FDF Action on Fibre initiative adds 7.2 billion more servings of fibre to UK diets, new data reveals

26-05-23 / 3 min read

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25-05-23 / 2 min read

Brexit has increased food bills by £250 per household, new London School of Economics research shows

UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt, man sitting at table looking face forward inbetween two Union Jack flags, wooden wall background

24-05-23 / 2 min read

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt meets with food manufacturers and CMA to discuss UK food inflation

22-05-23 / 3 min read

Ireland to introduce world’s first health labelling law for alcohol

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19-05-23 / 3 min read

France ecolabel expert appointed to Foundation Earth scientific committee, joining Professor Chris Elliott

Plant-based, alternative proteins and sustainability

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18-05-23 / 3 min read

ProVeg launches in Nigeria to promote benefits of plant-based diets

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17-05-23 / 7 min read

The system must change to secure the future of food, is the key message at the Extinction or Regeneration conference

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11-05-23 / 3 min read

Farmless secures €1.2 million to develop ‘carbon negative’ microbial protein using renewable energy

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09-05-23 / 3 min read

Mosa Meat opens largest cultivated meat plant in the world

05-05-23 / 3 min read

Zrou and USource partnership to boost plant-based meat distribution in North China

Food policy and public health

24-05-23 / 3 min read

Diet Nutella anyone? Ferrero and DSM-Firmenich team up with ‘clean sugar’ brand

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17-05-23 / 3 min read

Farm to Fork Summit an ’empty meeting’ say food and farming representatives

Rishi Sunak outside No 10 Downing Street

16-05-23 / 4 min read

Government releases farmers support package ahead of No 10’s Farm to Fork food summit

British PM Rishi Sunak speaking to Director of Defra, Thérèse Coffey, UK flag in background

10-05-23 / 3 min read

Rishi Sunak to address UK food security with industry leaders at No 10’s Food Summit

28-04-23 / 4 min read

Cultured meat is ‘a veritable suicide for a country like ours,’ says Italy Minister of Agriculture Francesco Lollobrigida

Retail and consumer insights

18-05-23 / 3 min read

Own-label products close to outperforming popularity of national brands in Europe, report shows

12-05-23 / 3 min read

Government to investigate why UK is seeing highest levels of food price inflation

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25-04-23 / 2 min read

Majority of Britons believe food brands are guilty of ‘greedflation’, profiteering from cost of living crisis, poll reveals

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19-04-23 / 2 min read

Dairy consumption in Germany hits new low, data reveals

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19-04-23 / 3 min read

Dutch retailer Albert Heijn trials ‘true price’ scheme to show consumers social and environmental cost of products

17-04-23 / 3 min read

Germany says yes to meat tax, but only if it improves animal welfare, study shows

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11-04-23 / 2 min read

Meat consumption in Germany hits record low for first time in over three decades, report finds

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03-04-23 / 3 min read

Europe’s plant-based food sales up 22% since 2020 as category hits €5.7 billion market value

Health, nutrition and food psychology

23-05-23 / 4 min read

US National Institutes of Health launches landmark study into precision nutrition

15-05-23 / 3 min read

British Nutrition Foundation partners with Magic Breakfast to study impact of breakfast on children’s health and wellbeing

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27-04-23 / 3 min read

Scientists in China successfully extract green tea leaf protein which could be used in the plant-based F&B sector

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26-04-23 / 3 min read

Nutri-Score labelling system set to change to encourage healthier food choices

14-04-23 / 3 min read

Government invests £12 million in Cellular Agriculture Manufacturing Hub to develop sustainable protein

Ingredients, NPD and innovation

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04-05-23 / 3 min read

Alpha Foods and The EVERY Co. team up to improve and expand alternative proteins category

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03-05-23 / 2 min read

Revyve secures €8M for patented technology that extracts functional ingredients from brewer’s yeast

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27-04-23 / 3 min read

Remilk secures regulatory approval in Israel

25-04-23 / 4 min read

Heura unveils new patent-pending technology to develop scalable clean label plant-based meat

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21-04-23 / 2 min read

Quorn mycoprotein ingredient to be made available to food and drink manufacturers

20-04-23 / 2 min read

Majority of food and drink companies set to prioritise NPD investment in next 12 months, report finds

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12-04-23 / 3 min read

Bel Group invests in Climax Foods to develop ‘new generation’ of plant-based cheese using AI

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06-04-23 / 3 min read

Start-up Better Juice completes successful pilot for technology that reduces natural sugars in fruit juice

Food tech

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03-05-23 / 3 min read

First plant-based meat factory opens in Abu Dhabi

Traditional danish “smørrebrød” or open sandwich made with a slice of buttered rye bread, green asparagus, sliced avocado and topped with a poached egg

02-05-23 / 2 min read

Float Foods launches Asia’s first plant-based poached egg and egg yolk in Singapore

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28-04-23 / 2 min read

Danone buys stake in animal-free dairy protein start-up Imagindairy

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24-04-23 / 3 min read

Upside Foods develops ‘breakthrough’ chicken cell line reducing cost of cultivated meat production

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18-04-23 / 3 min read

Brewer Greene King partners with British vertical farming company in a bid to become more sustainable

People and careers

24-02-23 / 3 min read

Waitrose names Britain’s 10 Most Influential Women in Food 2023

20-02-23 / 2 min read

Budweiser searching for sparkling talent among UK apprentices

14-02-23 / 3 min read

Food, drink, and opportunities at Inspiring Careers in Food

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08-02-23 / 2 min read

Aldi donates £1M towards funding apprenticeships in UK

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02-02-23 / 6 min read

Featured employers announced for London Inspiring Careers in Food event

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18-01-23 / 2 min read

Kepak to offer Food Passports initative to encourage more people to take up a career in food

14-12-22 / 3 min read

Government to scrap traineeships programme in 2023

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07-12-22 / 3 min read

Imperial College London launches Sustainable Food and Drink Policy

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