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AI adoption slow despite potential gamechanger status
24 Sep 2025
F&B brands should explore how they can use AI to adapt to disruption and build long-term resilience if its adoption is to transform their operations effectively, according to Argon & Co.
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US food programme cuts squeeze budgets tighter
23 Sep 2025
The Trump administration’s cuts to the SNAP programme will disproportionately harm children, older adults, people with disabilities, and working families, experts estimate.
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Prebiotic and probiotic soft drinks ‘approaching staple status’
15 Sep 2025
Prebiotic and probiotic soft drinks are “approaching staple status”, with a three-year retention rate that puts them way ahead of other emerging beverage categories, say experts.
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Widespread confusion among US consumers around food insecurity
10 Sep 2025
A US consumer survey indicates that widespread confusion exists around the term “food insecurity”.
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Is chocolate about to have an indulgence makeover?
9 Sep 2025
Researchers who have replicated the traditional on-farm fermentation process behind chocolate’s flavour in a lab say they hope their work could herald “a new era in chocolate production”.
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Climate change threatens matcha supplies as social media fuels matcha mania
8 Sep 2025
Matcha’s popularity is rising across the globe, yet shrinking harvests caused by record-breaking heatwaves in Japan are dwindling global supplies.
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Screwworm infection triggers renewed US livestock surveillance
2 Sep 2025
A single travel-associated human case of New World screwworm was confirmed in Maryland in early August, triggering renewed surveillance of livestock in the area.
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‘Climateflation’ may see food prices rise by more than a third by 2050
29 Aug 2025
The UK and global supply chains are at risk of price spikes due to climate change and intensifying weather extremes, the Autonomy Institute estimates.
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Tesco pledges to build on its circular economy model
25 Aug 2025
Building on the success of its Northamptonshire facility, where surplus bakery and produce are turned into animal feed, Tesco is expanding its food waste efforts as part of the circular economy.
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Non-profit calls on Trump administration to support sugar reduction
21 Aug 2025
The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) is calling on the US government to create policies that focus on less sugar, not different sugar.
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Hopes for a plastics treaty hang in the balance
20 Aug 2025
A global deal to reduce plastic production, improve recycling, and cut exposure to a cocktail of chemicals used in packaging now hangs in the balance.
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‘Dark stores’ on the rise: What does this mean for F&B suppliers?
19 Aug 2025
While dark stores – closed retail facilities used exclusively for online order fulfilment – started in the UK, the concept has also taken root in the US grocery sector.
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