All articles by Joanna Blythman – Page 5
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Comment & OpinionM&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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Comment & OpinionSo 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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Comment & OpinionThe 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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Comment & OpinionArtisan 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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Comment & OpinionThe 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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Comment & OpinionMore 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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Comment & OpinionThe 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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Comment & OpinionMeat 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…
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Comment & OpinionBritish food standards are at risk
The contrast between American and British food really hit me in a supermarket in Barbados
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Comment & OpinionGo to work on your own egg
After fipronil, the FSA assures us there’s no need to change the way we buy eggs or egg products. I beg to differ
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Comment & OpinionChilled bread isn't cool
What twisted mind came up with the idea of chilling bread?…
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Comment & OpinionSainsbury's Fairtrade fiasco
Sainsbury’s intention to ditch Fairtrade for its own weak and woolly Fairly Traded equivalent has provoked an outcry
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Comment & OpinionEdible insects are just one more hard to swallow 'miracle'
I have developed deep scepticism for the daily scientific miracle
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Comment & OpinionIs plant-based always best?
‘Plant-based is best’ is a commonly held view among those choosing a healthy diet, but Joanna Blythman is not convinced
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Comment & OpinionOur food environment needs protecting from the dead zone
New concerns about factory farming have been flagged up by Philip Lymbery’s book Dead Zone: Where the Wild Things Were
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Comment & OpinionScotland's farmed salmon industry stinks
Scotland’s salmon farming industry is being eaten away by sea lice, which stalk large concentrations of farmed fish
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Comment & OpinionThe FSA's acrylamide campaign is a shambles
The campaign is the last straw for citizens who have diligently tried to follow government food advice
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Comment & OpinionIt's time to abandon palm oil
Wise food manufacturers who strive for ‘clean label’ must start reformulating their products to eliminate palm oil
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Comment & OpinionThe myth of 'eat less/move more'
Portion control is based on an erroneous idea that reducing pack sizes will lead to smaller waistlines