Published: Mar 09, 2016

The first British cucumbers arrived on UK supermarket shelves last week. According to data prepared by ProduceView, Asda and Sainsbury's had the first British cucumbers available.

Published: Mar 09, 2016

The UK white and red Cabbage season for fresh field crop runs from mid July to the end of November, from November to mid July the cabbage is from refrigerated stores.

Published: Mar 09, 2016

Denmark-based dairy company Arla Foods is planning to close fresh milk processing production facility at Hatfield Peverel dairy in Essex in the UK, by the end of July this year, which is likely to result in 200-plus redundancies.

Published: Mar 09, 2016

The development of Aylesbury is helping us to deliver this vision in the UK, as the dairy approaches capacity.

Published: Mar 08, 2016

Agrafresh has been supplying various ready made salads and vegetables to the retail for fifteen years. This year the company is introducing something new: precooked vegetables.

Published: Mar 08, 2016

Production of a unique sweet red onion is going from strength to strength in the UK. The partnership between Bedfordshire Growers Ltd. and Alastair Findlay Farming Partnership has gone from growing 40 tonnes in the 2013/14 season, to 80 tonnes in 2014/15

Published: Mar 08, 2016

With a vote on the UK’s membership of the EU just months away, much of the talk has been centered on a trio of issues: migration, welfare benefits and EU bureaucracy.

Published: Mar 07, 2016

"The Spanish early potato campaign will kick off with serious problems this year because of the situation with exports to the UK," explains David Sánchez, director of PepSur Marketing. "Spain may have to stop exporting to this country this year because of

Published: Mar 07, 2016

Poundstretcher has recalled Disney Chocolate Chip Cookies produced by Jacobsens Bakery Ltd with a ‘best before’ date of 8 August 2017 that are sold in its stores because the product contains milk which is not mentioned on the product label.

Published: Mar 07, 2016

Climate change could kill more than 500,000 adults in 2050 worldwide due to changes in diets and bodyweight from reduced crop productivity, according to new estimates. The research is the strongest evidence yet that climate change could have damaging cons

Published: Mar 04, 2016

As supermarkets compete to draw in customers, a price war has led to the lowest shopping bills in 15 months. Vegetable prices have reduced by nearly 14 percent, with mushrooms and broccoli recorded as the lowest priced items.

Published: Mar 04, 2016

SSP Gold Ltd is recalling its SSP Performance Golf Energy Bar Superberry with ‘best before’ date of 11 February 2017 because it contains barley, soya and milk, which are not mentioned on the product label.

Published: Mar 04, 2016

Scotch whisky sales in UK increased 2% during in 2015 following five years of decline, after cut in excise duty.

Published: Mar 04, 2016

A company has applied to the FSA for chia seeds to be approved for use in the European Union (EU) under the simplified approval procedure. Views are wanted on the draft opinion of company’s application by Terrafertil. The FSA’s independent expert committe

Published: Mar 02, 2016

Recently released figures from data analysts IRI, reveal that sales of green vegetables and soft fruit have increased by up to a third and this is being contributed to the juicing trend which is gripping the country.

Published: Mar 01, 2016

Around fifty Andalusian nutritionists and dietitians, members of the Andalusian Society of Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics (Sancyd) and the Professional Association of Nutritionists-Dietitians of Andalusia (Codinan), visited several farms and facilities

Published: Mar 01, 2016

Scientists at the James Hutton Institute in Dundee have found success with limited cherry growing in Perthshire and Fife, which has given them hope that Scottish farmers can grow the crop on a bigger, commercial scale.

Published: Mar 01, 2016

This week the British Journal of Nutrition published new meta-analysis that adds to the evidence that organic production can boost key nutrients in foods.

Published: Mar 01, 2016

UK-based supermarket chain Morrisons and US-based online retailer Amazon have entered into a supply agreement, through which the supermarket will make several of its products available on the ecommerce platform.

Published: Feb 26, 2016

British & Continental Food Brokers has recalled ‘Delicontinental Swiss Roll with Strawberry & Cream Flavoured Fillings’ and ‘Delicontinental Swiss Roll with Cocoa Sponge & Cream Flavoured Fillings’ because the products contain whey; however the word “milk