Food and Drink

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Rooted in Sustainability: NOPEX Day 1 Recap

As the sun sets on the inaugural day of Natural & Organic Products Expo 2024, we’re here to recap the highlights and offer a...

First ever flow wrap chocolate packaging developed by Cox & Co

In an industry first, British chocolate producer Cox & Co has created the first ever paper flow wrap chocolate packaging, allowing the company to...

Natural & Organic Product Expo returns for the biggest industry gathering

The future of retail is about to unfold at the highly anticipated Natural & Organic Products Expo, which opens its doors this Sunday 14th...

Meal Reveal: Hellmann’s Launches AI Recipe Tool to Cut Household Food...

5 Mins Read Unilever-owned mayo brand Hellmann’s has rolled out an AI-enabled tool that uses an ingredient scan to produce recipes that can help...

300 international buyers will hold at least 1,500 business meetings at...

The fifth edition of Organic Food & Eco Living Iberia will bring together the best producers, buyers, and distributors from around the world with...

Trend set your way to success at Natural & Organic Products...

With less than a week to go before this year's Natural & Organic Products Expo returns to ExCel London, Sharna Waid and Charlee Singleton...

‘Our best speaker programme yet’ – Natural & Organic Products Expo...

Natural & Organic Products Expo (NOPEX) has announced its best ever speaker line-up for its return to ExCeL London on 14-15 April.  Over 50...

Q&A with Louise Allen, Whole Foods Market

The team at Natural Food Expo caught up with Louise Allen, Senior Local Forager from Whole Foods Market about trends and insights ahead of...

Sustainable Catering: UCL to Pilot Food Carbon Tracking App for Students

5 Mins Read University College London (UCL) and its caterer CH&CO have partnered with Reewild, an app that allows users to track and reduce...

Morrisons becomes first UK organisation to achieve BSI Kitemark™ certification for carbon-neutral...

As part of its plans to achieve net zero operations by 2035, Morrisons has become the first UK retailer to have a product certified...

Rewe to Open First Fully Vegan Supermarket in Germany: Report

4 Mins Read German retail giant the Rewe Group is set to open its first 100% vegan supermarket in Germany, after introducing fully plant-based...

Fairtrade celebrates 30 years of making its mark

2024 marks the 30th anniversary of the FAIRTRADE Mark in the UK, and to honour the achievements of the movement, the Fairtrade Foundation has...

Science confirms genetic uniqueness in New Zealand Mānuka Honey

New scientific research testing mānuka honey samples and mānuka trees found that New Zealand varieties have a distinct genetic makeup in comparison to plants...

Revolutionising the UK potato industry: Innovative precision breeding project promises radical...

A UK-based research team is set to step change the potato supply chain by applying cutting edge precision breeding approaches. Led by B-hive Innovations, the...

The Kraken: Revo Foods Releases the World’s First Vegan Octopus

7 Mins Read Revo Foods has today launched the world’s first vegan octopus for retail, using its patented 3D-printing technology to transform fungi into...

Ten UK rivers at risk as “ethically bankrupt” chicken industry booms...

A new Soil Association report has revealed that ten British rivers across seven counties are at risk of becoming dead zones depleted of wildlife...

UK Regulator Eyes State Funding to Build Lab for Safety Testing...

6 Mins Read In what would be a major step towards the regulatory approval and commercialisation of cultivated meat, the UK is aiming to...

Renée Elliott, Founder of Planet Organic, confirmed to speak at Natural...

Renée Elliott, Founder of Planet Organic and Co-Founder of Women Tree, will be gracing the stage as a Keynote speaker at the upcoming Natural...

UK’s health divide widens as food insecure families are buying less fruit...

Millions of UK citizens are now living in food insecurity, regularly skipping meals and going hungry because they could not afford to buy groceries,...

Not ‘Mylk’: Plant-Based Industry to Fight New UK Proposal That Could...

6 Mins Read A British trade standards group is pushing for guidance that would ban the use of alternative descriptors like ‘mylk’, ‘cheeze’, or...