Food prices rose at the second highest rate in 45 years, according to the Office for National Statistics, with dairy products such as cheese experiencing particularly sharp rises. For example, a kilogram of Cheddar cheese costs £3 per kg more than it did just a year ago, now costing £9.40 per kg, up from £6.40 per

Mayer called for stronger measures from the Government to ensure consumers are offered healthier products and consider whether VAT could be imposed on more HFSS products.“The UK food industry’s efforts to improve the health profile of its products have not moved fast enough,”​ he told The Guardian. “We’ve reached a point where meaningful intervention from

JBS has begun building the world’s largest cultivated beef protein plant in San Sebastián, Spain.The first commercial scale industrial plant of BioTech Foods, of which JBS is the majority shareholder (53%), is expected to be completed next year and should aid the accelerated development of the cultivated protein market worldwide.With an investment of circa US

What began as a plant-based food market dominated by vegan burgers and sausages has now expanded into more complicated cuts. The plant-based bacon category is one example on the rise.According to Future Market Insights, the vegan bacon market is expected to grow at a robust CAGR of 6.6% between 2022 and 2023.  But when it

Madhūka is an ingredient that stems from the Madhuca Longifolia tree, which grows in Sri Lanka, Nepal, Myanmar and India. The founders of ōForest stumbled across the ingredient on a trip to India, and realised that the ingredient was versatile enough to be used in a wide range of products.“The Madhūka flower is sweet, since

Over the next four years, the SeaFree project will develop a closed, sustainable cycle on land that utilizes residual nutrients and CO2 from shrimp and fish farming – which otherwise pollute the sea and contribute to global warming – to grow high-value seaweed for the food and healthcare industries.“The project aims to use seaweed production

In the second installment of FoodNavigator-USA’s four-part video series examining sustainability and future-proofing the food system, experts explain how stakeholders across the value chain are under increasing pressure to reduce their carbon footprint and improve their sustainability – often at great cost that cannot easily be passed along to consumers or otherwise initially offset.Thus, many

From 1 January to 30 April 2023, an increase in the volume of mergers and acquisition deals within the UK’s food and beverage sector increased to 33, marking a 17.9% compared to the same period last year.But deal values continue to be ‘particularly low’, according to Mark Lynch, partner at advisory group Oghma Partners, who