Food & Nutrition

Grow with Iris co-founder Amy Langfield explains why she created a free-from, plant-based milk for toddlers, and details her conquest to develop an all-conquering infant formula. Amy Langfield was an art teacher when her newborn…
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Nearly half of omnivores changed their diets after using Fork Ranger, an app that blends food sustainability quizzes with vegetarian recipes, according to a new study. When it comes to our diets, do behavioural change tools really work?…
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The Non-GMO Project, one of the most well-known consumer verification bodies in the US, is rolling out a new label to help shoppers identify ultra-processed foods. The war against ultra-processed food (UPF) rages on, with a new…
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Consumers in Switzerland are reducing their meat consumption, but also buying fewer plant-based analogues, with vegetables and legumes taking precedence among flexitarians. The influence of health on food choices continues to increase…
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The US Food and Drug Administration has banned Red Dye No. 3 after it was found to cause cancer in rats – a positive move for food safety, and alternative food coloring brands. Candy corn, gummy bears, cough syrups and vegan bacon…
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Dr Michael Greger, founder of NutritionFacts.org and author of How Not to Die, spoke to the Good Food Institute about misinformation and the link between ultra-processed foods and plant-based meat. Perhaps the most pertinent public…
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US food tech startup Chunk Foods has received a Ketogenic Certified label for its whole-cut vegan steaks, playing into a major dietary trend. It's also targeting a global expansion. As protein continues to grow in importance and…
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GLP-1 drug users initially spend less on groceries, but that impact levels out over the course of a year, according to a new report. Frozen foods, fatty proteins and sugary beverages face big sales declines among users of GLP-1 agonist…
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California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed an executive order to crack down on ultra-processed foods – will plant-based meat get caught in the crossfire? Despite health and nutrition being a top food concern for Americans, the…
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Health is a central focus for some of the UK's largest retailers this year, as nutrition and wellness become a priority for consumers. From gut health to brain food to '30 plants a week', health-forward eating is at the heart of new…
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A new project is using climate analogue mapping to send native seeds to regions that will have similar environments decades down the line. What do the dishes of the future look like? Will we be eating the same traditional dishes in 60…
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A carbon tax on highly emissive foods like meat could reflect their 'true cost' in Germany, cutting agricultural emissions by a quarter and netting €8.2B in annual revenue. In August 2023, Germany's largest supermarket raised its food…
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Portuguese startup CarboCode, which is producing human-identical breast milk molecules via biocatalysis and fermentation, has raised $15M from investors. Based in Cantanhede, Portugal, biotech player CarboCode has closed a €15M ($15.3M)…
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Ozempic, inflation and the Trump presidency will likely dictate how the US deals with food waste in 2025, according to ReFED, a leading non-profit. Last year was a big year for food waste policy in the US. The Biden White…
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Beef tallow is on a resurgent streak, thanks to the anti-seed oil brigade and a trending skincare routine on TikTok. But have we forgotten about the planet? If, like me, you grew up outside America and loved going to McDonald's as a…
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A tech investor asked me what the bright areas in food tech are, and here's what I said. This will be my fifth set of food tech predictions. I started in 2021 with alternative proteins, then went broader. Here’s 2024’s list, and 2023…
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Tim Spector's health app Zoe analysed poop samples from over 21,000 people to find the best diet for the gut microbiome. With gut health and GLP-1 drugs top of mind for many consumers in 2025, food and drink manufacturers are working…
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US households with at least one user of GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic are spending 6-9% less on groceries, with the sharpest declines seen in ultra-processed categories. For Ozempic users, chips, baked goods, calories, and grocery bills are…
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A plant-based dietary invention rich in fibre may slow the spread of multiple myeloma, a rare, incurable blood cancer, in at-risk individuals. In yet another scientific nod to the health benefits of eating plants, a first-of-a-kind…
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Irish startup Nuritas has closed a $42M Series C investment round to scale up its AI-powered discovery platform for plant-based peptides. In its bid to greenify the peptide industry and improve public health, Dublin-based biotech firm…
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The EU is in dire need of a food system shift towards alternative proteins – but all stakeholders agree that farmers need to be at the centre of the transition. In September, farmer groups, agricultural lobbies, and climate…
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