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Could a junk food diet cause long-term damage to the brain?

Junk food has been linked to a number of health issues, including obesity, type two diabetes and cardiovascular disease, but could it also cause long-term damage to the brain?

Consumers did not show liking towards faba beans in any of the forms in which they were presented. Image Source: Getty Images/Ulrike Leone

What are consumer attitudes to faba beans?

Faba beans are a useful ingredient across a range of foods, although sensory challenges can harm their uptake. A new study explores consumers’ attitudes to faba beans in different forms.

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Food x Warming World: 9 key themes to watch at the intersection of food and climate

Sustainable and alternative practices are emerging in the food and beverage industry to reduce the impact of climate change.

How can a complex concept like regenerative agriculture be effectively communicated to consumers? GettyImages/Natali_Mis

Nestlé’s top tip for communicating regen ag in dairy? ‘Show, don’t tell’

Setting up regenerative agriculture practices is no mean feat, but communicating the benefits to consumers may be even tougher.

What’s the food and beverage strategy for Novonesis going forward? Image credit: Novonesis

Novonesis F&B chief on post-merger strategy: ‘We’re now reaching 2bn consumers a day’

How will the merger between Chr Hansen and Novozymes impact their now joint food and beverage division?

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How dairy’s nutrient-dense profile can reinforce ‘food as medicine’ and promote holistic health

As the relationship between food and health continues to be explored, studies reveal how the nutrient-dense profile of dairy can support key areas of health.

Mondelēz International under investigation: What is parallel trade?

In 2021, the European Union opened up a formal investigation into Mondelēz International for allegedly restricting parallel trade. What is parallel trade? And how can it harm competition?

According to the report, sugar – in the form of sucrose or honey – was identified in products aimed at children from one to three years of age. GettyImages/Arisara_Tongdonnoi

Nestlé accused of adding sugar to baby food in lower income countries

Sugar is added to some of Nestlé’s baby food products sold in poorer countries, but not in its main European markets, claims a new report.

Should vanilla production be stopped?

Vanilla is one of the most common flavours for sweet treats around the world. But is the farming of this much-loved spice sustainable? And, if not, should we be consuming it at all?

To date, two companies have submitted novel food applications to the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) for precision fermentation-derived dairy proteins. GettyImages/seamartini

Animal-free dairy seeks EFSA approval: What we know so far

Precision fermentation-derived dairy players have started submitting novel food applications for pre-market approval in the EU.

Raslysation can perform the same function as pasteurisation, without heat. Image Source: Getty Images/Jonathan Knowles

Heatless technique does the same job as pasteurisation, but keeps key protein intact

Pasteurisation has always used significant amounts of heat. A new technology, however, can fulfil the same function without this heat, thus keeping a key protein intact.

‘Unbelievably cynical’: Will there be no exit scheme for Irish dairy?

Ireland has seemingly scrapped proposals to compensate dairy farmers who leave their trade, the ag minister stating there were ‘other options’ to reduce the country's agricultural emissions.

Ivorian growers are allegedly migrating to the fertile lands of neighbouring Liberia, the report claimed. Pic: Mighty Earth

Report finds EU cocoa beans from Cote d’Ivoire farmed from deforested land in neighboring Liberia

An investigation by Initiatives for Community Development and Forest Conservation (IDEF) has revealed that some cocoa beans exported from Cote d'Ivoire to the EU originate from deforested land in neighboring Liberia.