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17 April 2018 | By George Smith (New Food)
The tradition of chance meeting science continues after scientists 'inadvertently' engineer an enzyme better at breaking down plastics than its natural counterpart.
16 April 2018 | By George Smith (New Food)
Countries from across the Commonwealth have pledged to eliminate avoidable single-use plastic in a bid to clean up the world’s oceans.
12 April 2018 | By George Smith (New Food)
The Swiss firm has joined a growing list of companies and authorities who are making pledges to cut their reliance on single-use plastics.
12 April 2018 | By George Smith (New Food)
A team of researchers spoke to local experts and authorities to build a picture of deep-sea fishing around the globe.
10 April 2018 | By George Smith (New Food)
The Northern Irish food supply is at risk of disruption, a fact that has been neglected in the Brexit negotiations thus far according to a new report.
10 April 2018 | By George Smith (New Food)
Iceland has said that its pledge will reduce the demand for palm oil by more than 500 tonnes per year.
9 April 2018 | By Heather Kelman | Food Standards Scotland
Two weeks on from its first ever conference, Heather Kelman of Food Standards Scotland (FSS) writes about the state of sugar consumption in the country, what has been done to tackle it and what role the FSS will play.
9 April 2018 | By George Smith (New Food)
Unilever has announced a partnership with start-up company Ioniqa & the largest global producer of PET resin Indorama Ventures to pioneer a new technology which converts PET waste back into virgin grade material for use in food packaging.
5 April 2018 | By George Smith (New Food)
A science-based traceability system is needed to combat the growing international problem of food fraud in the seafood industry, according to a new report by the FAO.
5 April 2018 | By George Smith (New Food)
Contributors from academic institutions and industry spanning 15 countries raised $150,000 to crowdfund the ambitious directory.
4 April 2018 | By George Smith (New Food)
A team of Spanish scientists has investigated the environmental impact of egg production on a typical farm, in research that has implications for one of the biggest food industries in Europe.
3 April 2018 | By George Smith (New Food)
Neuroscientists have found that consumers are willing to pay disproportionately more for higher portion sizes of craved food items.
29 March 2018 | By George Smith (New Food)
Information specialists in Germany have begun work on a project aimed at optimising the production of potatoes from farm to fork.
28 March 2018 | By George Smith (New Food)
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.
27 March 2018 | By George Smith (New Food)
A new study indicates changes in the Canadian diet corresponded with increased US exports and investment in the Canadian food and beverage sector.
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