Study reports weight and heart health benefits of baru nuts
Adding baru nuts to the diet may help improve levels of HDL cholesterol and reduce waist sizes in overweight and obese women, says a new study from Brazil.
Archives for June 11, 2018
‘Societal impact is at the heart of what we do’: Peas & Love on the disruptive potential of urban farms
Peas & Love is a start-up focused on re-connecting people with the food they eat through the development of urban farms. The group plans to open 150 more farms in European cities over the next five years. FoodNavigator speaks to founder Jean-Patrick...
Clean meat start-up Supermeat on scaling up, seed funding & 'amazing' support from meat firms
Amid the growing number of clean meat start-ups, Israeli Supermeat says it has a difference. "Our technology is unique because we know that, from day one, that our products are scalable," said co-founder Shir Friedman.
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Mondelēz expands sustainable wheat program to cover 100% of European biscuits by 2022
The Oreo maker has announced it is expanding its Harmony program to ensure that its entire European biscuit production will be made from sustainable wheat within the next five years.
EU exports of agri-food products up last year
EU exports of agri-food products reached €138 billion last year - an annual increase of 5.1% - according to the latest statistics.
FSA investigating claims traces of meat found in vegetarian ready meals
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has opened a probe into allegations that traces of meat were discovered in vegetarian and vegan ready meals.
Cherkizovo expands meat processing capacity in Moscow region
Major Russian meat producer Cherkizovo plans to invest RUB7 billion (US$115m) to add to its meat processing capacity in the Moscow region.
UK E. coli outbreak in 2016 linked to salad from Italy
Salad from Italy was the most likely source of an E. coli O157 outbreak that sickened more than 150 people in the UK in 2016, according to researchers.