An EU-wide front-of-pack nutritional labelling scheme with colour coding could help reduce obesity levels and tackle rising non-communicable disease rates, argues the BEUC.
Nestlé wants 100% of its key commodities to be deforestation-free by next year. The company is leveraging technology as part of a “toolbox” to tackle risk areas and accelerate its journey towards a deforestation-free supply chain.
The debate over front-of-pack nutritional labelling is intensifying in Germany after the country’s consumer watchdog slammed an industry-backed labelling scheme and the Hamburg Regional Court ordered Iglo to remove NutriScore from its products.
The Nutri-Score nutritional labelling system has officially launched in Belgium, France has announced plans to ban the use of additive titanium dioxide from 2020, and Iceland Foods lost its trademark dispute at the EUIPO. FoodNavigator brings you the...
The European organic food sector is witnessing double-digit growth. And while high value organic sales can be lucrative, the category is an increasingly crowded space in which to operate, making it ripe for consolidation.
Public Health England’s sugar reduction strategy is expected to cut obesity rates and save the NHS £265m over the next 10 years, if industry and consumers behave as intended.
The German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) has raised concerns over the stability of sucralose when heated to high temperatures, and the potential for resulting health risks.
Unsustainably sourced palm oil deserves its bad name, and requires industry action. Should we eliminate all palm oil from the food supply chain? How can we change consumer perceptions of the commodity when responsibly produced? Nestlé, RSPO, CDP and S4RB...
UK retailer The Co-operative has said it will move to 100% sustainable soy in its supply chain by 2025. “There are certain things that customers just expect you to do and this is one of them,” sustainable sourcing and fairtrade manager Sarah Wakefield...
The latest new product developments in Europe cover Kettle Chips' fruit and vegetable-based crisps with gourmet seasoning, tea-inspired chocolate bars, organic Laughing Cow Cheese, and a new Fanta flavour in France that was chosen by teenagers for...
Orkla Foods Danmark A/S is continuing is momentous acquisition surge with the procurement of bakery ingredients supplier Zeelandia Sweden AB from Dutch firm Koninklijke Zeelandia Groep B.V.
