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Episode 20: What’s more sustainable – a meat-based diet or a vegan one?
One of the food industry's most difficult questions is tackled head on by New Food's editorial team.
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Food Waste
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Morrisons aim to end waste by removing expiry dates on milk
One of the largest supermarkets in the UK, Morrisons, has announced the removal of use by dates on milk bottles in a move to stop millions of pints being wasted.
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How locavores can improve global food systems
Locavores believe in eating locally grown/produced food, but is this the most sustainable choice? Biosystems engineer, Lisa De Vellis examines how locavores and global food producers can happily coexist for the benefit of us all.
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New Food Issue 6 2021
Will technology save us? Find out in our latest issue of New Food as we look to the experts for answers in this mega-packed edition, which also includes several pieces from leaders in the confectionery sector.
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Application Note: Plastic sorting problems? Sorted
Today, plastic recycling is imperative; however, the act of separating different types of plastic is slow and labour intensive. Here, we find out how NIR spectroscopy can help…
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Reducing food waste with art
Christina Bauer-Plank discusses Hellmann’s recent art installation displayed at COP26 and why art has the power to change the way we think about food, waste and emissions.
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Del Monte Foods launches upcycled green beans products
Del Monte Foods redirects hundreds of thousands of pounds of surplus green beans in a bid to reduce wastage and greenhouse gas emissions.
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COP26: Plant-based is not the answer to climate change
As COP26 kicks off, Prof Chris Elliott discusses the future of food and why he believes the answer does not lie in plant- or cell-based foods.
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Whey protein transformation: looking to solve waste in the dairy industry
Global consumption of dairy products – and particularly milk products – is increasing, escalating the dairy industry's production of waste. Here, food expert Evita Achmadi reflects on how we can turn by-product into value product.
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Application Note: The mobile era
The Near-IR spectra that are used for quality control of food are quite complex to analyse. They contain overtones and combination spectra which are broad-band and a few orders of magnitude lower in intensity as compared to the Mid-IR intensity of the fundamental band.
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Watch this week’s food and drink headlines in 60 seconds
Watch this week's food and drink news in one minute in our latest 60-second news video, presented to you by the New Food Editorial team.
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Could food waste soon be used to power data centres?
Researchers from Virginia Tech are entering the final stages of research that could soon see food waste used to manufacture batteries to power things like data centres.
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Article: Manufacturers in the Food & Beverage Industry: how can you cope with your fast-moving environment?
Digitalisation, regulations, new consumer behaviours, complex supply chains, fierce competition... In today’s uncertain and fast-moving environment, food and beverage companies have to innovate faster than ever to simply exist.
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Food prices are going to rise – and rise substantially
Professor Chris Elliott looks at the current and future issues the food sector faces and criticises the UK government’s intervention – or lack of – in helping us overcome these obstacles.
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Ingredient upcycling
Jaclyn Bowen explains how some food manufacturers are saving money and the environment through ingredient upcycling.