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Muddy Machines' robots use deep learning technology to detect and delicately pick asparagus spears according to grower’s specifications.

Ag robot start-up secures new investment as farms complain of ‘desperate’ labour shortages

UK ag-tech startup Muddy Machines has secured €1.8 million in seed funding. The funds will help the company continue developing a robotic platform that is capable of deploying a variety of harvest tools in specialty ﬁeld crops.

The NutrInform Battery app is adapted to the standard nutritional requirement of 2,000 kcal per day. GettyImages/cyano66

Italian Government launches NutrInform Battery app as preferred diet tool

Italy, which is publicly opposed to Nutri-Score, has developed a smartphone app to accompany its alternative nutritional labelling scheme NutrInform Battery.

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Trust your gut: What’s next for the food industry as told by consumers’ gut health

Most people have been heavily associating the term gut health only with gastrointestinal conditions. Gut health, however, has begun to take on a new meaning in the past few years along with the increasing number of consumers becoming more aware of their...

Dairy UK wants to win over sceptics with marketing push / Pic: GettyImages Valster15

Dairy UK targets ‘those questioning dairy consumption’ with consumer-facing campaign

Dairy UK is running a consumer-facing campaign that it hopes will counter criticism over the sector’s environmental record. “Advocating for our sector is always going to be more effective than responding to the media or social content who may choose to...

Not all tropical fruit reaches Europe in perfect condition. Pic:getty/larahaka

SVZ to intensify processing of surplus imported fruit and vegetables

Premium fruit and vegetable ingredient supplier SVZ will soon take in more surplus fruit and veg from Belgium ports: giving produce that doesn't make the cut for retail a second chance.

ESSNA canvasses sports nutrition sector to weigh-in on EU FOP labelling

The European Specialist Sports Nutrition Alliance (ESSNA) has launched an industry-wide survey to gauge the impact of mandatory front-of-pack nutritional labelling (FOPNL), expected to be introduced across the EU by the end of the year.