Irish authority warns against ‘food intolerance test’ products
After noting the prevalence of food intolerance testing kits on the Irish market, issued by pharmacies and nutritional centres as well as online, the Health Products Regulatory Authority has warned that such a method of diagnosis have no scientific validity.
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Ferrero and Nestlé seal the deal on $2.8 billion acquisition
Ferrero's conquest of the US confectionery market moves on as it begins 2018 with its third acquisition of an American sweet business in less than a year.
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Almost 60 per cent of popular Chinese cod fillet mislabelled
Lack of clarity in the definition of Xue Yu and difficulty in identifying the fish once it has been prepared may have contributed to widespread mislabelling.
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‘Clean meat’ start-up partners with Germany’s biggest chicken company
A firm that grows clean meat meat from samples harmlessly extracted from live chickens has raised $3 million in seed funding.
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Nitrate-free cured bacon to hit British shelves for the first time
Fruit and spice extracts have been used to replicate the cured flavouring of bacon in the UK for the first time, removing cancer-causing nitrates from the meat.
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New rules for high-temperature cooking chemical to come in next year
Starting in April 2018, food businesses throughout Europe will have to take steps to cut down on acrylamide - a carcinogenic chemical produced by food in high temperatures.
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Glyphosate debate: EU ministers split as licence deadline looms
European Parliament ministers have failed to reach a resolution over relicensing the controversial herbicide glyphosate once again.
