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Israeli start-up NewMoo is expressing dairy proteins in soy plants. Image credit: NewMoo

Multiple milk proteins grown in a single plant? NewMoo makes liquid casein for animal-free cheese

Another newcomer is joining the molecular farming ranks, but this one is producing multiple dairy proteins – in the form of liquid casein – from a single plant.

The study aimed to develop chocolate using most of the cocoa pod. Image Source: Getty Images/TinaFields

Can the whole cocoa pod be utilised when making chocolate?

By developing a chocolate bar using not only the cocoa bean but the pulp and endocarp as well, a new study aims to create a more sustainable form of chocolate.

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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?

Eco-friendly food colouring: How one company is cutting carbon

The food industry is coming under increasing pressure to reduce its carbon footprint and find more sustainable ways to operate. Food colouring manufacturer Exberry tells us how it's cutting carbon intensity, and improving water efficiency, for greener...

In France, food agency ANSES is proposing a Nutri-Score-like system classifying standards from the highest (A) to the lowest (E). GettyImages/RapidEye

Nutri-Score for animal welfare? Food agency proposes A-E labelling

A five-level classification labelling system for animal welfare is being proposed in France.

Sun Bear Biofuture is developing an alternative to palm oil through fermentation. Image source: Getty Images/Jonathan Knowles

Sustainable alternative to palm oil developed through fermentation

With palm oil’s links to deforestation under increasing scrutiny, a new start-up is developing an alternative through fermentation - using side streams as feedstock.

Amid soaring prices, deforestation regulations, and unsustainable practices, chocolate makers may well be tempted to give cocoa alternatives a try. GettyImages/grdenis

Six start-ups rethinking cocoa for alt choc innovation

Amid soaring prices and deforestation regulations, chocolate manufacturers may well be tempted to turn their back on cocoa. What alternatives are on offer?

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?

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?

New food waste targets are getting more ambitious, but is the proposed Waste Framework Directive going far enough? GettyImages/Kvach Hanna

Is the EU going far enough to tackle food waste?

Food waste reduction targets, from factory to fork, are under discussion in the EU. Are they ambitious enough?

Californian almond prices are at an 'all-time low', with supply exceeding demand. GettyImages/4kodiak

Almond growers buck the trend: Good news for food and beverage manufacturers

With reported ingredient shortages and price rises across the food and beverage industry, it appears the almond industry is bucking the trend, with prices at an 'all-time-low' with supply exceeding demand.

How do consumers understand 'gut health'? Image Source: Getty Images/RealPeopleGroup

How do consumers perceive ‘gut health’ products?

Products targeting ‘gut health’ have a range of benefits, yet these are not always clear in marketing. How do consumers understand gut health, and is this understanding congruent with reality?

A world first: How Albert Heijn shares climate footprints to the ingredient level

The Dutch supermarket retailer has become the world’s first to share its products’ climate footprints – to the ingredient level – with consumers. Here’s how.

Tech is helping transform bakery and snack businesses. Pic: GettyImages

What advances is AI making in bakery and snacks?

Hint: The evolution of artificial intelligence (AI) is less to do with glossy marketing campaigns and packaging visuals and more about uncovering the mystery of algorithms and getting a better handle on supply chain data.

HUL hopes that recent deflation in milk prices as well as its own investments into its nutrition brands will help to boost its reach in India. ©Horlicks India

‘Building consumption’: Unilever India banks on milk deflation, accessibility investments to boost nutrition brands reach

Hindustan Unilever India (HUL) hopes that recent deflation in milk prices as well as investments to make its nutrition brands such as Horlicks and Boost more accessible will aid its financial performance.