UK represented for first time at European student food awards by Harper Adams University
The More Than Meat Pies team from the university near Newport went head-to-head with students from across Europe at the event in Cologne, Germany, on Sunday and Monday, during Anuga, the world’s leading fair for the retail trade, food service and catering market. Ecotrophelia Europe is a prestigious European-wide food innovation competition which challenges students […]
Rooftop farms in cities could help ensure future food security
The event – organised by Scotland’s Rural College – is devoted to sustainable intensification, the need to produce more food while minimising the impact on the environment, and urban farming is one possible way of achieving this. In a presentation given by Dr Valentini Pappa, an SRUC researcher currently working with Zurich University of Applied […]
Department of Health promotes potatoes
These highlighted health benefits have resulted in a recommendation on the Department of Health ‘NHS Choices’ website. The site now lists potatoes in their skins as a good source of fibre, alongside wholegrains. In addition, the ‘Change4Life’ website has doubled the number of potato-based recipes by including a range of inspiring and balanced meal ideas, […]
Food testing set to be stepped up
Testing to determine where food comes from (starting with meat and eggs) looks set to be stepped up by major food retailers and processors in the wake of the discovery that a sample of pork labelled as British probably came from the Netherlands. In tests carried out by UK-based Longhand Isotopes on behalf of the […]
M&S demonstrates sustainability credentials with its fresh pork
The fresh pork sold through the retailer is produced by family farming business, Mercer Farming which achieved LEAF Marque certification last month. The LEAF Marque is an assurance system which recognises sustainably farmed products. It is based on LEAF’s Integrated Farm Management (IFM) principles, which use the best of modern technology and traditional methods to […]
The Co-operative in quality drive to boost own brand range
At the same time, the community-based retailer, which operates almost 2,800 local, convenience and medium-sized stores across the UK, is reinforcing its commitment to British farmers by converting a number of key product ranges, including Food to Go, chilled ready meals and pies, to using 100% British meat, poultry and fish, wherever possible*. The overhaul […]
Food industry gets behind Trust The Tractor campaign
Leading bodies from the food industry have been coming together to support Red Tractor in its drive to engage shoppers through the ‘Trust the Tractor’ campaign. Now the pigs, beef & lamb and dairy divisions (BPEX, EBLEX and DairyCo) of the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) are set to continue their joint promotional support […]
How ‘green’ is our food?
The team of scientists compared three types of carbohydrates commonly consumed in Great Britain – British grown potatoes, Italian pasta and Indian basmati rice – in terms of both greenhouse gas emissions (GHGE) and water use impacts. The research looked at the three foodstuffs from the farm up to delivery to the retailer. Basmati rice […]
Protected Food Name status
“The UK has many different regional specialities that we should be proud of, and it’s great to see that more and more producers are applying for Protected Food Name status in order to get these products recognised. “Achieving the status means producers are able to market their product as unique and secure a corner of […]
