food
Arla warns of post-Brexit “dairy dilemma”
Arla Foods has warned that if the findings of an LSE report prove true, non-tariff barriers to trade and restricted access to labour after Brexit will leave British consumers facing a dairy dilemma.
Round Up: Processing
Here is your weekly round-up of processing news. Next week’s round-up will focus on Shelf Life news.
Going with the flow more than 20 years on
An ultrasonic clamp-on flow meter installed at a food processing site more than two decades ago is still going strong – despite an average lifecycle of ten years.
Cool news for frozen food
The latest UK frozen food retail statistics have shown value growth across almost every category in the 52 weeks to 18 June 2018.
Sweet news on sugar prices
Sugar prices in the EU will remain low because of the abolition of production quotas, resulting in 19.5 million tonnes of sugar produced this year, according to predictions from analyst Informa’s Agribusiness Intelligence.
Food and beverage is UK’s fastest growing export sector, says new research
The food and beverage industry is the UK’s fastest growing export sector, according to new research.
Aduna launches new Superfood Energy Bars
Africa-inspired health food brand Aduna has revealed the launch of a new range of Superfood Energy Bars.
Bright future for UK dairy industry
The UK dairy industry is “increasingly strong, vibrant and ambitious” and can successfully deal with the unprecedented challenges and opportunities it now faces.
Round Up: Ingredients
Here is your weekly round-up of ingredients news. Next week’s round-up will focus on packaging news.
Doing our level best to keep calm over contaminants
Despite several scaremongering headlines to the contrary, results from the EFSA’s latest study into levels of acrylamide in a range of UK retail foods reveal ‘no increase in concern about the risk to human health’.
Starbucks to eliminate plastic straws globally by 2020
Starbucks Coffee Company has announced that it will eliminate single-use plastic straws from its more than 28,000 company-operated and licensed stores by making a straw-less lid or alternative-material straw options available, around the world by 2020.
EFSA launches enzyme exposure tool
EFSA has published a tool for estimating chronic dietary exposure to food enzymes used in different food processes.
Strathmore Foods steams ahead
A Scottish food manufacturer says a recent audit has led to improved productivity and sustainability.
Caobisco welcomes its first female president
Mary Barnard, president, chocolate Europe, has been elected as president of European confectionery organisation Caobisco, for a two-year period.