Grocery sector news updates

Almost half of British consumers mistrust fanciful claims made about the benefits of food products, according to new analysis. Marketplace OnBuy.com analysed data from the NFU Mutual’s Food Fraud Report 2018 to find the food product features consumers trust the…

Consumers are largely unaware of acrylamide and its potential effects, with only around one in five having heard of the contaminant. Acrylamide is generated when the sugar and amino acids in starchy foods transform during heating. The changes enhance the…

A new People’s Manifesto for Wildlife has put forward 200 proposals to revive the natural world and prevent an “ecological apocalypse”. The manifesto is the brainchild of naturalist and TV presenter Chris Packham and includes a number of measures to…

Nearly half (48%) of British adults are less likely to buy meat if they cannot be sure it has been produced in the UK, while around two in five (42%) place the risk of food mislabelling among their top three…

Low income families would need to spend almost half of their after-housing income on food in order to eat a healthy diet, new research has found. Analysis by the Food Foundation compared the estimated cost of Public Health England’s (PHE)…

Sales of organic food and drink increased 4% in the year to the end of June 2018, according to new figures compiled by Nielsen Scantrack. Fresh produce and dairy were the standout performers, with sales up 5.3% and 3.5% respectively,…

Animal welfare campaigners are calling on the government to make method of production labelling compulsory for all meat and dairy products. Compassion in World Farming (CIWF) launched a petition this month calling on the government to introduce “honest labelling” on…

A third of the Earth’s soil is degraded and something needs to be done about it – and fast, according to José Graziano da Silva, director-general at the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO). In a video…

The Co-op has partnered with hunger charity, The Real Junk Food Project, to redistribute surplus food to people in and around Leeds. The arrangement forms part of the retailer’s new Food Share initiative which aims to take products off sale…

The vast majority of seafood consumers want sustainability claims made on supermarket products to be verified by a third party. The proportion of seafood consumers demanding independent verification of sustainability claims rose from 68% in 2016 to 72% in 2018,…