Food & Nutrition

Sir Keir Starmer's Labour government is being called on to introduce a plant-based action plan and reform public procurement to make the UK's food system more sustainable. With a new party governing the UK for the first time in 14…
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India has released its annual Budget this week, with a climate finance taxonomy and spending on resilient crop varieties among the key takeaways for climate change and agriculture. This week, Indian finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman…
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Californian vegan giant Beyond Meat is diversifying its product line with new whole-food plant-based Sun Sausages as consumers clamour for healthier products. One of the largest plant-based meat brands in the world is now betting on…
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Dairy-free baby formula is still a nascent category – but here are six brands making plant-based offerings to help mothers. The infant formula market is massive, but it's monopolised by dairy formulations and a handful of industry…
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With Paris 2024 going predominantly plant-based, here are seven athletes competing at the Olympics, fuelled by a vegan diet. At this year's Olympic Games – touted to be the greenest ever – 60% of the 13 million meals served will be…
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A UK-wide survey has found that 35% of Brits would support a switch to a 100% plant-based menu at NHS hospitals – but they're divided over the benefits of vegan diets. If the UK's National Health Service (NHS) would choose to adopt…
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In an open letter, academics and organisations from across the world have asked the FAO to withdraw a livestock emissions report that they claim contains "significant methodological errors". A group of over 100 organisations,…
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Economists are seeing a growing link between isolated climate shocks and supply chain disruptions that lead to higher food costs. By Ayurella Horn-Muller It’s no secret that a warming world will drive food prices higher, a phenomenon…
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The world's largest food company is responding to the most disruptive trend the industry has faced in years by offering products and services targeted to GLP-1 users. If you can't beat them, join them. Nestlé might be a $105B…
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Apple TV+ has announced Omnivore, an eight-part docuseries on the convergence of food and climate change created by the owner of the world's best restaurant. Crop failures, escalating prices, endangered trees – the effects of climate…
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Beyond Meat has extended its Beyond IV platform to include its sausage lineup, alongside an online recipe book in collaboration with the American Heart Association. Californian plant-based leader Beyond Meat has introduced the fourth…
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The German Nutrition Society has reassessed the impacts of plant-based foods and changed its official position on veganism, noting that it can be a 'health-promoting' diet. The body responsible for creating Germany's dietary guidelines,…
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A series of headlines have been knocking plant-based meat for causing heart disease, but these are deliberate misinterpretations to discredit the industry further. Did you hear that plant-based meat can now apparently kill you? That…
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A group of healthcare organisations are asking the UK government to withdraw a campaign that they say spreads misinformation about the benefits of eating meat and dairy. As restaurants, retailers and consumers prepared for Veganuary…
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The first large-scale study to analyse the effects of the Planetary Health Diet has found a lower risk of premature death and a lighter impact on the climate. Eating a primarily whole-food plant-based diet has tremendous benefits for…
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Nadia Schilling, director and chief marketing officer of Australian infant nutrition brand Sprout Organic, talks the lack of vegan formula, seed oils, policy barriers, carbon neutrality, and its UK launch. As plant-based infant formula…
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The University of Essex has built a new facility to develop crops that can adapt to a hotter and drier planet, which features a vertical farm and is backed by AI-assisted research. Researchers at the University of Essex will leverage…
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As part of its Champions Innovate initiative, UEFA has introduced a slew of sustainability measures for the 2024 Champions League final, which includes carbon labelling and plastic-free packaging. Fans watching Real Madrid and Borussia…
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Researchers in Hong Kong have developed a fungi-derived fat alternative that can decrease the fat content of a product and improve gut health and metabolic benefits. The alt-fat world has been blossoming lately. Microbes, microalgae,…
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Denmark is considering a proposal that would see it introduce a carbon tax on agricultural production, but it has raised concerns about farmers' livelihoods. Could it really happen? In late February, an advisory group commissioned by…
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Land grabs and carbon offsetting schemes have sent land prices soaring, putting a strain on farmers, rural communities and food production, and threatening food security globally. Since the financial crash of 2007-08, global land prices…
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