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Ultra-processed people

The ‘Consumer perceptions unwrapped: ultra-processed foods’ report makes a series of recommendations but education remains paramount to support consumers to make informed decisions.

Avoiding sticky situations

Soft drink manufacturers expand their offerings, and their pumps must keep up. Florian Walter, MasoSine product manager at Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Solutions, outlines the importance of design in pumps that transfer and blend juice concentrates, sugar syrups and flavourings found in soft drinks, and what companies should look for when specifying a pump for handling beverages

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Meating a path to poor food choices

New research from Red Tractor and YouGov has revealed that families with young children (aged 11 years and under) are most affected by the cost of food and are cutting back on fruit, vegetables, and meat as a result.

Plant based balance

Saturation of the phrase plant based puts it at risk of it losing some of its better-for-you significance with consumers, but all’s not lost asserts the market research firm Mintel.

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