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Greater transparency for Danone’s baby formula
Danone has launched a service that will enable customers and retailers to trace the journey of its baby formula products from farm-to-fork, and verify its quality and authenticity.
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Morrisons to sell exclusively free range eggs
Morrisons originally committed to move away from caged eggs by 2025 after listening to a consumer campaign, but has now met that target five years early.
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How I lost 44lbs in 5 days
The allure of a miracle solution can be tempting for consumers, but how do we tell the difference between the honest labels and the tall tales? Phil Patterson gives some key advice.
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How do we increase food integrity?
Liz Colebrook is Mars' Global Scientific & Regulatory Affairs Director of Food Safety; here she explores the meaning of food integrity, how Mars is driving towards a safer, healthier, more sustainable world, and how industry must progress as a whole.
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Soil Association report reveals 4.5 percent growth in UK organic market
After eight years of growth, organic sales have reached their highest ever value with £200 million spent each month on organic food and drink in the UK.
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Iceland trial to reduce fresh produce plastic packaging by 93 percent
The trial, which was launched in 33 stores, is expected to remove seven tonnes of plastic from Iceland's supply chain.
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Opening more supermarkets could reduce food waste, according to study
According to research from the Cornell University SC Johnson College of Business, opening more supermarkets could see less food being spoiled as people purchase food more frequently in smaller quantities.
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Major alcohol brands to carry on-pack age restrictions globally
As part of the International Alliance for Responsible Drinking, major beer, wine and spirits brands will include on-pack age restriction symbols as the group aims to raise awareness of the severity of underage alcohol consumption.
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Puratos reports UK growth potential for sourdough
The survey examined consumer perception of, and interest in, sourdough, as well as any gaps in knowledge, in order to ascertain how best to communicate the health, history and flavour benefits of sourdough.
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Study finds high arsenic levels in children rice snacks in Australia
The research, carried out by the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, found 75 percent of rice-based products tested had concentrations of arsenic that exceeded the EU guideline for safe rice consumption for babies and toddlers.
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Call made for ‘ready to drink’ alcoholic beverages to be reduced in sugar
According to a new survey from Action on Sugar, popular ‘ready to drink’ pre-mixed spirits and cocktails sold in supermarkets are high in 'hidden' sugar and calories.
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Asda announces launch of first sustainability trial store
Trials of food refill stations and 'naked florist' sections will last for at least three months in an Asda store in Leeds before a decision is made on whether to roll out, retrial or stop the features.
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Lidl to remove cartoon characters from cereal boxes in healthy eating bid
The supermarket has said that it hopes that the rebranded packaging, to be introduced in spring 2020, will reduce the pressure of children's "pester power".
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Tesco and WWF launch Sustainable Basket Metric
The Metric is said to track the environmental impact of a sample of some of the most regularly purchased foods against key sustainability criteria, including climate change, deforestation and food and packaging waste.
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The plastic dilemma: consumer and industry responsibilities
Supermarkets in Canada have launched sustainability initiatives to reduce the amount of packaging being used in the food industry. But will consumers respond to the environmental ambitions? Here, Dr. Sylvain Charlebois from Dalhousie University takes a look.
