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Leading food boss suggests investors are not asking about sustainability. Maybe they are just asking about it in a different way.

Despite pockets of positivity, the latest industry benchmarking reports lay bare a continued lack of progress in building a more resilient food system. By Nick Hughes. In December 2023, Footprint published an article titled ‘Time running out to transform food…

New guidance suggests that although such products should be considered ‘of animal origin’ they require different safety controls from traditional meat products. By Nick Hughes. Food products made from animal cells do not satisfy the legal definition of meat for…

Food-related targets are set to be missed across the board, however sustainability leaders suggest raw data alone doesn’t tell the story of the goals’ value. By Nick Hughes. As another COP summit looks set (at the time of writing) to…

A group of six leading food manufacturers has joined forces with IGD to tackle the conflicting and duplicative requests that can drain supplier resources. By Nick Hughes. What’s new? IGD has unveiled a new ‘Food supply chain sustainability framework’ to…

In a strongly-worded letter to the health secretary, experts have called for warning labels on nitrite-cured meats and funding for alternatives, as evidence grows of their harm. By Nick Hughes. Campaigners against the use of nitrites in ham and bacon…

It was hoped the policy would reduce the calorie content of products being sold in out of home venues in England but new research points to an underwhelming impact. By Nick Hughes. Counting calories. Three and a half years after…