Published: Sep 06, 2017

A mum has told how she nearly fed a banana riddled with Brazilian wandering spider eggs to her baby.

Published: Aug 29, 2017

Social media, along with 'clean eating' and 'root to shoot' trends, have provided a huge boost for the fresh herb industry.

Published: Aug 25, 2017

Broccoli could be the key to staying young and healthy for longer say some scientists.

Published: Aug 22, 2017

According to a new survey from British Summer Fruits almost two-thirds (60%) of employee respondents believe their employer should offer fresh fruit to staff in the workplace.

Published: Aug 18, 2017

Scientists from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) have developed a new technique for coating fruit with a spray that could prolong its shelf life by several weeks.

Published: Aug 11, 2017

A Campie Primary School in Musselburgh is understood to have introduced the ban after a pupil was identified as having “a serious banana allergy”, East Lothian Council said.

Published: Aug 07, 2017

Organic flavor and ingredient manufacturer Blue Pacific Flavors has announced the opening of its new research and development laboratory, the Flavor Creation and Culinary Innovation Center.

Published: Aug 07, 2017

Despite conception as somewhat of a fad, the promotion of gluten-free as a healthy option for non-coeliacs for example, free-from diets have begun to reach a commonality that merits investigation.

Published: Aug 01, 2017

Food & grocery inflation is set to reach 2.5% in 2017 – the highest level since 2013. The steepest price rises will be seen in alcohol and tobacco, but consumers must prepare for a 3.0% rise in meat & fish, sugar & sweet products and oils & fats every yea

Published: Jul 25, 2017

Figures show that around one third of the food produced in the world is lost or wasted, and a huge amount of losses can occur at early stages of the food value chain, due to faulty transportation and storage.

Published: Jul 20, 2017

Seed company De Ruiter recently introduced Delisher: a cherry plum tomato that stands out for its sweet taste, texture and looks.

Published: Jul 19, 2017

A Kent food entrepreneur has vowed to make children’s lunchboxes healthier after launching a range of air dried fruit and vegetable crisps for kids in the UK.

Published: Jul 03, 2017

The UK brassica market at the moment is proving to be hard work, although prices are not increasing that much, it is difficult to get the quality.

Published: Jun 30, 2017

The UK carrot season is just getting under way with Suffolk carrots and it is going reasonably well, according to Alan Hunt from Freshgro.

Published: Jun 28, 2017

The CEO of Easyfresh recently gave his two-cents on what he sees as inevitable change in the industry how how businesses can best prepare.

Published: Jun 26, 2017

A Yorkshire airport has won a new cargo contract to bring flowers and vegetables to the UK for sale by some of the country's largest retailers.

Published: Jun 26, 2017

The fresh produce sector is full of trendy new fruit and weird and wonderful vegetables, so with such a wide variety of products to choose from how do you get consumers to eat good old fashioned British veg?

Published: Jun 22, 2017

During the CPMA in Toronto recently, Marco, a company which provides technology solutions for manufacturing and packing operations promoted their latest two products, the quality Control Module (QCM) and the Production Data Display (PDD).

Published: Jun 21, 2017

A unique watermelon ice lolly is being launched as a healthy alternative summer treat and the ‘real fruit on a stick’ lolly has just gone on sale at Tesco stores across the UK in time for the heatwave.

Published: Jun 14, 2017

Tesco has found a way to cut back on food waste, an initiative gaining steam in the produce industry.