Proteins

What are consumer attitudes towards plant-based meat alternatives in England? Trade association Alternative Proteins Association has commissioned research to find out. GettyImages/barmalini

What do Brits think about plant-based meat?

By Flora Southey

Survey findings suggest ‘meat alternatives are here to stay’, says Jeremy Coller, president of the alternative proteins trade association that commissioned the research.

The government have invested £12mn in a hub for the production of sustainable proteins such as cultivated meat. Source: Mindful Media/Getty Images

UK government invests £12m in sustainable protein hub

By Augustus Bambridge-Sutton

The UK government has invested £12m (€13.57) in a new research centre to grow sustainable protein and cultivated meat. This will be the largest investment yet made by the government in sustainable proteins.

The Seafood Alg-ternative project is developing alternatives to smoked salmon, canned tuna, tarama spread and roes from algae. GettyImages/4kodiak

Fish 2.0? EU funds wave of algae-based fish substitutes

By Flora Southey

Smoked salmon, canned tuna, tarama spread and roes…made from algae? The ‘Seafood Alg-ternative’ project, with support from the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund, is working to transform algae into plant-based seafood substitutes.

Plant-based is a rapidly growing market. Source: ChayTee/Getty Images

‘What is naturalness?’ The future of plant-based food

By Augustus Bambridge-Sutton

Plant-based is one of the most important trends in the food industry today. Meat- and dairy-free products are helping provide food alternatives to an ever-growing flexitarian market. But some questions still remain. For one, since many plant-based foods...

The enriched seaweed biomass (or ‘super-seaweed’) could be consumed raw, as a healthy seaweed snack, used as a spice in cooking, or in seaweed-derived antioxidant products, such as tablets or food supplements. GettyImages/Tammy616

'Super seaweed' developed with impressive antioxidant profile

By Nicola Gordon-Seymour

Scientists at Tel Aviv University have created a new ‘super seaweed’ with novel technology that significantly increases bioactive components and enhances possible applications in food, cosmetics, and medicine.

Dryk are making plant-based milk which has a nutritional content close to that of cow's milk. Source: Dougal Waters/Getty Images

Danish company rethinks nutrition of plant-based drinks

By Augustus Bambridge-Sutton

Dryk, a Danish plant-based drinks company, is rethinking the nutrition of plant-based drinks. No longer content with just tasting like cow’s milk, its drinks are also close to the nutritional content of their dairy counterpart.

Danbo, a hard cheese, is one of Denmark's most popular. GettyImages/Jesper Mattias

Researchers accelerate Danish cheese production with ripening 'shortcut'

By Augustus Bambridge-Sutton

Once, Danish Danbo cheese would take at least a month to mature. However, researchers from the DTU National Food Institute have figured out a way of cutting down this time to just a few days – putting the cheese in a fermentation tank to create prime...

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10 days to go! Stage set for the Positive Nutrition Summit 2023

By Flora Southey

In ten days’ time, we’ll be gathering in central London for this year’s Positive Nutrition Summit: Healthy Innovation for the Mass Market. As we prepare to throw the spotlight on innovative approaches to healthier food and drink, here is a recap of our...

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