Portion sizes: charity identifies ‘plenty of opportunities for food business to do more’
A new guide offers assistance to food companies sizing up their portion reduction options.
Archives for October 30, 2019
Member States urged to amend milk VAT ‘discrimination’: ‘The tax rate for plant milks should at least be the same for cow’s milk – or even lower’
ProVeg International is calling on national governments to end ‘unfair’ VAT on plant milks, which it claims fiscally favours dairy products over their plant-based alternatives.
Pep & Lekker’s clean label answer to processed vegan food: ‘I was horrified by the number of ingredients I’d never heard of’
UK start-up Pep & Lekker launched in 2016 in response to the overly processed nature of vegan alternatives on the market. Three years on, we hear from co-founder Susan Gafsen on her motivation for starting the business and where she sees the market moving.
Vion to convert beef facility into plant-based site
Dutch meat processor Vion is to switch a beef processing facility in Leeuwarden into a dedicated plant-based site.
What's important to food shoppers? Jam in their doughnuts and tasty vegan options
A software company has analysed 'Twitter noise' to determine the food trends important to today's UK shopper.
Veterinary antibiotic sales drop in the UK
Sales of antibiotics for use in food-producing animals in the UK have reduced by 53% between 2014 and 2018.
FiE 2019: An array of plant-based proteins on show
Here’s a taster of the plant-based protein solutions on display at this year’s FiE show in Paris in December.
Introducing the NaSu Burger: ‘The basic idea is totally different to Impossible or Beyond’
FoodSolutionsTeam (FST) is a company built around the mission to tackle food waste through the development of natural and sustainable products. With so much interest in vegan product development, the company is bringing out the NaSu Burger – a clean...
Coca-Cola, PepsiCo and KDP commit to new sustainability initiative and plastic reduction in the US
The three beverage companies have partnered with World Wildlife Fund, The Recycling Partnership and Closed Loop Partners on the Every Bottle Back initiative, announced this week in Washington DC.
Taura Ingredients to star fruit-based fibers for snacks at FIE
The fruit ingredient supplier will debut Jus Fruit Fibre+ designed for snack producers at Food Ingredients Europe, to be held December 3-5 in Paris, France.