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Five allergen-related challenges facing the food industry
As part of Allergy UK’s Allergen Awareness Week, New Food’s Joshua Minchin outlines five important challenges the food industry faces with regard to food hypersensitivity.
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British Nutrition Foundation to launch Healthy Eating Week
The BNF is launching a new event to encourage people from all ages to improve their health and wellbeing by focussing on five key themes.
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FSA’s Emily Miles asks “Why do we need transparency?”
In a keynote speech as part of Food Integrity, Chief Executive of the Food Standards Agency Emily Miles explains why transparency is such a crucial part of food regulation, and issues some stark reminders of what can happen when transparency is eroded.
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Sustainable food brands reap benefits
Consumers are willing to pay more for genuinely sustainable food brands, explains Lindsay Parry from Nepa UK, as she shares important consumer insights…
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Magnit joins other retailers in healthy eating initiative
Russian supermarket Magnit is teaming up with other retailers to promote healthy and sustainable lifestyles, including increasing the availability of food low in sugar, salt, and fat.
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Tesco case may cause confusion over date labels, warns online retailer
Approved Food argues that headlines over Tesco's food safety breach could contribute to consumer confusion over best before and use by and result in perfectly good food going to waste.
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Survey reveals consumers becoming more eco-focused when shopping
On Earth day, a survey has revealed consumers are becoming increasingly conscious of where their food comes from and the majority would support easy labelling measures to identify how sustainable a product is.
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“Historic fears” will put food supply at risk, say researchers
An international team of researchers have raised the alarm over stalled adoption of biotechnologies, which they argue would otherwise improve future food security.
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Ingredients In-depth Focus – April 2021
Our latest Ingredients In-depth Focus discusses food innovations and sustainable clean label products, including the promising substitution of colouring foods over colour additives.
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Could solar-dried papaya relieve malnutrition in Ethiopia?
A new project is hoping to make better use of the papaya harvest to relieve malnutrition in Ethiopia by creating more low-cost food options.
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Income more important than good land when it comes to food security
Researchers from Dartmouth College found that the quality of agricultural land was not as important as household income when it comes to predicting food insecurity.
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Carbon labelling: the focus shifts from calories to climate
Susan Brownlow explains why carbon labelling is important to consumers and outlines some of the barriers to widespread adoption.
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Plant-based seafood on the menu at fast food chain
Germany-based fast food retailer Nordsee has begun the sale of plant-based versions of some of its most popular dishes.
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Orthorexia: Why our relationship with food is so important
Registered nutritionist, Sophie Bertrand, shines a light on a less well-known eating disorder – Orthorexia – and explains why the messaging around nutrition can be unhelpful at best, and damaging at worst.
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Researchers create “Double Pyramid” to encourage better eating
Researchers have developed a new way to rank foods which aid both diet and sustainability goals, taking into account all seven world regions.
