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The US-UK trade deal: Is Downing Street listening to farmers?
Farming representatives concerned that UK policy decisions are being made without consultation and urge Government to see farmers as the solution, not the enemy.
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Sugar Association urges for clearer labelling of sweeteners
The Sugar Association has called on the FDA to make changes to sweetener labelling regulations in order to "extend transparency, end misleading practices, and help consumers make more informed decision".
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Do you really need meat to build muscle?
Vivo Life's nutritionist, Charlotte Cliffe, explains the science behind building muscle on an entirely vegan diet.
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Recall roundup: vegan meatballs, gravy powder, pie, animal feed and more
Food and beverage products are recalled due to reasons ranging from contamination to incorrect labelling, and here is New Food’s roundup of the most recent cases.
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No quick return to ‘normal’ food habits after COVID-19, survey suggests
A consumer survey, conducted by Leatherhead Food Research, has revealed that the majority of UK consumers have changed their food and drink shopping habits following the COVID-19 outbreak, some of which will continue beyond the pandemic.
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Live Panel Discussion: Challenges and opportunities of the European baking sector
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While the baking industry is working hard to meet the demand in fresh, frozen and packaged baked goods, will trends like ‘clean label’ stay?
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Dairy’s possible renaissance
With the coronavirus pandemic having prompted a digital era of home-cooking and online food shopping, Dr Sylvain Charlebois suggests that the dairy sector has the opportunity to reintroduce itself into people's lives.
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Health review launched to reaffirm beneficial role of bread in UK diet
The British Nutrition Foundation (BNF) and the Federation of Bakers have launched an updated review which considers the trends and nutritional properties of bread.
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Application Note: Determination of thirteen beta agonists in pork using ultra high-performance liquid chromatography – Tandem Mass Spectrometry
PerkinElmer evaluate the administration of beta-agonists as growth-promoting agents in food-producing animals.
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A tale of two food systems
Professor Chris Elliott highlights the UK’s clear food poverty divide and calls for a new, stronger national food strategy.
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Doctors group calls for USDA to make healthy eating scheme dairy-free
The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine has urged the USDA to make its healthy eating recommendation - MyPlate - dairy-free in order to protect Americans from various health conditions.
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Governments failing to stop harmful marketing of breast-milk substitutes, warns report
A new report from WHO, UNICEF and IBFAN has called on governments from around the world to strengthen breast-milk marketing legislation, claiming that misleading information - particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic - is still reaching parents.
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Consumers closely monitor fats and oils in packaged food, finds global study
The findings are from Cargill's FATitudes, an annual study constructed to learn more about consumers’ awareness, perceptions and behaviours around fats and oils found in packaged foods, and to help inform the future of food innovation.
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Peanut allergy study reveals psychosocial burden on allergic individuals
Said to be the first and largest quantitative study of its kind, the European APPEAL-1 study has assessed the psychosocial impact of living with a peanut allergy - exploring food accessibility, cost, comfort and stress.
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UK food and beverage exports fall by £700 million amid pandemic
Despite the fall in exports, the analysis also revealed that there was an increase in non-EU demand for UK branded goods, from countries such as the US and China.
