British Reporter — A study led by researchers from the University of Oxford found that, overall, the average salt content of food products sold at supermarkets showed no change between 2015 and 2020. The results have been published in PLOS Medicine.
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British Reporter — A study estimating the environmental impact of 57,000 food products in the UK and Ireland has been published by an Oxford-led research team in the journal PNAS.
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British Reporter — UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) adds £14 million funding into research that puts improved health outcomes for people and the natural environment at its core. The funding, which has been awarded to 11 research projects, is the latest investment made
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British Reporter — An average of 9 promotional claims can be found on the packaging of individual UK baby foods, finds research based on a selection of products and published online in the Archives of Disease in Childhood.
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British Reporter — Oxford University research has revealed that, in countries such as the US, the UK, Australia and across Western Europe, adopting a vegan, vegetarian, or flexitarian diet could slash your food bill by up to one-third.
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British Reporter — People in our social networks influence the food we eat — both healthy and unhealthy — according to a large study of hospital employees. The foods people buy at a workplace cafeteria may not always be chosen to satisfy an
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British Reporter — Global food commodity prices rose in March, marking their tenth consecutive monthly increase, with quotations for vegetable oils and dairy products leading the rise, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) reported.
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The FINANCIAL -- Researchers at the University of York have created a new modified wheat variety that increases grain production by up to 12 per cent. Wheat is one of the most important food crops in the world, providing 20 per cent of
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The FINANCIAL — The latest grocery market share figures from Kantar show take-home sales rose by 9.3% during the 12 weeks to 1 November 2020. Despite a variety of restrictions coming into force across the country, there was no significant spike in demand
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The FINANCIAL — Billions worldwide worry that they will be seriously harmed by consuming unsafe food and water, and nearly as many expect it to happen to them in the next two years, according to the new Lloyd’s Register Foundation World Risk Poll.
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