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Sweet and sour

As I wrote last week, sugar has been high on the food and drink agenda this year, and the debate shows no signs of abating.

Eating with your eyes

During last week’s Food Matters Live event, which took place in London, I visited GNT’s stand to learn more about its Exberry brand, which offers a wide range of colouring concentrates made from fruit and vegetables.

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The value of vegan

The publication last week of The World Health Organisation’s report concluding that consumption of processed meat is ‘carcinogenic to humans’ and red meat is ‘probably carcinogenic to humans’ fell just a few days before World Vegan Day – celebrated annually on 1 November.

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A meaty debate

Consumption of red/processed meat has long been associated with cancer, with numerous studies concluding that eating such meats has a ‘probable’, ‘feasible’, ‘plausible’ or ‘likely’ increase in the risk of developing colorectal cancer, for instance.

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Sweet and spicy

Here in the UK, not only is this week (12-18 October) National Chocolate Week, but it is also National Curry Week – what a great week for foodies like myself!

Scrutinising sugar

At last month’s Food and Drink Federation (FDF) Awards, Ian Wright, director general at FDF, warned attendees, “There is a debate about to ensue, perhaps already started, on the place of individual parts of the industry… It is a reasonable debate, it is an important debate, and it could be an absolutely crucial debate in terms of our commercial future.”

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Horsing around

Earlier this month I visited Doncaster Racecourse. Whilst I wasn’t there to watch any races, horses were certainly on the agenda – it was Highfield ABC’s Fighting Food Fraud event and, of course, ‘horsegate’ was one of the buzzwords of the day.

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Spotlight on British manufacturing

The PPMA Show 2015 will play host to an extensive seminar programme, with visitors invited to join the likes of Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking, Nestle, PepsiCo and Siemens who will speak about the latest industry trends and issues impacting processing and packaging professionals.

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