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Are protein bars and powders damaging to gut health?

High-protein products and gut health represent two of the biggest food trends of the last decade, but is one bad for the other?

The advertising landscape is changing. Image Source: Getty Images/Andrew Bret Wallis

How are food companies responding to changes in advertising?

From data to legislation, advertising is changing. This provides challenges for food companies but, with their abundance of first-hand consumer data, opportunities as well.

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From farm to fork: 10 start-ups disrupting the market and transforming the food system

Innovating the food system is essential to uncover improved means of production to offer manufacturers healthier, more sustainable products. Who is leading the way?

Which ingredients are being put under the microscope to test their potential in plant-based dairy? GettyImages/Janine Lamontagne

From peas to pintos: The new ingredients being tested in plant-based dairy

Researchers are looking beyond soy and oat for plant-based dairy innovation. Which ingredients are being put under the microscope?

Wanda Fish has announced the development of a cultivated bluefin tuna toro sashimi prototype it hopes will achieve cost parity with its conventional counterpart sooner rather than later. Image credit: Noam Preisman

How 'buttery' cultivated bluefin tuna is made, and served raw

Wanda Fish has succeeded where most have failed; the start-up has grown ‘very challenging’ bluefin tuna cell lines for cultivated fish production.

Private label chocolate has seen some success, but not as much as many other private label categories. Image Source: Getty Images/Lottie Davies

Why isn’t private label chocolate appealing to consumers?

Despite the cost-of-living squeeze, private label versions of chocolate are not flying of the shelves. Why aren’t consumers keen on the private label option?

Consumer trust in the food industry is declining, why? GettyImages/Drazen Zigic

Trust in food industry declining

As consumers become increasingly engaged in understanding the contents of the foods they’re consuming, it appears that trust in the food industry is plummeting. But can that trust be restored?

The end to forever chemicals in snack packaging?

As the US prohibits PFAS chemicals in new food products’ grease-proofing packaging materials and Europe identifies a gap in testing data, calls louden for a total ban on the harmful substances.

The next dairy 'superfood' could be... fortified buffalo yogurt

A nutritional powerhouse that packs more protein and less cholesterol than cow's milk yogurt, buffalo yogurt is ripe for functional innovation, a study suggests.