Heinz Salad Cream renaming rumours
Media reports over recent days are suggesting that food processing company Heinz is considering changing the name of its long-established Salad Cream product to a new brand name ‘Sandwich Cream’. Some years ago, the company was believed to be considering stopping...
Apparent traces of meat found in supermarket vegetarian meals
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has begun an investigation after claims that traces of meat were found in food classified as vegan or vegetarian at two major supermarkets. The information comes after The Daily Telegraph claimed to have tested ten vegan and vegetarian...
Grocery market predicted to increase by 15% by 2020
The UK food and grocery market is forecast to grow by 15% between now and 2022, according to grocery research organisation IGD. IGD is predicting growth across all the major grocery channels, and forecasting that by 2020, one in every £7 will be spent at a discounter,...
Changes to the EU Egg Marketing Regulations
The Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) has made changes to the EU egg marketing regulations. Following the avian influenza outbreaks in the winter of 2016/2017, the European Commission has reviewed its EU Egg Marketing Regulations regarding the specific conditions...
Quorn makes first steps to remove black plastic from packaging
Quorn has announced they will eliminate more than 297 tonnes of black plastic packaging from its supply chain by the end of June 2018. In a statement the company says this moves it one step closer to achieving 100% recyclable, reusable or compostable packaging by...
