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Fast food goes premium

Fast food goes premium

15 Jul 2025

As consumers seek convenience, quality, and familiar fast-food favourites with a premium twist, producers can tap into this trend with novel at-home product creations.

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How India’s free trade agreements could shift global food and beverage trade

How India’s free trade agreements could shift global food and beverage trade

14 Jul 2025

India’s free trade agreement with the UK, finalised in May, could mark the first in a trio of significant deals this year as the country opens up to increased global trade.

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Briefing: What to expect as talks on global plastics treaty resume

Briefing: What to expect as talks on global plastics treaty resume

11 Jul 2025

With negotiations on a global plastic pollution treaty set to resume next month, the food sector is braced to see what the impact will be for industry and consumers alike.

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Functionality goes health-specific in 2025

Functionality goes health-specific in 2025

10 Jul 2025

Innova Market Insights has identified functional food and beverage (F&B) launches as a leading response to consumers’ efforts to live healthier lives.

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FreshDirect makes first foray into physical retail

FreshDirect makes first foray into physical retail

9 Jul 2025

FreshDirect has made its first foray into physical retail – a bold strategic move for the pure-play digital grocer, which has operated exclusively online since its founding in 2002.

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Plant-based UPFs ‘need more nuanced evaluation’

Plant-based UPFs ‘need more nuanced evaluation’

8 Jul 2025

Plant-based food systems developer Planteneers has raised doubts about how the food sector currently evaluates plant-based ultra-processed foods (UPFs).

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UK university launches global food insecurity lab

UK university launches global food insecurity lab

7 Jul 2025

A university lab dedicated to exploring food and nutrition insecurity has found that if no climate action is taken, heatwave events may cause global food insecurity to rise by 12.8 percentage points.

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PepsiCo feels the heat as drinks giant cools its climate targets

PepsiCo feels the heat as drinks giant cools its climate targets

3 Jul 2025

PepsiCo has become the latest global food and beverage manufacturer to attract criticism for changing a number of its environmental goals.

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Harmful meat misinformation threatens consumer health

Harmful meat misinformation threatens consumer health

2 Jul 2025

Misinformation from social media “superspreaders” poses a risk to global consumer health, affecting confidence and trust in the industry, findings reveal.

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Producers explore traceability to lower food waste and loss

Producers explore traceability to lower food waste and loss

1 Jul 2025

The World Economic Forum has identified traceability technology and tools as emerging anti-loss and waste mechanisms throughout the F&B supply chain.

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Coca-Cola accused of ‘sportswashing’ amid FIFA sponsorship storm

Coca-Cola accused of ‘sportswashing’ amid FIFA sponsorship storm

30 Jun 2025

Doctors and health campaigners are calling for football's governing body, FIFA, to drop Coca-Cola as a 2025 Club World Cup sponsor, accusing the multinational of “sportswashing”.

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Accelerating AI to answer the food sector’s biggest questions

Accelerating AI to answer the food sector’s biggest questions

27 Jun 2025

As concerns about food security continue to grow, investigators are examining how artificial intelligence (AI) can help enhance the sector’s resilience.

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