Food Waste: Does voting help you waste less? First published by Food Science Technology Show 30/04/15 We have something of an issue in the UK. We are suffering from a western disease; being fat and wasteful. It may be surprising to consider that these seemingly separate issues are driven by the […]
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First published at Food Matters Live 30/04/15 The manifestos have been written, the debates are underway and the media coverage of the each Party’s intentions is inescapable. The obvious topics, such as the NHS and Education, are given much airtime. Yet there is a clanger-dropping omission in terms of party […]
FIRST PUBLISHED at : http://www.foodmatterslive.com/news-and-comment/comment/Tailoring-food-and-drink-development-for-the-Millennial-Generation#sthash.XYkqdnRy.dpuf 22/04/15 Developing or reformulating products that are healthier is an on-going challenge, with a constant stream of ‘eat this’, ‘don’t eat that’ ‘eat more of..’, ‘eat less of…’ messages. In our heart of hearts, as product developers, we know that the key message and […]
In the period between 1993 and 2013 obesity increased in the UK from around 15% of the population to nearer 25 %. As result there is increased scrutiny to food composition and health, most recently with the launch of the Action on Sugar campaign and the Scientific Advisory Committee on […]
On 13th December 2014 the new EU Regulation 1169/2011, (Food Information to Consumers Regulation or ‘FIC’) came into force.The legislative change is such that many food and drink businesses in Europe will need to have completed their product relabeling tasks by this date including considerable changes to nutrition information on […]