How does the sustainability performance of plant-based alternatives stack up against conventional meat and dairy? Is the category worthy of its ‘sustainability halo’? FoodNavigator investigates.
Danish Crown’s £100m UK investment: ‘We believe in the British market’
Business
Scottish start-up turns to ‘food of the future’ seaweed to launch methylcellulose replacement
Business
Meet the start-up using robotics, AI, and ‘per plant farming’ to transform crop cultivation
Business
Morbier: The cheese’s ash line to be PDO-protected
Food Safety & Quality
Unilever hopes to launch ‘cow-free’ ice cream but asks: ‘how do we position it to mainstream consumers'?
Confectionery
Mimicking whitefish with plants: Meet the Icelandic start-up developing Arctic seafood alternatives
Meat
Beating the ‘bioreactor bottleneck’ for cultivated meat: Startup grows low-cost, ‘fermentation-free’ growth factors in tobacco plants
Healthy foods
How Nestlé developed paper-based compostable capsules for Nespresso machines
Beverage
COP27: A ‘notable disappointment’ for sustainable food systems
Transparency and supply chain
Passion fruit could hold the key to combatting food waste and cutting plastic use
Innovation and NPD
Nestlé microbiome breakthrough identifies weaning opportunity: ‘This paves the way for solutions supporting children's growth and development’
Innovation and NPD
Pascual Innoventures invests in De Novo Dairy and Zero Cow Factory, reveals Mylkcubator 2.0 cohort
Innovation and NPD
