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Combining science with a life-long passion for food, Arkeon wants to fix the world’s broken food systems by producing protein ingredients the ‘most sustainable way possible’. GettyImages/Yasuhide Fumoto

How Arkeon Biotechnologies is turning CO2 into food: ‘Excuse my language, but this is next-level cool’

Vienna-based start-up Arkeon Biotechnologies is producing all 20 amino acids with just three inputs: a microorganism, carbon dioxide, and hydrogen. FoodNavigator catches up with CEO Gregor Tegl to find out how.

Drought is hitting Europe and agriculture is feeling the heat / Pic: GettyImages-No Limit Pictures

As the heat hits, are we now facing a vegetable supply crisis?

Across Europe, the summer of 2022 has been brutal. As the hot, dry summer days stretch on, should we be preparing for tighter supplies of fruit and veg?

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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...

When most food waste comes from our fridges, does Spain's new regulation fail to get to the heart of the issue? / Pic: GettyImages-tbradford

Food waste spotlighted as Spain prepares for 2023 waste reduction law

Spain is following the lead of France and Italy with the introduction of a new food waste reduction law that will come into force in 2023. Is this a game-changer for food waste in the country or a missed opportunity?

Which Reb M production method is best for the environment? Ingredion LCA probes stevia sustainability metrics

What’s more sustainable? Using acres of land, water and energy to grow plants that produce minuscule quantities of natural sweeteners; or making them via a fermentation process using a microbe that’s been engineered to produce exactly the same molecules?

NPD Trend Tracker: From ‘just add water’ savoury meals to 150 kcal doughnuts

As a huge number Europeans put on their Out Of Office and head to the beach, it appears to be business-as-usual for brand managers who are rolling out important NPDs this month. Yeo Valley Organic is preparing to venture outside of the dairy category...