All articles by Joanna Blythman – Page 6
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Analysis & FeaturesHow Fairtrade investment is bearing fruit in Ghana
The world’s first Fairtrade banana plantation in Ghana is a flourishing example to other certification schemes
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Comment & OpinionFood banks should be able to offer fresh food
Poor people need money and daily access to affordable fresh food, not another sugary tea and packet of custard creams
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Comment & OpinionAcrylamide: why the UK must take urgent regulatory action
One obvious way to reduce cancer rates would be to limit our exposure to acrylamide
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Comment & OpinionDunsyre Blue cheese case: Who polices the food police?
Artisans throughout the UK are following with horror the unfolding case of Dunsyre Blue
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Comment & OpinionVitamin D advice needs back-up from Eatwell
For years I have taken 25mcg of vitamin D3 daily in autumn and winter, defying adamant medics
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Comment & OpinionThey eat meat in the Med! The mythology of 'foreign' diets
Dieticians seem terribly confused about foreign eating habits, says Joanna Blythman
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Comment & OpinionArtificial sweeteners are the elephant in the room
Sales of artificially sweetened beverages are bound to benefit directly from the forthcoming tax on sugary drinks
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Comment & OpinionToo posh to peel? M&S has a packaging problem
Even judged by M&S’ own luxuriously indolent standards, its new plastic pack of pre-cut avocado takes the breath away
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Comment & OpinionDairy advice from government is a public health menace
Our government’s failure to promote dairy is a menace to public health
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Comment & OpinionLessons from Brazil's crusade against processed food
I’m not recommending another bikini body diet, but the latest Brazilian Ministry of Health’s dietary guidelines
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Comment & OpinionThe anti-meat campaign is flawed, generic and ideological
“We must all eat less meat”, articulated with sanctimonious evangelism, has become a familiar chant
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NewsProtected food names are being rendered meaningless
My enthusiasm for the European protected food names schemes has been waning for years
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Comment & OpinionA sugar tax? How regressive!
The case against sugar is strong, but a new tax is unlikely to achieve lasting change, says Joanna Blythman
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NewsRapeseed oil is an upstart that needs slapping down
Rapeseed oil is all the rage right now, but Joanna Blythman is unimpressed
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Comment & OpinionCutesy food for fussy little eaters is nonsense
”On Woman’s Hour recently I locked horns with Annabel Karmel, infant food guru”
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Comment & OpinionFree parking: an unfair advantage for the supermarkets
Disillusionment with UK supermarkets grows apace, but free parking still gives them one crucial, unfair advantage
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Comment & OpinionJoanna Blythman: Fatuous UK healthy eating advice is being challenged by US
Last century’s food demons – fat, cholesterol and salt – are being rehabilitated
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Comment & OpinionProcessed food's effects on gut worry Joanna Blythman
A whole new reason to avoid processed food is being flagged up by Tim Spector, professor of genetic epidemiology…
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Comment & OpinionDoes Swallow This herald another annus horribilis for food?
Joanna Blythman’s book has received an awful lot of press, but what are the consequences for the industry?
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Comment & OpinionJoanna Blythman blasts supermarkets for poverty hypocrisy
How dare supermarkets masquerade as the saviours of those in poverty…