The brain and vision benefits of omega-3 are offering vast opportunities to food manufacturers on the back of positive European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) health claims rulings.

Published: 23-May-2013

“Don’t be afraid to fail” – that should be the mantra for struggling food firms who are trying to expand their offerings and exploit new markets.

Published: 07-May-2013

Small, high quality meat suppliers and the butchers which sell their products are like “a mistress” in the mindsets of many consumers.

Published: 01-May-2013

Winning a Food Manufacturing Excellence award sends a buzz throughout a business, according to one of the recipients of last year’s awards.

Published: 16-Apr-2013

Food sustainability should begin at home a top scientist is to tell the Institute of Food Science & Technology (IFST) Spring Conference in Norwich next week.

Published: 11-Apr-2013

A relatively small dairy site in Dorset is receiving international attention for its pioneering anaerobic digestion (AD) plant.

Published: 10-Apr-2013

Engaging staff and treating machines like marathon runner are the keys to a reducing waste, according to dairy firm Rodda’s.

Published: 04-Apr-2013

The biggest short-term priority for the new Groceries Supply Code of Practice adjudicator is preventing needless breaches to the code by ensuring people understand the law.

Published: 27-Mar-2013

The environment secretary’s "gung-ho approach" to genetically modified (GM) foods risks alienating the public at a time when a calm and rational debate about the issue is needed.

Published: 27-Mar-2013

Investment in people and training – they are the two key factors when moving production following the purchase of a new brand.

Published: 21-Mar-2013

UK food and drink manufacturers are having an “enormous impact” on Britain’s economic recovery, according to food minister David Heath.

Published: 19-Mar-2013

A simple “eat less meat” message won’t wash with consumers or producers, so sustainability campaigners need to convince people to eat “better meat” as well, in order to improve the environment and public health.

Published: 12-Mar-2013

Politicians should admit the European livestock industry is critically dependent on GM animal feed, according to a senior US government adviser.

Published: 05-Mar-2013

Food firms which make vegetarian ready meals are battling to meet retailer demand in the wake of the horsemeat scandal.  

Published: 26-Feb-2013

Applying the Lion mark to egg-based products would reassure consumers and boost sales, according to British Lion Eggs Processors (BLEP).

Published: 18-Feb-2013

Food manufacturers are facing a skills time bomb as many engineers edge towards retirement, there is little new blood in the pipeline to replace them.

Published: 11-Feb-2013

Imports from China, South East Asia and the Middle East are posing the greatest food safety risks to UK consumers at the present time, it has been claimed.

Published: 05-Feb-2013

Food manufacturers haven’t always received the policy attention they deserve because it isn’t necessarily viewed as a trendy industry.

Published: 14-Jan-2013

Prescribing legal limits for levels of sugar, salt and fat in food – as touted by the Labour Party this week – is not the right way to improve the nation’s health.

Published: 10-Jan-2013

Christmas is a boom time for Stilton maker Billy Kevan, dairy manager at Colston Basset Dairy in Nottinghamshire.

Published: 07-Dec-2012

Food manufacturers wasted no time in exploring Star Wars licensing deals after Disney bought the rights from Lucas Films at the end of last month.

Published: 19-Nov-2012

Food manufacturers should educate shoppers about where and how fish products have been sourced, according to the Iglo Group, which owns the Birds Eye brand.

Published: 22-Oct-2012

The Halal Food Authority (HFA) has turned down an approach from a “major brewery” to accredit its non-alcoholic beer as halal.

Published: 17-Oct-2012

Food manufacturers and consumers should brace themselves for a rise in egg prices.

Published: 10-Oct-2012

The food and drink industry received its fair share of attention - and plaudits - at the Labour Party Conference in Manchester this week. It was held up as rare success story in tricky economic times by shadow secretary of state for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Mary Creagh. But there were also calls for food manufacturers to share research.

Published: 03-Oct-2012