Pret launches nationwide ingredients labelling
Pret A Manger is to roll out a full list of ingredients for all the fresh food it sells in stores, following the deaths of two customers that suffered allergic reactions from eating its sandwiches.
Archives for May 2, 2019
Ingredients supplier ditches black plastic
Ingredients supplier Sleaford Quality Foods (SQF), named ambient manufacturer of the year at 2018’s Food Manufacture Excellence Awards, is to convert all its plastic packaging from black to white, as part of its sustainability pledge.
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Food Taipei to showcase best of the Orient
Flavours of the Orient are to be brought into focus next month when Taiwan plays host to one of Asia’s largest food exhibitions.
Food safety news round-up
From a specialist sharing his globally recognised model with a Chinese food body to the future president of the Institute of Food Science & Technology, we round-up the latest developments in food safety.
Genetic shift needed to tackle obesity: professor
More emphasis should be given to understanding genes that influence behaviour if obesity is to be tackled more effectively, a leading academic in the field has argued.
The future factory
Cobots and the future of food factories
Collaborative robots – or cobots – can help reduce labour costs and take on the more boring repetitive tasks in a plant, but how flexible are they and how much resistance is there to their presence in the workplace?
Hanwell adds mobile alarms app
Wireless environmental monitoring equipment specialist Hanwell Solutions has introduced a smart EMS Alarms app for critical environment alerts.
UK ethical food sales worth £8.2bn
Sales of ethical food and drink in the UK hit £8.2bn in 2018 and are projected to continue growing through 2019, according to new research by Mintel.
OPINION
Why protein isn’t just for gym-going youngsters
Research suggests that age-related muscle loss (sarcopenia) can be slowed by a combination of extra protein and exercise.