Bacon’s cancer-promoting properties can be avoided by replacing nitrates commonly used in the curing process with polyphenols found in green tea, according to a report by Queen’s University Belfast researchers.
Food and drink manufacturers and suppliers need to create open, trusted and collaborative relationships with retailers to guarantee success in the fast moving consumer goods market, according to a consumer trends analyst.
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has been given a £14m boost from the Government to support preparations for Brexit and the expansion of the National Food Crime Unit (NFCU).
UK exports have fallen in the first quarter of this year, as the rising value of the pound made British products less desirable overseas, according to a report from the business consultancy BDO.
A new venture capitalist company Five Seasons Ventures is to invest €60m (£52.7m) in technical innovations to deal with the challenges faced by the food sector.
Finsbury Food Group’s UK bakery business resisted soaring butter prices and increases in other costs to grow sales and keep operating profit broadly flat, while group operating profit rose.
An advert for Go Ahead Goodness bars, produced by United Biscuits, has been banned after it was deemed misleading by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA).
The Marine Conservation Society (MCS) has urged buyers and consumers to diversify their choice of fish and move away from the UK’s traditional top five of cod, tuna, salmon, haddock and prawns.
Global food companies should diversify their protein sourcing away from a reliance on animal proteins, a $2.4tn (£1.71tn) investor coalition into plant-based alternatives has urged.
There has been a new push calling for flour to be fortified with folic acid, following the publication of the latest National Diet and Nutrition Survey.
Safety culture, new technology and consumer trends are three key challenges facing the food sector today, Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) manager Anne Gerardi has told Food Manufacture.
More than four in ten (41%) Brits think that the population will be eating lab-grown meat and fish within just ten years, according to research by experience company Starcom.
Global wheat prices are set to remain stable, but corn and soybean costs are expected to be affected by a tightening of supply, an agricultural data report has found.
Morrisons has recruited 200 new local food suppliers in the past year in a bid to cut the food miles of its products, citing research indicating up to 70% of consumers say they prefer to buy British food.
Volatile meat, butter and fish prices would affect the catering sector as prices keep fluctuating across a range of products, the spring 2018 edition of the Lynx Purchasing Market Forecast has warned.
The threat of having to deal with veterinary clearance and checks on exports to the EU post-Brexit should be a “priority” concern for the meat industry, a leading meat association boss has claimed.
The Agriculture & Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) has revealed it is in advanced talks with private business HallMark Veterinary Compliance Services about taking over its commercial subsidiary Meat and Livestock Commercial Services Limited (MLCSL).
Food ingredients supplier Sleaford Quality Foods (SQF) has relocated to a new eight-acre site to meet growing demand for its dried fruits, vegetables, herbs and spices.
Poultry producer Moy Park said it has reimbursed the pay of 338 of its staff, after the Government unveiled a list of employers that were failing to pay the minimum wage.
The Government must keep its promise and ensure trade terms between UK businesses and EU partners remain unchanged directly after Brexit, according to Provision Trade Federation (PTF) chair Liz Sutton.
KFC has returned to its previous logistics partner Bidvest to serve 350 of its north of England outlets after hundreds of its UK stores ran out of chicken, forcing them to temporarily shut last month.
