Welsh meat gains traction in Hong Kong
Hybu Cig Cymru – Meat Promotion Wales (HCC) made significant progress in improving Welsh meat exports to Asia, as a branch of its Welsh Lamb Club was founded in Hong Kong this week.
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Lucozade Ribena Suntory to cut sugar content of portfolio by 50%
Lucozade Ribena Suntory is reformulating all its drinks to contain less than 4.5g of total sugar per 100ml.
Sustainable commodity commitments rocket but most firms struggle with traceability
New commitments to tackle deforestation in commodity supply chains have almost doubled in the past 12 months, but pledges remain “piecemeal” with very few companies looking beyond palm oil, according to a recent analysis.
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Acrylamide proposals strengthened in new draft
The European Commission has moved to strengthen proposed new regulations on acrylamide, but the amendments are unlikely to be enough to appease campaigners.
Mislabelled fish could be the sustainable choice, especially in cases of fraud - but there's a catch
Deliberate cases of seafood mislabelling often substitute cheaper (and more plentiful) species for ones that are overfished. So is fish fraud a sustainable choice for stretched fish stocks?
Over half kids' food on Spanish TV use health halo claims: Research
Over half of all food products marketed to children on Spanish television make some kind of nutrition or health claim but many of these products are unhealthy, say researchers calling for nutrient profiles.
Methane explosion kills man at Siberian poultry farm
One man died, one is still in a hospital resuscitation unit and four others have been injured after a methane explosion at the sewage pumping station of a Siberian poultry farm run by meat processor the Prodo Group in Russia’s Omsk Oblast region on...
A cheese by any other name: Let plant-based alternatives use traditional dairy terms
Why call something 'vegan cheese' when you could call it 'a plant-derived, oil-based dairy analog'? How about because it is vegan cheese. It's time for the dairy lobby to see plant-based alternatives as complementary rather than competitive.