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  • Brits demand nitrite-free ham and bacon

    Brits demand nitrite-free ham and bacon

    UK consumers want to be able to choose nitrite-free ham and bacon when eating outside of the home as awareness grows over the health risks posed by the additives. An exclusive survey for Footprint by product intelligence platform Vypr found… Read More

  • Heineken simplifies sustainability goals

    Heineken simplifies sustainability goals

    Heineken has become the latest large food and drink business to revise its sustainability targets in an effort to sharpen its focus on areas of greatest impact. In a strategy update, the drinks giant said it would simplify the overall… Read More

  • Climate crisis drives fall in crop revenues

    Climate crisis drives fall in crop revenues

    Drought conditions experienced across the UK this year are expected to cost arable farmers more than £800m in lost revenues. Analysis by the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU) found that climate change continues to wreak havoc on UK agriculture… Read More

  • DATAPOINT

    DATAPOINT

    This week’s attention-grabbing figures range from processed meat consumption and the environmental impact of reusable cups, to funding for nature protection and seizures of illicit pork. 36%. The volume of processed meat eaten in the UK in out of home… Read More

  • Major new alliance for food and farming formed

    Major new alliance for food and farming formed

    Some 160 organisations have joined together to form a new “alliance of alliances” coordinated by Eating Better, Sustain, Obesity Health Alliance, Wildlife and Countryside Link and the Plant-based Food Alliance.  “[…] we formed the Food Strategy Alliances to ensure civil… Read More

  • Cheers to beers with no alcohol

    Cheers to beers with no alcohol

    There is a major cultural shift towards moderation in attitudes to alcohol going on, according to global research published by Heineken. The study, conducted across the UK, USA, Spain, Brazil and Japan, revealed that 72% of people are more than… Read More

  • PFAS problems poured on iconic Californian crops, warns study

    PFAS problems poured on iconic Californian crops, warns study

    Every year, an average of 2.5 million pounds of pesticides containing PFAS, known as ‘forever chemicals’ are sprayed on California crop fields, according to a new analysis and interactive map from the Environmental Working Group. EWG, a non-profit, found heavy… Read More

  • Growing Regenerative Agriculture: How businesses can help deliver impact at scale, in association with Nestlé Professional.

    Growing Regenerative Agriculture: How businesses can help deliver impact at scale, in association with Nestlé Professional.

    This new report Growing Regenerative Agriculture: How businesses can help deliver impact at scale, the third in the series produced by Footprint Intelligence in association with Nestlé Professional, is now available as a free download This report was launched on… Read More

  • Milk drinks brought into sugar tax scope

    Milk drinks brought into sugar tax scope

    Milk-based and milk substitute drinks with a high sugar content will become subject to the soft drinks industry levy (SDIL) from 2028 in a move long called for by health campaigners. Drinks such as packaged supermarket milkshakes, flavoured milks, sweetened… Read More

  • Wrap launches successor to Plastics Pact

    Wrap launches successor to Plastics Pact

    Tesco, Arla and Belu Water are among the founding members of the UK Packaging Pact which will act as successor to the UK Plastics Pact. Wrap this week announced the names of the first 55 companies that have signed up… Read More