All news articles for April 2022

Sustainability trend takes back seat as cost of living crisis bites

Sustainability trend takes back seat as cost of living crisis bites

By Oliver Morrison

The sustainability trend, characterised by consumers seeking food and beverage products perceived as having a lesser impact on the environment, is waning as shopper concern shifts to saving money in the face of significant inflationary pressures.

Pic: Getty Images/vavlt

Co-op scraps use-by dates on own-brand yogurts

By Jim Cornall

UK retailer Co-op is getting rid of use-by dates from all of its own-brand yogurts in a bid to reduce food waste and combat the 42,000 tonnes – £100m ($127.6m) worth – of edible yogurt thrown away by UK householders each year, due to guidance printed...

Dutch innovators develop biotech alternative to nitrites / Pic: GettyImages-apomares

Vaess develops biotech solution for nitrite-free bacon

By Katy Askew

Dutch food engineers at Vaess have developed an innovative biotech solution that can replace the controversial use of nitrites in meat products like bacon, while maintaining a stable pink appearance.

The new report is called ‘Halving the environmental impact of the UK packaging system: How industry and key stakeholders can work together to drive positive change.’ Pic: Getty Images/o-che

IGD report urges packaging strategy rethink

By Jim Cornall

IGD has published a new report to help the food and consumer goods industry drive progress towards the shared ambition of halving the environmental impact of the UK packaging system by 2030.

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