Foodservice News and Information

Politicians have been urged to reject free hospitality from businesses that sell unhealthy food and drink to avoid conflicts of interest in policy making. A new report claimed such ‘freebies’ are among a number of strategies used by the tobacco, alcohol and…

The UK Government should place food security at the heart of its industrial strategy and plans for economic growth, according to a new report. The Policy Exchange think tank urged ministers to develop a national food security strategy that encompasses the…

A new £35m centre for the development of alternative proteins has been launched in the UK. The National Alternative Protein Innovation Centre (NAPIC), co-funded by UKRI Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), Innovate UK and a host of academic partners,…

SRUC researchers have been awarded nearly £700,000 for equipment that will form part of an ultra-modern research facility to measure all emissions from beef cattle, supporting the UK Government’s goals to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. The winning…

People with diets high in processed and red meat have a greater risk of developing type 2 diabetes, according to new research. The study, published in the Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology journal, found that habitual consumption of 50g of processed meat a day is…

Humans will encroach further into wildlife habitats over the next half a century presenting unprecedented conservation challenges. First-of-its-kind research assessing the future overlap between human and wildlife populations found that the overlap will increase across 57% of the world’s land surface by…

Major companies including food businesses are failing to assess and measure their impact on nature, according to new analysis. The World Benchmarking Alliance’s (WBA) updated nature benchmark report assessed how more than 800 major companies across sectors including household products, apparel, mining…

Greenhouse gas emissions associated with the global food system could fall by 17% if people shift towards diets rich in plant-based foods, according to new research. Researchers said that by changing their diet to the planetary health diet proposed by…

The rising tide of corporate commitments and regulatory targets relating to the circular economy have made “disappointingly little impact” on the global plastics industry in the past decade, according to Wood Mackenzie. The global economy “remains wedded to an extractive,…

The arrival of cultured foods on these shores moved a step closer this week as Gourmey filed an application with the UK Food Standards Agency for authorisation of its cultured foie gras. The Paris-based start-up has also filed applications for its…