13 March 2018
Date labels: establishing a global standard
Every day, consumers around the world have to navigate a range of date labels on food products, such as ‘sell by’ and ‘best before’, and the resulting confusion can be...
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21 February 2018
The reason behind KFC’s chicken supply nightmare
A supplier malfunction has seen the majority of KFC's UK restaurants forced to close, inhibiting growth for Yum Brands’ most successful franchise.
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19 February 2018
Aldi is halving food waste, but is it enough?
Aldi has pledged to cut food waste in half by 2030 in the UK.
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16 February 2018
From cronuts to ‘dirty bread’: is instagrammable food the future?
Recently in China, more and more people are sharing pictures of themselves on Weibo and WeChat with their face, fingers and teeth covered in chocolate after eating the calorie-rich ‘dirty...
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12 February 2018
How food and drink manufacturers can incorporate folic acid
A new study has concluded that folic acid, which is also known as vitamin B9 and is known to help prevent spina bifida in unborn babies, will not harm the...
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29 January 2018
Lactalis languishing in the dairy doldrums
Just a few short weeks ago it seemed as if Lactalis was well on its way to mopping up its metaphorical spilt milk; it had identified the source of the...
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24 January 2018
Lower quality branded food being sold in Eastern Europe than in the West
Some international brands have been accused of supplying lower quality products in Eastern Europe than in Western Europe, leading to a lack of trust in brand claims.
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18 January 2018
Ebro swallows BIA
Ebro Foods has purchased Spanish organic baby food maker Bioalimentacion Infantil de Andalucia (BIA) in a bid to exploit the lucrative organic baby food sector.
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15 January 2018
Blockchain will enable an unprecedented advance in food safety
While the frenzy surrounding the meteoric rise in cryptocurrency valuations has taken the media by storm, ground-breaking developments in other applications of blockchain technology have slipped by almost unnoticed.
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12 January 2018
Direct-to-consumer meal kits are ailing; can supermarket meal kits save the concept?
The bloom may be off the rose for direct-to-consumer meal kits. Consumers like the idea of dinner or dinner ingredients shipped directly to them to cut down on shopping and...