All Rice, pasta & noodles articles
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Analysis & Features
Nice idea: how sustainable rice farming can catch on
New techniques can lower ‘plane crazy’ CO2 emissions from rice
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News
Nice Rice wins inaugural Future of Food award
Rice has the second highest emissions of any food after beef
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News
Tesco scraps plastic from Finest pasta range
The move was announced today and will involve 10 lines in the range, including the likes of spaghetti, fusilli and rigatoni
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Range Preview
Sainsbury’s launches new pan-Asian ready meal range
From beef bibimbap to gochujang chicken, Sainsbury’s is responding to its shoppers’ evolving tastes
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Profiles
My food & drink job: Sarah Gerrard, category & insights manager, White Rabbit Pizza
The free-from expert uses data to ‘bridge the gap between what consumers want, and what they see on the shelf’
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Events & Awards
The Grocer’s New Product & Packaging Awards 2024: Rice, pulses, pasta & noodles
The term ‘ramen’ has overtaken Google searches for ‘stir fry’, which makes this ready-made ramen broth a smart launch
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Events & Awards
The Grocer’s New Product & Packaging Awards 2024: Free-from & plant-based savoury
Zenb spent 18 months creating a confidential technology that uses both the skin and core of a yellow pea and turns it into a noodle with 14g of fibre per 100g
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Category Report
World food hits the street: world cuisine category report 2024
Street food inspired by Malaysian, Filipino and other south east Asian cuisines is gaining popularity as Brits widen their culinary horizons. Who’s cashing in?
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Profiles
Dell’ Ugo CEO Sophia Cooke on musicals, Bangkok and Comic Sans
For National Pasta Day tomorrow, Sophie takes us on her journey from graduate fmcg buyer to watch buyer to fresh pasta brand CEO
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News
Tilda boosts annual rice yields of north Indian farmers by 7%
It worked with 1,270 rice farmers in the region, teaching them sustainable practices
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Category Report
Why pasta is getting posher: pasta & pasta sauces trends 2024
Think pasta is just a cheap staple? Think again. Premium pasta is booming, and fresh filled is now the UK’s top variety. How come?
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News
Heura expands from plant-based meat into new categories
Heura has unveiled its first prototypes of cheese, snacks and pasta leveraging its patent-pending technology
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News
Sriracha brand Thai Dragon launches noodle bowls into Tesco
The innovations are positioned to capitalise on shoppers’ growing appetite for spicy flavours, says Thai Dragon
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Interviews
Pasta Evangelists’ Alessandro Savelli on his ‘romantic and beautiful’ product
Pasta Evangelists has moved from DTC boxes into restaurants. Its CEO discusses building a brand in reverse and his plans for world domination
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News
Beyond Belief Brewing Co unveils beer made from waste pasta
The brewer is an offshoot of pasta supplier and fourth-generation family business Ugo Foods
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News
Schwartz and Pizza Express launch pasta recipe mixes
Each recipe mix is inspired by a popular menu item at Pizza Express
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News
New launches help Itsu grocery revenues surpass £50m for the first time
The supplier launched total of 27 new products in grocery in 2023
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Comment & Opinion
Chefs don’t like Heinz’s carbonara… but shoppers will
Heinz is targeting younger, time-poor shoppers, who have already snapped up the cans DTC
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Profiles
My food & drink job: Maria Bortoluzzi, brand manager, Crosta & Mollica
Maria uses her Italian roots to drive Crosta & Mollica’s brand identity through creative multitasking
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News
Veetee targets university students in £1m HungryHeads push
The newly introduced HungryHeads range is aimed at shoppers with ‘limited cooking skills and an unsatiable appetite’