‘Joint Ambition’ on food waste plan
25 July 2016 | By Stephanie Anthony, Editor New Food
Unilever and Hubbub have launched a five-point action plan to boost business collaboration and customer awareness of food waste reduction efforts...
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Greencore buys The Sandwich Factory for £15m
25 July 2016 | By Stephanie Anthony, Editor New Food
Greencore Group plc (‘Greencore’) today announced that it has acquired The Sandwich Factory Holdings Limited (‘The Sandwich Factory’) from Cranswick plc.
Report calls for legislation against the sale of energy drinks to under-16s
22 July 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
A new report argues that UK policy makers must act against excessive energy drinks consumption by children and young people...
World’s hottest chilli, the Carolina Reaper, goes on sale at Tesco
20 July 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
The Carolina Reaper, the world’s hottest chilli pepper, is being commercially grown in the UK for the first time ever and is now available in Tesco stores....
E. coli O157 outbreak might be associated with mixed salad leaves
19 July 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
PHE has confirmed 151 cases of this strain of E. coli. Two of the individuals with E. coli O157 have died and sixty-two people have received hospital care...
PureCircle invests $100 million to increase natural stevia supply
19 July 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
Leading producer of high-purity stevia ingredients PureCircle has announced an additional investment of $100 million in its PureCircle Agronomy Programme...
Barry Callebaut and Tony’s Chocolonely team up for fully traceable cocoa
19 July 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
Barry Callebaut has installed a dedicated cocoa butter tank to produce cocoa butter from traceable beans sourced from Tony’s Chocolonely’s partners...
FSAI opens consultation on ‘small quantities’ nutrition labelling
19 July 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
A consultation has been launched by FSAI on EU regulations that allow some prepacked food products to be exempt from displaying nutrition information...
Tesco’s cocoa to come from Rainforest Alliance Certified sources by 2018
19 July 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
All cocoa required for Tesco’s own label chocolate products sold in the UK will come from Rainforest Alliance Certified sources by the end of 2018...
Dannon to launch non-GMO yoghurts in the US
18 July 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
This is the beginning of the transformation of the company’s Danimals, Oikos and Dannon brands, which over time will evolve to contain non-GMO ingredients...
UK shoppers care more about the sustainability of fish than price
18 July 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
A new global analysis shows that UK shoppers are more concerned with preserving the oceans than price and brand when buying seafood...
Consumers willing to pay a premium for natural flavourings and colours
18 July 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
A new survey commission by Lycored reveals that conusmers are willing to pay up to 50% more for food and drink formulated with natural ingredients...
FDF sends letter to PM setting out manufacturers’ key priorities
14 July 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
The FDF has sent a letter to PM Theresa May setting out food and drink manufacturers’ priorities for the negotiations on the UK’s relationship with the EU...
ConAgra Foods separation another step closer
14 July 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
ConAgra Foods, has filed a Form 10 Registration Statement related to its planned separation into two independent public companies...
85 organisations write letter to David Davis with Brexit concerns
14 July 2016 | By Victoria White, Digital Content Producer
The letter stresses the important implications of Brexit on food and farming and calls for the UK government to use 'common sense' when planning the EU exit...
