Wind turbine installed at German poultry farm
EWT, the turbine supplier, has successfully installed the first wind turbine in Germany at a poultry farm, to help cut its high electricity tariffs.
Archives for September 27, 2018
Crunch time for Walkers Crisps
Will Walkers Crisps make their packaging sustainable before 2025 given the public outcry on social media?
Walkers Crisps hit the headlines this week when a social media campaign to make its packaging sustainable went viral.
French MPs attack processed & ‘ultra-processed’ food, demanding tougher laws
A French parliamentary report, voted yesterday, calls for a raft of measures to make processed and 'ultra-processed' food healthier, from maximum limits on salt, sugar and fat to caps on the number of additives used per product.
Sports nutrition to muscle-in on weight management as interest in 'cutting calories' thins
Sports nutrition will overtake weight management within five years as consumer interest in calorie-control loses weight, insights revealed at Nutraingredients’ Sports Nutrition Congress this week.
‘Making vegetarian more accessible’: The Vegetarian Butcher teams up with iconic Dutch brand Mora
Dutch food maker Van Geloven and meat substitute innovator The Vegetarian Butcher have entered a partnership that, they say, will make vegetarian eating more accessible via Van Geloven’s iconic Mora brand.
UK pledges to halve food waste by 2030
The UK’s largest retailers, food producers, manufacturers and food service companies have committed to halve food waste – which costs the UK £20bn (€22.5bn) annually – by 2030.
From ‘revolutionary’ tech to empowering farmers: How Olam leverages its African footprint to improve cocoa sustainability
Olam International has a “considerable” presence in Africa as the world’s leading originator of cocoa beans and a globally leading cocoa processor. Andrew Brooks, Olam Cocoa’s head of sustainability for Africa, speaks to us about how the group leverages...
Ex-PepsiCo & Asda exec appointed food supplies minister amid Brext fears
The UK government has appointed David Rutley, who previously held senior executive positions at PepsiCo and Asda, minister to oversee and protect food supplies during Brexit amid fears of a no-deal scenario.