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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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NewsWild Thingz unveils first non-organic sweets to hit lower price point
The organic range will remain available on Ocado
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NewsRude Health expands into Asda with chilled nut milk range
The Oddlygood Group-owned brands’ Chilled Oat with Calcium and Chilled Almond with Calcium drinks will roll into Asda this week
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Feature SynopsisFocus On Plant-Based Meat Alternatives: 22 August
Sales of plant-based meat alternatives are sluggish as shoppers’ concerns over UPFs sharpen
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NewsThe Coconut Collab launches non-UPF Coconut Cream
The brand said unlike other coconut milks and creams on the market, The Coconut Collab Coconut Cream included no added emulsifiers, preservatives or stabilisers
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NewsFramptons bounces back into black with £1.1m pre-tax profit
Framptons attributed the turnaround to a year of ‘delivery and stabilisation’, achieved in the wake of restructuring efforts implemented by its parent company Swedish investment fund Profura
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NewsHain Celestial closes in on sale of UK’s Hain Daniels as trio of bidders circle
The sale of the struggling US group’s international business includes UK-based Hain Daniels and household brands such as Ella’s Kitchen, New Covent Garden Soup and Sun-Pat
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NewsMcCain-owned Strong Roots appoints new managing director
Emma Curtis has been taken up the post at the McCain-owned operation, succeeding Charlotte Turton
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NewsBiomel expands Love Your Gut range with plant-based protein drinks
Available in Chocolate, Vanilla and Matcha variants, the new Biomel Protein Drinks will launch into Whole Foods Market on 1 July
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NewsOat Cult raises £220k for live culture-packed overnight oats
Probiotic breakfast brand Oat Cult has raised £220k to scale its online business
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NewsGrubby partners with Zoe on plant-based, fibre-rich recipes
The recipes have each been reviewed and approved by Zoe’s head nutritionist Dr Federica Amati
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NewsUK supermarkets ‘stocking but not selling’ plant-based, warns report
While supermarkets have largely succeeded in getting plant-based products on to shelves, in-store activation and navigation lags behind
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Category ReportShoppers embrace new formats and flavours in cheese
An explosion of flavour and format innovations can currently be found not in the confectionery aisle but in the cheese fixture
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NewsPlant-based protein key to supermarket emission reduction, report claims
Even a relatively modest rebalancing towards stocking more plant-based foods could help supermarkets better achieve emission reduction targets, said Madre Brava
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News£320m investment in alt-protein at risk from ‘hostile’ EU takeover, MPs warned
The Alternative Proteins Association warns that the UK is risking its ‘progressive’ policies on developing lab-grown meat being taken over by an EU framework that is ‘slower, more politically contested, and increasingly hostile to the technologies’
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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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Range PreviewCo-op launches Premium Small Plates range
Co-op is launching 25 new small plates to its premium Irresistible range built around Mediterranean flavours and easy sharing
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NewsLosses rack up at This but progress made in 2025
Revenues at This, which was named the fastest-growing brand in fmcg in 2023, declined by 3.8% to £17.6m in 2025, newly filed accounts revealed this week