Fats & oils

Creating meat analogues with olive oil to boost sector’s health credentials

26-Oct-2020 By Oliver Morrison

Plant-based meat brand Heura has discovered a fat analogue using extra virgin olive oil that it claims allows it to launch the ‘world’s healthiest burger’.

Can supermarkets help tackle obesity? ‘Many diet habits start in the grocery store’

16-Oct-2020 By Flora Southey

Food brands and supermarket retailers seeking to improve the healthiness of consumer baskets in two of London’s ‘most challenging’ boroughs have been rewarded with ‘very encouraging’ first year results.

'Oils and fat can help improve nutrition labels': Bunge Loders Croklaan on its reformulation solutions

13-Oct-2020 By Oliver Morrison

The supplier says its innovations with different levels of oils and fats can assist the food industry in its quest to balance nutrition with taste and indulgence.

How ethical is your food supply chain? Self-assessment tools added to Accountability Framework arsenal

12-Oct-2020 By Flora Southey

The Accountability Framework Initiative has launched a self-assessment tool to help companies identify, prioritise, and address elements of their practices that fall short, explains Rainforest Alliance scientist Leah Samberg.

Mars announces deforestation-free palm oil supply chain

06-Oct-2020 By Flora Southey

Mars, Inc. has announced its Palm Positive Plan has delivered a deforestation-free palm oil supply chain. Yet environmental NGO Greenpeace takes issue with the confectionery giant's strategy.

Equinom expands R&D centre to tackle plant-based sector’s price and sensory challenges

06-Oct-2020 By Oliver Morrison

The Israeli seed specialist hopes the new facility will help food manufacturers meet the tests of plant-based food production.

Food giants launch new deforestation pledge after missing 2020 objectives: ‘Our approach was not agile enough’

24-Sep-2020 By Katy Askew

The Consumer Goods Forum has launched a fresh initiative to tackle deforestation in the food chain. FoodNavigator takes a look at this new effort – and asks why the CGF’s previous zero-deforestation commitment missed the mark.

Don’t slow efforts on trans fats in response to COVID pandemic, WHO warns

18-Sep-2020 By Katy Askew

The World Health Organization has called on global governments to remain focused on eliminating trans fats from the food supply, despite the new and unprecedented challenges being thrown up by the global coronavirus pandemic.

Huel aims to scoop ‘time-poor, health conscious consumers’ with new hot meals

18-Sep-2020 By Oliver Morrison

Meal replacement brand Huel is expanding its powdered food range and launching its first hot meals in the UK.

Bite-sized NPD: The latest in kids snacking to hit UK shelves

16-Sep-2020 By Flora Southey

How can brands encourage children to eat ‘healthier’ snacks? Nestlé’s approach is to create breakfast cereal in the shape of a bear, Cadbury is shrinking its portion sizes to cut calories, and Kellogg is personalising covers on Corn Flakes and Rice Krispies.

The key to healthy and sustainable diets… more processed foods?

09-Sep-2020 By Oliver Morrison

Opportunities abound for the food industry to address public health and environmental issues through clever food processing, say nutrition scientists.

Warnings over ‘unintended adverse consequences’ of ditching animal protein

08-Sep-2020 By Katy Askew

The argument that plant-based foods are healthier and more sustainable than animal-based products has become increasingly common. However, experts warn that the ‘unintended adverse consequences’ of any push to eliminate meat, dairy, eggs and fish from...

Healthy eating takes lockdown hit: IGD

02-Sep-2020 By Katy Askew

People feel that their diets have got worse during the coronavirus lockdown. And, while more people say health is an important purchase motivator, fewer consumers are going to make healthy changes to their diets, according to IGD data.

Attention, algae! Food agency warns against carcinogenic contamination in edible seaweed

27-Aug-2020 By Flora Southey

French food agency ANSES has published recommendations for edible algae, raising concerns about cadmium levels in seaweed eaten as vegetables or used in processed foods and supplements.

Nestlé launches plant-based Vuna with ‘rich flavour and flaky texture of tuna’

20-Aug-2020 By Flora Southey

The Swiss company is making its first move into plant-based seafood with a six-ingredient vegan alternative to tuna: Vuna.