Beefeater

Whitbread burger given the OK

A WHITBREAD BURGER that tested positive for horse DNA above the 1% threshold has now been shown to contain less than 1% horse meat.                     On March 26th, the Food Standards Agency (FSA) advised that a Whitbread burger had tested positive for horse DNA above 1%. [...]

Whitbread commits to a new meat standard

WHITBREAD HAS announced that it will be taking a “wide range of actions” following the discovery of horse meat in two of its products last week.                 The leisure group’s boss has also criticised other hospitality businesses for failing to get involved in the current testing regime.   [...]

Compass and Whitbread find horse DNA

THE FOODSERVICE sector has been dragged into the horse meat scandal with Compass and Whitbread having found horse DNA in products sold as beef. Horse meat has also been found in cottage pies supplied to 47 schools in Lancashire.                   The news emerged just a fews hours [...]

Healthy dishes are tasteless, say consumers

MORE THAN half of consumers would prefer healthy options when eating out of home, but just as many think these dishes are tasteless, un-filling and overpriced, according to Unilever Food Solutions’ latest World Menu Report.                   New research shows that diners think ‘light’ bites are tasteless and [...]