Published: Feb 26, 2016

Three in ten people in Britain (29%) say they have reduced the amount of meat they eat in the past 12 months, according to new findings from NatCen’s British Social Attitudes survey.

Published: Feb 26, 2016

Associated British Foods, the ingredients, grocery and retail business, has said that operating profits at its ingredients business are on track to trump last year helped by strong sales across yeast and bakery.

Published: Feb 25, 2016

Sugar is going to be in even shorter supply than forecast this year as global output falls, the International Sugar Organization warned on Tuesday.

Published: Feb 24, 2016

UK-based brewer Molson Coors has unveiled a new simple packaging design for its Dutch lager beer brand Grolsch off-trade portfolio, in order to appeal to contemporary drinkers.

Published: Feb 23, 2016

The Food Standards Agency has today launched a 10-week public consultation on a draft report looking at the safety of raw or lightly cooked eggs.

Published: Feb 23, 2016

The FSA is publishing today three key documents that set out how we will use science, evidence and information to deliver food we can trust. These are our Science, Evidence and Information Strategy 2015-2020 Delivery Plan, our programme of work and forwar

Published: Feb 22, 2016

2 Sisters Food Group is reportedly negotiating to sell its Fox’s Biscuits unit to Burton’s Biscuits, which is owned by Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan.

Published: Feb 22, 2016

The Nut House Ltd has recalled its range of ‘Tasty Bake’ brand cakes because the products contain milk, which is not mentioned in the ingredients list on the packaging. This means the products are a possible health risk for anyone with an allergy or intol

Published: Feb 22, 2016

Asda has withdrawn its Extra Special Chocolate and Beetroot Cake because some packs might contain Extra Special Carrot, Courgette and Orange Loaf Cake which contains walnuts, and this is not mentioned on the product label.

Published: Feb 22, 2016

A think tank study claims that by 2050, the UK will have undergone a “green revolution”, with farmers growing genetically modified crops that are self-fertilising, pest and drought resistant.

Published: Feb 22, 2016

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has released figures charting the UK's changing food-buying patterns since 1974. Data from 150,000 households who took part in the survey of their food and drink habits from 1974-2000, show th

Published: Feb 19, 2016

People in the UK worry that convenience eating could cause them to lose a connection with the food they eat, suggests research we have published today. - See more at: http://www.food.gov.uk/news-updates/news/2016/14881/our-food-future#sthash.FsnUAEZ9.dpuf

Published: Feb 18, 2016

Close to 100 million people in southern Africa, Asia and Latin America are facing food and water shortages due to severe droughts and floods triggered by one of the strongest El Niño weather events ever recorded, reports UK newspaper The Guardian.

Published: Feb 18, 2016

A task force chaired by Business Secretary Sajid Javid will bring together leading British businesses to increase British and international business activity in the Middle East and generate hundreds of thousands of job opportunities – for Syrian refugees

Published: Feb 18, 2016

The One Show, a popular BBC magazine programme, confirmed its support for the NFU's Fruit and Veg Pledge this week. The programme highlighted the importance of “repairing the fractured relationship between suppliers and the supermarkets.”

Published: Feb 18, 2016

Organic milk and meat contain approximately 50 per cent more omega-3 fatty acids than non-organic options according to a new study published yesterday in Volume 115, Issue 5 of the British Journal of Nutrition.

Published: Feb 17, 2016

According to Dutch fresh produce news site, GFActueel.nl, The Greenery has sold NorthBank Growers to APS Salads. The Greenery had owned NorthBank Growers since 2012.

Published: Feb 17, 2016

Both organic milk and meat contain around 50 percent more beneficial omega-3 fatty acids than conventionally produced products, report researchers who conducted systematic literature reviews and analyzed data from around the world.

Published: Feb 16, 2016

The price war between British supermarkets continues unabated. The economic recession might be over and incomes rising, but the large traditional supermarket chains continue to lose market share to the price fighters Lidl and Aldi.

Published: Feb 16, 2016

Fruit Logistica 2016 marked the first time that the province of British Colombia (B.C.) had its own regional presence at the event. Six B.C. organizations co-exhibited in the B.C. and Canada Pavilion, supported by the Province of British Columbia,