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Is the price of a sustainable and healthy diet… unsustainable?
4 Mar 2025
Healthier foods are more than twice as expensive per calorie as less healthy foods, with healthier food increasing in price at twice the rate in the past two years.
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Marks & Spencer brings ‘brain foods’ to the retail space
3 Mar 2025
Marks & Spencer is capitalising on increased consumer interest in “brain food” with the launch of a new product range designed to support cognitive health.
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F&B industry hit with fresh greenwashing claims
26 Feb 2025
The food and beverage (F&B) industry is under fresh scrutiny amid claims of greenwashing, with Arla the latest company in the firing line.
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Protein diversification: A massive missed market?
20 Feb 2025
Germany and the UK could be missing out on the massive market for alternative meats and proteins, with one new coalition calling for an end to the “steak-tofu struggle”.
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Have scientists discovered a new tool to measure UPFs?
19 Feb 2025
Researchers have developed a new scoring system and database, compiling over 50,000 food items, of which over 1,000 are classified as ultra-processed.
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Singapore explores farmland-free food production
17 Feb 2025
Researchers discover new technology replicating on-farm food production conditions from within the indoor lab environment.
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Most consumers lack trust in AI, but supplement users are ready to embrace the technology
14 Feb 2025
A survey of UK and US consumers found that most supplement users are willing to let AI make decisions on their behalf, but they also demand greater transparency.
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Brands, retailers, and countries remain divided over Nutri-Score labels
30 Jan 2025
Europe's supermarkets and manufacturers are far from aligned over a standarised approach to nutrition labelling. Some welcome the non-mandatory Nutri-Score labels with open arms, while others have “considerable concerns”.
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SPINS forecasts 2025 US nutraceutical growth driven by younger consumers
22 Jan 2025
The latest SPINS 2025 CPG Outlook: Industry Update & Trends Predictions report highlights younger consumers’ increasing influence on the nutraceutical and functional food markets in the US.
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Ben & Jerry’s accuses Unilever of breaching merger agreement
21 Jan 2025
There is a chill wind blowing through the ice-cream aisles after Ben & Jerry’s sued its parent company Unilever, which also owns Wall’s and Magnum.
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Major Belgian retailers promise standardised, reusable packaging at scale
16 Jan 2025
Albert Heijn, Aldi, Carrefour, Colruyt, Delhaize, and Lidl have launched a new reusable packaging coalition that aims to accelerate the use of reusable packaging, starting with mushrooms.
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HyFun Foods team up with Woolworths to expand frozen foods
13 Jan 2025
Ready-to-eat frozen food provider HyFun Foods partners with multinational retail giant Woolworths to move the premiumisation of frozen foods further into mainstream food aisles.
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