Published: Sep 06, 2019

The identification of a gene responsible for drought resistance in barley could help “future-proof” the cereals industry as climate change becomes an increasingly pressing issue.

Published: Sep 06, 2019

Ulrick & Short, a maker of clean and clear label food ingredients, is launching a range of functional ingredients for the meat substitute sector.

Published: Sep 05, 2019

Sustainability and innovation go hand-in-hand as retailers, producers and growers look for ways to reduce reliance on unsustainable packaging and find environmentally friendly packaging solutions.

Published: Sep 04, 2019

UK plant-based firm, The Meatless Farm Co, is continuing to expand with a new Brakes listing from this month.

Published: Sep 04, 2019

Ocean Network Express (ONE) is expanding its current refrigerated container (reefer) fleet of 240,000 TEU by adding another 6000 (40” HC) units, which slows down the respiration and ripening process to maximize the shelf life of fruits and vegetables.

Published: Sep 04, 2019

A British teenager has gone blind after several years of a diet completely lacking in fruit and vegetables, according to medical journal Annals of Internal Medicine.

Published: Sep 04, 2019

Packaging company DS Smith has launched a new scheme which, it says, could see hundreds of millions of disposable coffee cups recycled each year.

Published: Sep 03, 2019

Restaurants, takeaways and other food related businesses in Scotland are being urged to help tackle the rising scourge of food waste and other food inefficiencies.

Published: Sep 02, 2019

British Formula 1 champion, Lewis Hamilton, is launching a plant-based burger chain concept intended to “revolutionise” fast food.

Published: Aug 28, 2019

The manufacture of fruit and vegetable juice was the fastest growing sub sector in the UK food industry, growing 17% from £654 million in 2017 to £768 million in 2018.

Published: Aug 26, 2019

Having experienced a 58% rise in first half profits after introducing a vegan sausage roll, it was inevitable Greggs was going to bolster its meat-free offering.

Published: Aug 23, 2019

Following guidance from Public Health England (PHE) and the Soil Association, restaurant chain Giraffe has launched a new children’s menu offering two portions of vegetables as standard.

Published: Aug 23, 2019

Packaged food and drinks in Britain have been crowned the healthiest in the world, ranking ahead of the US and Australia, a new global survey has found.

Published: Aug 21, 2019

The Co-op has urged local authorities across England to speed up the rollout of food waste collections from homes.

Published: Aug 19, 2019

Waitrose has become the first supermarket in the UK to begin selling pullet eggs as part of a new initiative to help cut down on food waste.

Published: Aug 19, 2019

The nation’s typical picnic basket contains “dangerously high” salt levels, according to a new survey by Action on Salt.

Published: Aug 16, 2019

An employee at a frozen food factory in Hull, England, is suspected of having urinated on the pea production line and of having recorded a video committing the alleged crime.

Published: Aug 16, 2019

Information released by the California Prune Board shows the continuing growth in research around the role of prunes in health, saying they are seeing positive results from several separate research studies.

Published: Aug 15, 2019

More than 50 UK retailers, including major supermarkets and businesses from the food-to-go sector, have joined forces to demand that the UK government reforms the “broken” business rate system.

Published: Aug 14, 2019

The British public spend nearly eight times as many hours on their phones and watching TV than they do cooking, according to British lifestyle brand Mecca.