Digital promotions driven by on-pack coding are providing brands with security, the ability to market test concepts and, when combined with mobile technology, even the option of reacting to where the code is being accessed.
For premium brands looking for a point of difference, Absolut Vodka has blazed a trail with a second range of unique bottles, providing pack-to-pack as well as brand-to-brand differentiation.
Sugar’s addictive properties have been dismissed by UK scientific experts who have attributed rising obesity to excessive calorie intake and the overconsumption of high-density foods combined with sedentary lifestyles.
Food safety authorities are racing to trace the source of a Caribbean soft drink linked with a death in Southampton after it was found to contain dangerous levels of cocaine.
Food industry groups have welcomed the recommendations of the Elliott Review – each stressing their own particular field of interest – but all highlighting the vote of confidence expressed by the report’s author.
A stronger Food Standards Agency (FSA) – equipped with responsibility for food compositional labelling – is a key recommendation of the interim Elliott Review, commissioned by the government to investigate the supply chain after the horsemeat crisis.
Improving knowledge transfer is one of three key ambitions revealed by the Food and Drink Federaton (FDF), as part of its plan to deliver sustainable growth for the UK food and drink manufacturing industry.
Pasta Foods is creating 50 jobs by expanding into a newly bought factory in Norwich, helped by £500,000 worth of funding from New Anglia Local Enterprise Partnership’s (LEP’s) Growing Business Fund.
A study carried out by researchers at Sheffield Hallam University, in collaboration with Chaucer Foods – which claims to be the world's largest supplier of freeze-dried fruit – has found that freeze drying strawberries had no significant impact on...
Innovation audits should be a vital part of any new product development (NPD) strategy to maintain a regular flow of fresh ideas, according to Celia Holt, director at Food Innovation Solutions.
Experts have rubbished claims that the methanol content in aspartame threatens consumer health, following the publication of a European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) risk assessment.
An online advert urging employers not to employ people from Romania – linked to the question “the most depraved country on earth?” – has been banned by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA).
HSBC has pumped millions of pounds into Somerset cheese manufacturer Lye Cross Farm, which it claims will boost production by 1,000t a year to 4,500t to meet growing demand.
Aspartame posed no threat to consumers at current recommended levels of consumption, the outcome of a recent European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) risk assessment concluded yesterday (December 10).
Supermarkets have boosted their purchases of British-farmed pork, ham and sausages since the horsemeat scandal, reveals new research from the English pig industry levy board BPEX.
Nestlé is in the 10 best global firms for corporate responsibility (CR) reporting, according to an independent survey published by audit, tax and advisory company KPMG.
Manufacturing in the UK is firmly back on the government’s agenda, with the recent publication of the Foresight Report on the Future of Manufacturing, under the leadership of the Department for Business Innovation and Skills (BIS).
Green lobby groups have welcomed recent initiatives from the food industry to improve the sustainability of its palm oil, while calling for further action.
Helen Pattinson, co-founder and director with husband Simon of chocolate firm Montezuma, has been named winner of the Natwest everywoman Athena Award for female business owners aged 36–49.
Eleven ‘human cheeses’, created using bacteria extracted from the belly buttons, feet, mouths and tears of artists, writers and cheese makers, are on offer at a Dublin gallery.
Television programmes, such as the BBC’s Great British Bake Off, have made the bakery sector “sexy” and fuelled an interest from young people to start careers within the food and drink industry.
Müller Dairy is planning £45-50M worth of investment across its UK business and expects eventually to create up to 100 jobs at its Market Drayton site in Shropshire.
Müller’s new £17M butter-making plant in Market Drayton, Shropshire, reveals the firm’s optimism and confidence in the UK, according to owner Theo Müller.
Supermarket promotions tempt shoppers to buy more food than they need, which helps to fuel both obesity and waste, delegates to Fengrain’s conference near Peterborough were told recently.
More joined up food and nutrition policy between government departments is urgently required, a former chief inspector of schools in England and top civil servant at the Department for Education and Skills, has warned.
Compassion in World Farming’s Dr Tracey Jones is taking a softly, softly approach to getting major food firms to improve animal welfare standards, reports Gary Scattergood
Noble Foods has appointed Andrew Cracknell as its new chief executive, following Peter Thornton’s decision to stand down from the role after five years.
Premier Foods may have to settle for a joint venture (jv) partner for its troubled Hovis bread business if it fails to secure an outright buyer, as it tries to reduce its mountain of debt and avoid the prospects breaching banking covenants.
Several hundred new food manufacturing jobs could be created by 2 Sisters’ rescue plan for its Coupar Angus and Letham plants in Scotland, according to the firm.
Dragons’ Den winners Helen and Lisa Tse – the driving force behind Chinese sauce manufacturer and Manchester restaurant Sweet Mandarin – have thanked Prime Minister David Cameron, after he helped them win an export deal with China worth £6M over the next...
Britain’s top 10 supermarkets have been praised by a government minister for making pricing clearer and simpler for consumers, less than a month after consumer watchdog Which? accused them of “dodgy discounts and misleading multi-buys”.
UK businesses received good news on business rates and fuel prices in Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne’s autumn statement, although there was some criticism on energy prices.
Cleveland Meat Company faces £27,000 in fines and legal costs after being found guilty of breaching food safety rules limiting the risk of consumers’ exposure to bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE).
Chancellor George Osborne used the Autumn Statement today (December 5) to insist that his plans to revive the British economy were working. But shadow chancellor Ed Balls dismissed the claims as “complacent boasts”. Here we capture the key points of the...
Controversial sweetener aspartame has sparked no health concerns in a study reviewed by the Food Standards Agency’s Committee on Toxicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer products and the Environment (COT).
Food and drink manufacturing employers across the UK employing temporary staff have been warned about employing Bulgarian and Romanian workers from unlicensed gangmasters, ahead of immigration rule changes that come into effect in 2014.
Primary meat processors have called for the government to change what they consider to be “outdated regulations from the BSE era”, which apply to sheep but were originally intended to prevent people contracting diseases associated with “mad cows”.
The Countess of Mar in the House of Lords received a written reply from Earl Howe (Department of Health) on November 18 2013 on the question of the scientific evidence upon which government had based its policy to encourage people to eat less saturated...
Britain’s biggest retailer Tesco has delivered “poor” third quarter results – with like-for-like sales down 1.5% – 18 months after launching its £1bn turnaround plan, according to City analyst Shore Capital.
Unite, the UK’s biggest union, has demanded a parliamentary debate into hunger, as the nation’s food banks prepare to feed 60,000 people this Christmas.
