Food & Nutrition

Whole Foods Market has published its annual list of food trends for the upcoming year, highlighting 'plant-based aquatic ingredients' as a key category to watch. 2025 could be the year of duckweed, sea moss, agar agar and other vegan…
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A score of health experts and climate activists are calling on the UK's public health service to make plant-based food the default option in hospitals. Gut health guru Tim Spector, environmentalist Chris Packham, and climate journalist…
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Moolec Science has received what it claims is the first USDA approval for genetically engineered peas, which can produce iron-rich beef protein via molecular farming. Luxembourg-based molecular farming startup Moolec Science has…
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Researchers in Sweden are using hydrothermal treatment to amplify the bioavailability of minerals in grains to mimic animal proteins like red meat. In 2023, a study of 20 meat and plant-based analogue products revealed that almost all…
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Nil Zacharias, founder and CEO of Plantega, talks bodegas, BECs, New York City, plant-based struggles, and plans to expand across the US. The first thing I did when I got to New York City was order a burrito. It was 2pm, so naturally…
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Two new studies have found that plant-based meat can match or outperform beef on many nutritional fronts, while also making you full faster. A vegan mince product can have the the same protein quality and digestibility as conventional…
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The Jackfruit Company and its consumer brand Jack & Annie's have raised $5M in a Series B extension round to support their product development and expansion efforts. In a nod to consumers' growing appetite for fibre-packed food…
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It should be mandatory for food producers in the UK to disclose how much goes to waste, a group of food businesses have told the environment secretary. With around 11% of Brits going hungry every year, the potential to address food…
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Spanish plant-based pioneer Heura is expanding its technology to offer nutrient-dense cold cuts, cheese, and pasta, in a bid to move past the ultra-processed food label. It may account for a quarter of Spain's plant-based meat market,…
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Scientists have discovered a way to turn gases into yeast that contains more protein than beef and enough folate to meet your daily requirements. What if acetate and carbon dioxide could help you meet your daily nutritional needs? …
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US startup Helaina has closed a $45M Series B round to commercialise Effera Human Lactoferrin, its breast milk equivalent protein, in the US later this year. Helaina, the New York-based firm making breast milk alternatives with…
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A host of brands are innovating with oat milk powders in multiple flavours to cut packaging waste and offer personalisation – here are seven of the best. Oat milk has quickly become the darling of the plant-based milk space, which…
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By diverting food waste, each food bank prevents as many emissions as 900 cars for a year, according to a new methodology designed to curb methane emissions. The food system has a methane problem. The greenhouse gas has contributed…
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Curbing the carbon footprint of what we eat won’t require an agricultural revolution. It's already happening in farms and ranches across the country. By Ayurella Horn-Muller Early into his new book The Blue Plate: A Food Lover’s…
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The 10 largest food and drink producers in the UK are responsible for more greenhouse gas emissions globally than the entire aviation industry, new analysis shows. Big Food is polluting the planet more than all the flights we take, and…
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Danone is scrapping the Nutri-Score label from its dairy and plant-based milks, after its revised algorithm classed these products as beverages. It is facing fierce criticism. French food and drink giant Danone is removing the…
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Methane has highly detrimental impacts on the planet, with the food system – particularly livestock – the main emitter of the gas. What can we do about it? When we talk about greenhouse gas emissions, many of us are really just talking…
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Swiss food manufacturer Hero Group has taken over vegan healthy eating brand Deliciously Ella, with owners Ella and Matthew Mills remaining at the company. Deliciously Ella, the UK-based pioneer of vegan snacking, has been acquired by…
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A Swiss canton has banned the sale of contaminated meat and dairy with high levels of 'forever chemicals', calling for intervention on a national level too. St Gallen, the canton in northeastern Switzerland, has implemented a ban on…
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US fast-food chain Shake Shack has added the Veggie Shack burger to the menu at all Hong Kong and Macau stores for a limited time. The Veggie Shack is coming to Hong Kong and Macau, as Shake Shack continues to roll out the whole-food…
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The Consumer Brands Association has launched a new website that aims to combat "consumer confusion" around ultra-processed foods – but context is crucial. With ultra-processed foods (UPFs) taking centre stage in today's dietary…
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