Opinion
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Comment & OpinionHas high protein ‘jumped the shark’ with Lidl’s new meat range?
Is it the latest sign we have reached peak protein? Or is there a genuine case for Lidl’s ‘high-protein meat range’?
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Comment & OpinionBritain’s diet is at a tipping point but changing diets means changing the system too
The UK is falling well short of the Planetary Health Diet’s targets. Retailers, not shoppers, hold the keys to fixing it, says Richard Bourns, chief commercial officer at Lidl GB
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Comment & OpinionThe plant-based aisle was answering the wrong question
Supermarkets should stop separating protein by dietary identity and start merchandising it around how people actually cook, argues Elin Roberts, co-founder & CEO at Better Nature
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Comment & OpinionWater shortages cannot be allowed to threaten UK food security
Alarm bells have been ringing across the food industry after chicken giant 2 Sisters closed one of its factories due to food safety and animal welfare concerns
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Comment & OpinionThe protein boom isn’t over – it’s evolving
Protein is still important but consumers are waking up to the risks of products that focus too narrowly on one nutrient, says Dr Ando Ahnan-Winarno, co-founder and COO at Better Nature
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Comment & OpinionCould the meat industry be about to have its ‘tobacco moment’?
The campaign against eating meat is building and the industry needs to listen, says Mike Coppen-Gardner, founder and chief executive at WeAreSPQR
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Comment & OpinionWhy supermarkets need a plant-based protein target
The government has a chance to transform how supermarkets sell food – it should take it, says Mark Cuddigan, CEO of This
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Comment & OpinionYour Voice: surplus food, Gen Z drinkers and vegan principles
The government’s ambition to triple food redistribution over the next 10 years is very welcome, but the next phase must be practical
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Comment & OpinionPeta’s duellists play up veganism’s bedroom benefits
Peta’s latest pro-vegan campaign is targeted squarely at men – specifically the sort of man who equates meat-eating with masculinity
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Comment & OpinionIf Flora really is up for sale, who’s going to buy it?
KKR has reportedly put Flora Food Group up for sale, just eight years after it won a hotly contested auction to buy the spreads group from Unilever
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Comment & OpinionWe’ve been having the wrong argument about meat
The nutrional and environmental conversation around meat often sits without wider context, says Wallace Currie, member of UK Youth Food and Farming Forum
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Comment & OpinionWhy the debate over the future of the food system is going nowhere fast
The food system doesn’t stand a chance when different groups won’t acknowledge what the other knows, says Anthony Warner, development chef at New Food Innovation
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Comment & OpinionFamous farmers, plant-based wins and food waste challenges
One of the most successful rebrands in recent years has been the almost unanimous industry move from ’vegan’ to ’plant-based
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Comment & OpinionWe should all have beef with the EU plant-based labelling decision
We have all been deemed too daft to differentiate between a plant-based ‘steak’ or ‘drumstick’ and one that was cut from the carcass of a cow or chicken, says Karen Spinner, sales & marketing manager at The Vegan Trademark
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Comment & OpinionOatly ruling exposes a bigger challenge for plant-based brands
The challenge now is that although plant-based is no longer bought purely as a dairy substitute, much of the category is still marketed through dairy language and cues, says Steve Wildish, founder of Wildish & Co
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Comment & OpinionThe Tasters: food-related war film offers dramatic dining at Hitler’s table
The film follows a young woman who is forced to taste meals for the paranoid Führer
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Comment & OpinionPlant-based labelling controversy is a ‘smokescreen’
The food policy landscape is shaped by well-resourced lobbies intent on keeping the focus away from plant-based diets, says Claire Ogley, head of campaigns, policy and research at The Vegan Society
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Comment & OpinionFood strategy is a policy opportunity we can’t afford to miss
This cannot be another strategy that sits on a shelf, or simply says the right things but has no teeth for delivery, says Andrew Stark, senior research and policy manager at Eating Better
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Comment & OpinionEvery retailer should care about protein diversification
Protein diversification is not a niche sustainability metric; it is quickly becoming a core indicator of retail climate credibility and strategic leadership, says Joanna Trewern, director of partnerships at ProVeg International
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Comment & OpinionIs UHT finally shrugging off its ‘poor man’s milk’ image?
UK consumers are waking up to the host of benefits UHT offers and realising it doesn’t have to mean a compromise on taste, says Niko Vuorenmaa, CEO at Oddlygood Group