Health and nutritional ingredients

Why is St Ewe enriching eggs with selenium and omega-3?

13-Apr-2021 By Rod Addy

St Ewe Free Range Eggs extols the virtues of enriching eggs with omega-3 and selenium in partnership with UFAC UK. Food Manufacture caught up with key team members to explain further.

Loma Linda Tuno: Plant-based tuna and the benefits of soy

01-Apr-2021 By Rod Addy

The start of 2021 saw a record number of plant-based products hit the market.

Re:formulate: Brusco MD on sodium reduction and Smart Salt

01-Apr-2021 By Jerome Smail

Food manufacturers will face continued pressure to lower salt levels in their products in response to a growing ‘health crisis’, according to Andrew Ashby, managing director of ingredients supplier Brusco Food Group.

Trade body Pulses UK appoints new president

31-Mar-2021 By Jerome Smail

James Maguire has been named as the new president of Pulses UK, the trade association representing the processors and users of British-produced pulses.

Plant-based NPD as plant-proteins event airs in two days

29-Mar-2021 By Rod Addy

Plant-based NPD has been launched by Bridor and The Honest Bean Co - and Food Manufacture's plant-based proteins conference airs online in two days, with representatives from Marks & Spencer, Tyson Foods and Meatless Farm.

Plant-based event tackles functional and nutritional issues

26-Mar-2021 By Rod Addy

Functional and nutritional issues surrounding plant-based proteins and ingredients will be a core topic at Food Manufacture's virtual conference The Future of Plant-based Proteins: Roots of Further Growth on 31 March.

Plant-based NPD – and plant-based proteins event a week away

24-Mar-2021 By Rod Addy

Sausage brand Richmond and freeze-dried ingredients specialist European Freeze Dry have announced plant-based launches, while just seven days remain for potential delegates to register for Food Manufacture's plant-based proteins conference on 31...

Plant-based meat, egg and 'dairy' investment trebles

19-Mar-2021 By Rod Addy

Plant-based meat, egg and 'dairy' attracted the most alt-protein investment globally in 2020, claims the Good Food Institute (GFI), whose foodservice and supply chain manager Zak Weston is presenting at Food Manufacture's virtual plant-based...

Ingredients supplier Ulrick & Short acquired by Novax

15-Mar-2021 By James Ridler

Clean label ingredients firm Ulrick & Short has been acquired by Novax, the investment company of Stockholm, Sweden-based Axel Johnson Group, for an undisclosed sum.

Morrisons invests in food factories and pursues green agenda

12-Mar-2021 By Rod Addy

Morrisons has invested in its vertically integrated food factories and detailed ambitious environmental targets for its whole supply chain.

Nutrition opinion

There is more to eating healthily than protein intake

08-Mar-2021 By Judy Buttriss

Widely recognised is the importance for health of plenty of plant-derived ingredients – vegetables, fruit, grains, oilseeds and pulses – combined with more moderate amounts of animal-derived foods for the wealth of essential nutrients these provide.

Tyson Foods and Micarna to present at plant-based conference

05-Mar-2021 By Rod Addy

Tyson Foods and Micarna will present at Food Manufacture's virtual Plant-based Protein Conference on 31 March, giving their perspectives on their plans and production challenges they face.

Marks & Spencer tackles plant-based food at web conference

26-Feb-2021 By Rod Addy

James Fisher, product development lead for Marks and Spencer's vegan sub-brand Plant Kitchen, will cover what the retailer looks for from plant-based suppliers at Food Manufacture's Plant-based Protein conference on 31 March.

Online event to shine light on future of plant-based foods

17-Feb-2021 By Jerome Smail

Emerging trends in the meat-free market will come under the spotlight at the Future of Plant-Based Proteins: Roots of Further Growth virtual conference on 31 March.

Nutrition opinion

Plant-based benefits: ‘super pea’ may help tackle diabetes

08-Feb-2021 By Judy Buttriss

Recently there has been considerable interest in peas (Pisum sativum) as a plant source of protein. But new research indicates resistant starch – found in some peas – may help control blood sugar levels and reduce the risk of Type 2 diabetes, the incidence...