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Cell-based/cultured meat, poultry and seafood alliance formed
Companies looking to bring cell-based/cultured meat, poultry and seafood to restaurants and retail shelves in the US have formed an alliance.
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Synthetic coffee could reduce deforestation and protect resources
With deforestation and depleting resources at the forefront of the coffee-growing industry, Dr. Sylvain Charlebois explores how synthetic lab-produced coffee is developing as an alternative.
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Where does food waste occur?
Darcy Simonis, Food and Beverage Segment Network Leader at ABB, outlines the areas of manufacturing prone to food waste, and how they can be optimised to help tackle the issue.
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Study reveals the extent of wasted food from US refrigerators
A new study from the Ohio State University has found that Americans discard of a lot more food than they realise, due to aspects such as ambiguous date labels on packages.
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Could frozen foods help reduce food waste?
With more than one billion tonnes of food wasted every year and a growing global population, devising ways to combat food waste is of the utmost important. Darcy Simonis, Food and Beverage Segment Network Leader at ABB, believes frozen foods hold the answer.
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Aldi to remove plastic packaging on tinned tuna
Aldi is set to become the first UK supermarket to remove plastic packaging on multipacks of tinned tuna and replace it with a sustainable alternative.
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Overcoming the plastic packaging problem
As the discussion around plastic packaging and climate change continues, Susan Brownlow takes a look at some innovative alternatives and the state of our current recycling processes.
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Decision-makers meet to focus on the future of sustainable food production
Food industry insiders have met to focus on how to sustainably feed a global population of almost ten billion people in 2050.
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Honey and wild salmon used to trace lead in the environment
Scientists have been able to trace sources of lead (and other metals) by analysing the presence of lead isotopes in honey and Pacific salmon.
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Can CRISPR save the Cavendish?
The world's most popular banana is dying. Scientists are using the gene-editing mechanism CRISPR to try and save it from extinction.
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Whitepaper – Navigating Change: Why Agility Matters in the Food & Beverage Industry
Shifting consumer preferences are causing producers and manufacturers to rethink current strategies.
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Tackling carbon neutrality one bite at a time
Carbon neutrality is an imperative global goal to halt global warming, but it can also significantly benefit a company’s performance, as Mark Chadwick explains here.
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Global reforms lead to increased sales of PP packaging films
Global sustainability drives are propelling the worldwide polypropylene (PP) packaging films market.
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Airlines contribute 5.7m tonnes of waste each year
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The waste volume from airlines could double in the next ten years.
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Implications of the mass import of soybeans into China studied
A new study has looked into the wider consequences of the recent mass importation of soybeans into China.
