Joanna Blythman
Joanna Blythman is a food journalist and author of Bad Food Britain.
Comment & OpinionCountry of origin branding is a waste of time – local food is worth more
Chauvinistic bragging about an entire country’s food output misses the point of historic, authentic local food and drink, says Joanna Blythman
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Antibiotic use in fruit juice sector is futile and damaging
Florida orange growers are using antibiotics to fight citrus greening, says Joanna Blythman
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TfL's eggs and bacon ad ban is potentially damaging folly
Its censorship is an example of the confusion, and consequent health damage, that nutrient profiling causes, says Joanna Blythman
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The 'Eat them to defeat them' ad teaches children vegetables are a menace
We should challenge the idea that kids don’t like vegetables, says Joanna Blythman
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Why we should resist the vegan putsch
Vegans, about 1% of the population when I last checked, are currently trying to shape the public discourse on food
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Why we should resist the diet diktats of the nanny state
Centenarian Arthur Grisbrook’s diet is a two-fingered salute to the dietetic establishment, says Joanna Blythman
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Vegans hyped up the 'meat tax' – what happened to critical thinking?
Coverage of the proposed ‘meat tax’ has hit a new low of intellectual dishonesty, says Joanna Blythman
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Ingredients labelling is in urgent need of review
Our food labelling regulations have been an accident waiting to happen, says Joanna Blythman
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Tom Watson's weight loss proves official healthy diet advice is useless
The deputy Labour leader’s success with the Pioppi diet shows the government’s Eatwell plate has come to the end of the road, says Joanna Blythman
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High streets of the future don't have space for 'Big Retail'
Specialist food shops in a cluster can enrich the town centre food shopping experience, says Joanna Blythman
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Food safety: how can small companies defend themselves?
Errington Cheese has faced a ‘guilty until proven innocent’ approach, says Joanna Blythman
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Cheap junk food will only worsen the health woes of Britain's poorest
You can’t solve poverty with bad food, says Joanna Blythman
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M&S and Waitrose need to get over their addiction to plastic packaging
The upmarket retailers are addicted to fussy, unnecessary packaging - and consumers have had enough, says Joanna Blythman
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So adieu then, 'bifteck végétarien'
The French are as pernickety about abuses of their language as they are passionately defensive of their food traditions
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The tiny particles that could pose big risks
The pearly white colouring, titanium dioxide E171, has been classified as “possibly carcinogenic to humans”
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Artisan brands: beware of the supermarket spy!
Independents won’t like the news that Waitrose has signed up several British artisan suppliers
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The UK is a processed food nation
Britons have the worst diet in Europe’, the headlines howl. Over half the food we eat is ‘ultra-processed’
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More Change4Life junk
Could there can be a sadder case of terminally atrophied eating advice than Change4Life’s children’s snacks campaign?
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The true cost of 'cheap' food: a commanding statistic
Reports about food grab the headlines each week, some predictable, some spurious, some dubious
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Meat movie myths need to be skewered
I might have to donate for a crowdfunded documentary to challenge the attacks on animal foods made in US propaganda…
