How is meat consumption affecting climate change?
A recent Oxford University study explores various diets and their impact on the environment, advocating for the reduction in animal-based food consumption.
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Better taste, better bite: Can ingredient and tech innovations fire-up plant-based meat sales?
Can technological innovations help turn the tide on plant-based meat? We ask ingredient suppliers which technologies might be letting down the category, and what tools can be leveraged to reignite consumer excitement.
The FoodNavigator Podcast: Why avoiding terms like ‘vegan,’ ‘vegetarian,’ or ‘meatless’ may boost the plant-based market
As arguments rage about the use of ‘meaty’ or ‘dairy-like’ names for plant-based versions of animal-based foods, we ask could plant-based sector momentum be improved if meat and dairy alternatives avoid imitating the names of animal-based products.
From ‘pandemic peaks’ to sales slumps: Grasping the rollercoaster of plant-based meat consumption
Why are consumers turning away from plant-based meat? And how can industry renew excitement for the category?
‘A vitamin B12 deficiency can have very unpleasant consequences’: Can B12 work in plant-based meat?
Despite the abundance of NPDs for plant-based meat in recent years, concerns about nutrition still resound in the sector. There are many nutrients, critics claim, that are difficult to find outside of animal products. One of these is B12. Yet it is...
New AI aims to reduce food and beverage product launch risk
Nordic tech company Cambri today announced the release of Launch AI, which provides companies with advice and predictions for NPDs. The AI, which has worked with food and beverage companies such as Carlsberg and Nestlé, reduces the risk that inevitably...
Sainsbury’s claims to ‘raise the steaks’ with lower carbon beef
UK grocer Sainsbury’s is launching a new Taste the Difference Aberdeen Angus range which it claimed offers a 25% lower carbon footprint compared to industry standard, making it the largest low carbon beef range ever produced in the UK.
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How to revive flagging demand for plant-based meat
The food industry has responded to bullish predictions of a boom in plant-based meat alternatives with a gold rush mentality. But as sales slow and interest dips, can advances in food science come to the rescue of a category that is struggling to live up...
WHO AI tool to clampdown on infant formula marketing
The World Health Organisation (WHO) Europe is calling on consumers to use its newly developed artificial intelligence (AI) tool in order to clampdown and regulate the promotion of harmful products targeted at children.