Apr 5, 2019 | Food Packing, Fruit Processing, Ingredients, News, Retailing, Sugar
The Food and Drink Federation (FDF) has responded to new health claims published online in the Archives of Disease in Childhood, which states that product packaging for a large proportion of foods marketed to children in the UK are ‘confusing’ and could be...
Feb 7, 2019 | Fruit Processing, Ingredients, News, Retailing, Vegetable Processing
Fruit, vegetables and salad sales have surged by £46 million compared to last January, boosted by customer trends towards plant-based diets, according to Kantar Worldpanel. The latest grocery market share figures from Kantar Worldpanel covering the 12 weeks to 27th...
Jan 30, 2019 | Ingredients, News, Retailing
Sainsbury’s is trialling a new range of 26 meat-alternative products that will now sit in its meat, fish, and poultry aisles across 20 stores nationwide. The change is believed to mark the first time a UK supermarket has positioned a range of meat-alternatives...
Jan 24, 2019 | Ingredients, News, Retailing
Iceland Foods has responded to claims that it is continuing to use palm oil in its own label food, explaining that no lines produced after 31st December 2018 contain the ingredient. Responding to media suggestions that the retailer is continuing to sell own-brand...
Jan 17, 2019 | Dairy, Grain, Ingredients, News
The food industry has responded to the EAT-Lancet Commission report that claims a ‘planetary health diet’ would prevent millions of deaths a year and avoid climate change. The planetary health diet is largely plant-based and allows an average of 2,500 calories a day....
Dec 19, 2018 | Confectionery, Ingredients, News, Sugar
The latest Government salt reduction targets set by Public Health England (PHE), suggest that the food industry has achieved “mixed progress”, with just over half of all average salt reduction targets met so far. However, for manufacturers and retailers combined, all...
