Foodservice News and Information

More than £2.6bn has been invested in the cell-based meat area since 2016, according to a new report by Oghma Partners, a finance advisory firm. A handful of companies have scooped the lion’s share of the funding, with Upside Foods’ £555.1m in… Read More

Scottish salmon producers want the word ‘farmed’ removed from packaging labels, in a move that campaigners view as “deeply troubling”. Like Champagne, Baklava and Sauerkraut, salmon products from Scotland receive protection under the Protected Geographical Indication (PGI) labelling. The product… Read More

Regenerative approaches to agriculture, such as no-till and diversified cropping, are not a short-term fix for more sustainable food production systems, according to new research. Initial results from a large-scale crop rotation experiment at sites in Hertfordshire and Suffolk set… Read More

Cost is an increasingly large barrier to a more sustainable lifestyle in 2023, with the majority of consumers saying they haven’t adopted sustainable behaviours in the last 12 months because it is too expensive, according to the fourth edition of… Read More

The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has ramped up its efforts to tackle food crime with the launch of a new whistleblowing hotline and plans to exchange more information with third party auditors. The move to tighten food crime prevention follows… Read More

Campaigners have called on the UK government to strengthen school and hospital food standards so that caterers are not contributing to the crisis of antibiotic resistance. A report by the Alliance to Save our Antibiotics (ASOA) concluded that inadequate government buying standards… Read More

The vast majority of food and agriculture companies don’t do enough to farm sustainably or provide healthy food, according to a new assessment. The World Benchmarking Alliance (WBA) scored 350 of the world’s major food and agriculture companies on how they are… Read More

Lowering the price of vegetarian options could stimulate the dietary change needed to meet net-zero goals, according to new research. The report, commissioned by the Climate Change Committee (CCC) and carried out by the UK Centre for Climate Change and Social… Read More