Risk assessment: Essential ingredient for greater food safety

BfR organizes international symposium in Costa Rica

21-Nov-2024 - Pineapples from Costa Rica or fruit juices from Brazil - Latin America and the Caribbean are among the most important import countries for the European Union. International cooperation is needed to strengthen food safety and consumer health protection in both regions. The third Latin American and ...

Can AI improve plant-based meats?

19-Nov-2024 - Cutting back on animal protein in our diets can save on resources and greenhouse gas emissions. But convincingmeat-loving consumers to switch up their menu is a challenge. Looking at this problem from a mechanical engineering angle, Stanford engineers are pioneering a new approach ...

Most surveyed grocery shoppers report noticing shrinkflation

Fewer consumers check key indicators like unit price and weight compared to total cost

15-Nov-2024 - Over three-quarters of surveyed consumers say they have noticed shrinkflation at the grocery store in the previous 30 days, according to theOctober 2024ConsumerFoodInsights Report(CFI). The survey-based report out of Purdue University’sCenter forFoodDemand Analysis and ...

Bolzano becomes an international center for food fermentation research

14-Nov-2024 - Research into the intestinal macrobiota, the recycling of waste materials and the development of functional and sustainable foods: these are the key research areas of the new ICOFF - International Centre for Food Fermentations at unibz, which was recently opened in the NOI Techpark. It is a ...

Why health and price, not sustainability, drive US meat consumption choices

Health and taste were rated as the most important considerations when purchasing meat overall

12-Nov-2024 - Environmental sustainability isn’t a major factor influencingmeatconsumption decisions for most Americans, despite increasing awareness of the climate impacts of redmeatproduction, according to Rutgers researchers. Thestudy, published inAppetite, examinedmeatand seafood consumption ...

Expanding consumer choices: Foodservice and retail merge as boundaries blur in a transforming market

European consumers spend €888 billion on food and beverages over the past year

12-Nov-2024 - Circana, a leading advisor on the complexity of consumer behaviour, reports key shifts in the foodservice industry, revealing that traditional boundaries between foodservice and retail are becoming increasingly blurred. The research, based on Circana’s comprehensive CREST data, reveals that ...

Prime members can buy groceries from Knuspr on Amazon.de from today

07-Nov-2024 - As a first step, Prime members in and around Berlin will benefit from the new online supermarket on Amazon.de and delivery within three hours - the Rhine-Main area and the greater Munich area will follow in the coming months. As of today, Prime members can do their grocery shopping with Knuspr on ...

Moderate Meat Cuts: Big Potential for Climate and Forest Protection

Eliminating fraction of current beef production could remove three years’ worth of global fossil fuel emissions

06-Nov-2024 - Scientists and environmental activists have consistently called fordrastic reductionsinmeatproduction as a way to reduce emissions and, in doing so, combat climate change. However, a new analysis concludes that a smaller reduction, borne by wealthier nations, could remove 125 billion tons of ...

Study: High food prices are a burden for the majority of Germans

Almost one in three people have less money per month than a year ago

06-Nov-2024 - High inflation posed major challenges for households in Germany last year. This applies in particular to food price increases. 52% of Germans felt the greatest burden as a result. This was followed by electricity (35%) and heating (32%). Households with a net income of less than 2,000 euros per ...

How Food Producers Trick Us — and Our Kids — Into Eating Sugar

As American sugar consumption remains high, new information shows junk food companies have been targeting Black children

05-Nov-2024 - The link between Americans’ high sugar consumption and obesity, which can lead to chronic diseases like diabetes and heart disease, is well-known. Equally as familiar: Black people are disproportionately more likely to develop obesity than whites. Now, research points to an overlooked connection ...