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60 Second News – 28 January 2022
The New Food editorial team deliver your 60 second update of all the latest news from the food and beverage industry.
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Sustainability
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Webinar: How do we improve traceability?
Traceability is becoming an important factor for consumers when choosing which food to eat, so how can the industry ensure its supply chains remain transparent and ethical?
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Food Sustainability Index ranks countries on food waste
The 2021 Food Sustainability Index, which assesses the food-system sustainability of numerous countries, has been released, with Japan and Sweden excelling in key categories.
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PepsiCo Europe to eliminate virgin fossil-based plastics in crisp packets
PepsiCo Europe has announced that it aims to eliminate virgin fossil-based plastic in all of its crisp and chip packets by 2030. The packaging will be replaced with recycled or renewable plastic.
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Enset banana could feed millions
A new study suggests that enset, a relative of the common banana native to Ethiopia, has the potential to feed millions of people.
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Episode Twenty: What’s more sustainable – a meat-based diet or a vegan one?
One of the food industry's most difficult questions is tackled head on by New Food's editorial team.
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Plant-based power: restaurants embrace Veganuary
A record-breaking two million people pledged to take part in Veganuary and restaurants around the world are keen to take part with a plethora of vegan launches - but is it too good to be true?
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New Belgium Brewing gives oranges a second chance
New Belgium Brewing has collaborated with Imperfect Foods to launch a new beer and raise awareness about food waste, supporting farmers, and reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
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Why the food sector needs to save bees – and how to do it
New Food hears from Buckley’s Bees, an organisation looking to help repopulate the dwindling bee numbers, on why extinction would have such a detrimental impact on our food system.
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Will this new technology revolutionise fish farming?
Meet the new piece of technology which could transform the shrimp farming industry. Dr Faik Hamad, and Dr Poo Balan Ganesan discuss how micro-bubble technology could be change fish farming in developing countries.
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Research links large industrial farming to biodiversity loss
Though there is a suggestion that large industrial farms can harm biodiversity, there are solutions farmers can put in place to mitigate this and promote wildlife growth in agricultural settings.
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Plastic sorting problems? Sorted
Today, plastic recycling is imperative; however, the act of separating different types of plastic is slow and labour intensive. Here, we find out how NIR spectroscopy can help…
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Morrisons aim to end waste by removing expiry dates on milk
One of the largest supermarkets in the UK, Morrisons, has announced the removal of use by dates on milk bottles in a move to stop millions of pints being wasted.
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Could modern high-tech farming eliminate mycotoxins, an old nemesis of agriculture?
It is not often that scientific advances approach complicated problems in such a seemingly fitting way, but such is the case with high-tech farming and mycotoxins.
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Keeping up with COP
Dr Vincent Walsh, circular and regenerative food system consultant and founder of the plant-based food brand, Herblabism, reflects on the sustainability challenges facing the food industry in the wake of COP26.
