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Mintel announces summer 2018 food & drink trends
With summer around the corner, Mintel’s global analysts predict four food and drink trends consumers can expect at parties and celebrations this sunshine season, as it publishes its 2018 Summer Food & Drink Trends.
Spicy BBQ snack wins gold at Ecotrophelia UK
A team of students from the University of Nottingham has won the gold prize at Ecotrophelia UK with their spicy BBQ flavoured savoury snack.
Pulsin unveils new healthy flavoured bars
Nutritional snack brand Pulsin has launched two new flavoured bars: vegan Salted Caramel Raw Choc Brownie and vegetarian Peanut Choc Protein Booster.
Waste initiatives
Supermarkets in the UK are ramping up their efforts to tackle waste, with news this week that Tesco is to scrap some ‘best before’ labels in a bid to reduce food waste, while Morrisons is encouraging customers to bring in their own containers for purchases at its meat and fish counters to tackle plastic waste.
Food safety, Ingredients, Packaging, Regulatory, Sustainability
Advancing quality assurance
Dr Berwyn Clarke discusses how new insights explain the presence of mycobacteria in retail milk.
Food safety, Ingredients, Processing, Regulatory, Sustainability
Natural & Organic Products Europe 2018
The Natural & Organic Products Europe trade show welcomed 10,039 attendees from 91 countries to its London ExCeL venue from 22-23 April.
Edinburgh Gin unveils premium RTD cans
Edinburgh Gin has launched ready-to-drink (RTD) formats in slimline cans (250ml).
Lancashire Farm Dairies commits to free range products
Lancashire Farm Dairies has revealed that it will be using free range milk in all of its yogurt products, a move that is hoped will benefit cows and farmers.
Nestlé brings Ruby chocolate KitKat to the UK
Nestlé UK has revealed that chocolate fanatics across the UK will be the first in Europe to get their hands on a four finger KitKat made with Ruby chocolate.
Further reduction in campylobacter levels
Major UK retailers have published their testing results on campylobacter contamination in UK produced fresh whole chickens.
Snow and soup
The UK has returned to normality following the disruption caused by severe weather at the start of the month. While snowy scenes affected schools, workplaces, roads, rail and air travel, consumers turned to a comfort food favourite to keep warm – soup.
Sales figures for Fairtrade continue to increase
UK shoppers continue to show their support for Fairtrade, with new independent sales figures revealing that retail sales for Fairtrade grew by 7% in 2017, alongside increased business engagement.
UK’s student food innovation competition offers £2,000 prize
The Institute of Food Science & Technology (IFST) and Campden BRI are urging UK food science and technology students to take part in Ecotrophelia UK.
Tesco CEO calls for change in UK food supply chain
Tesco CEO Dave Lewis has set out the challenges facing the UK food industry and called for the whole supply chain to work together in order to step-change the way food is produced in the UK.
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