Moving Mountains to launch plant-based hot dog
Food tech company Moving Mountains has created the UK’s first plant-based hot dog.
Archives for April 30, 2019
Social media influencers unfit for weight management advice: ‘Misinformation can undermine public health campaigns’
Researchers warns that social media influencers with weight management blogs may not offer credible or trustworthy advice.
‘We are in 2019, we don’t have time’: Nestlé’s ‘call to arms’ on deforestation
Nestlé wants 100% of its key commodities to be deforestation-free by next year. The company is leveraging technology as part of a “toolbox” to tackle risk areas and accelerate its journey towards a deforestation-free supply chain.
Sugar sweetened drinks and BMI study questions ‘simplistic’ sugar tax in UK
A new study has found no direct link between the consumption of sugar-sweetened drinks and elevated BMI in children, prompting authors to question the effectiveness of the UK’s single-nutrient tax approach.
SUSTAINABLE FOOD & DRINK PODCAST – EPISODE TWO
Cocoa deforestation: What about farms outside sustainability programmes?
Rick Scobey, the president of the World Cocoa Foundation (WCF), outlines how cocoa outside sustainability programmes can be deforestation-free and what happens to farmers encroaching on protected areas.
Confusion reigns over meat intake guidance
Misconceptions among the British public over how much red meat should be consumed on a daily basis may be leading to the unnecessary cutting down of portions, a new study has found.