Food Waste

Soup-To-Nuts Podcast: Unilever calls on industry to collaboratively rebalance the food system

14-Aug-2023 By Elizabeth Crawford

With roughly 2 billion people overweight, nearly a billion people suffering from hunger and a third of all food produced lost or waste – the current food system is “too unbalanced, too wasteful and too vulnerable,” according to Unilever, which is why...

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Extending the shelf-life of berries with CBD

19-May-2023 By Bethan Grylls

A team of researchers in Thailand have developed a CBD-based coating which has shown promise in delaying rot in strawberries to keep them fresher for longer.

Solnul potato prebiotic gains ‘upcycling’ certification

11-May-2022 By Hank Schultz

MSP Starch Products Inc., makers of the branded ingredient Solnul Resistant Potato Starch, said the offering has been certified by the Upcycled Foods Association (UFA).

“From farm to capsule”: UK innovator repurposes surplus veg into nutraceutical powders

03-Feb-2021 By Lynda Searby

An innovative SME in the UK is developing protein-rich powders from surplus fruit and vegetables, in a bid to bring provenance to the supplements market whilst providing a food waste solution.

US ranks near the bottom globally for nutrition, sustainability & food waste

08-Feb-2017 By Elizabeth Crawford

Perhaps not surprising, but disappointing nonetheless to environmental, health and nutrition advocates is new research that ranks the US dead last, or very near the bottom, out of 25 countries on a long list of food sustainability indicators, including...