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Are children’s foods lacking vital nutrients? GettyImages/Plume Creative

Are children’s foods lacking vital nutrients?

By Donna Eastlake

Childhood nutrition is in a state. But is this down to badly-manufactured children's foods or a symptom of a bigger problem? And will parents place the blame with food manufacturers regardless?

Sweet proteins are not like other sweeteners. Image Source: Getty Images/Daniel Grizelj

Unpacking sweet proteins

By Augustus Bambridge-Sutton

Sweet proteins can provide benefits that other sweeteners can’t, and without some of the drawbacks they provide. But how can they be produced?

More Europeans are consuming halal-approved food and drink, with markets including the UK predicted to rocket. Getty

Halal food and drink manufacture ripe for profit growth

By Nicholas Robinson

Halal food and drink sales in Europe are open for significant growth as Muslim – and other – consumer bases grow and demand more new and exciting permissible products from the industry.

Cereals, which much of the world relies on for calories, has fallen in price. Image Source: Getty Images/ArtistGNDphotography

Why are cereal prices falling?

By Augustus Bambridge-Sutton

Global cereal prices are falling, and have been for some time. An interplay of global factors have led to this outcome.

Health experts link plant-based diet to good gut health. GettyImages-londoneye

Plant-based diet linked to good gut health

By Donna Eastlake

Could two of the biggest trends in the food and beverage sector be powerful allies? And what opportunities could this create for food and beverage manufacturers?

How to effectively label your food product. GettyImages

How to effectively label your food product

By Donna Eastlake

Front- and back-of-pack food and nutrition information is essential. Here’s how to ensure the details are legally tight to not only attract customers, but to keep them safe.

Is the organic label still important to consumers? GettyImages/fotosipsak

Is the organic label still important to consumers?

By Donna Eastlake

From organic vegetables to organic meat, the organic tag has proven popular with consumers for decades. But is the label losing its lustre, and if so, what does that mean for manufacturers?

Should maize be included in EUDR? GettyImages/Justin Paget

Should maize be included in EUDR?

By Donna Eastlake

The EUDR deadline is now less than five months away. But as the 30 December date looms on the horizon, we wonder if there are commodities missing from the list, in particular, maize.

Should we be farming on floodplains? GettyImages/fotoVoyager

Should we be farming on floodplains?

By Donna Eastlake

Countries across Europe are increasingly using floodplains for farming. We look at the risks and rewards of this approach.

What can predict a food's palatability? Image Source: Getty Images/Peter Dazeley

Can food palatability be predicted?

By Augustus Bambridge-Sutton

How can you tell a food is palatable? New research uses three metrics – HFSS, UPF and HPF – to test whether palatability can be predicted.

Smart packaging that fights food waste. GettyImages/nadia_bormotova

Smart packaging that fights food waste

By Donna Eastlake

Packaging that lowers food waste? It seems too good to be true but scientists say it’s possible, in fact, it already exists!

The company aims to develop a raw egg for retail. Image Source: Getty Images/vikif

Plant-based egg separates yolk and white

By Augustus Bambridge-Sutton

Already producing a plant-based egg alternative with separated yolk and white, Neggst plans to develop a raw egg for retail which may, eventually, have a shell.

How brands are capitalising on gut health. GettyImages/PeopleImages

How brands are capitalising on gut health

By Donna Eastlake

Gut health is proving to be hugely popular with consumers and enormously profitable for food and beverage manufacturers. In financial terms, it’s the gift that keeps on giving.

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