月度归档： 2026 年 5 月

What do apples, TikTok and waste have in common?According to researchers at Cornell University, they could help you eat less meat. In a study published in the Journal of Food Science and Nutrition, they have proposed a way to repurpose the waste left by the apple industry into a meatball enhancer that lowers beef content and keeps social media’s fibremaxxers happy.

While many companies are leaning into the demand for flexitarian options by blending meat with plants in the same product, Oscar Mayer is taking a novel packaging approach.

The startup aims to spotlight food waste with a solution that can save months of prep for foodservice kitchens, and tons of produce, water and GHG emissions.

Taking a leaf out of the organic food playbook, California is stepping up its fight against ultra-processed foods (UPFs).

Nearly a year after they first unveiled a nuanced way of defining ultra-processed foods (UPFs), scientists at US firm Wisecode have finally unveiled two tools to help consumers and businesses navigate this category.

In the MAHA era, health truly does trump all.Americans’ food habits are changing rapidly, with outrage shifting from seed oils to ultra-processed foods (UPFs) and fibre gaining prominence amid protein’s continued dominance.

You know ultra-processed foods (UPFs) have breached the mainstream when they’re the subject of an $8M Super Bowl commercial starring boxing legend Mike Tyson.

The debate over ultra-processed foods (UPFs) doesn’t just reflect renewed concern about unhealthy diets. For beneath the familiar ‘junk food’ critique of excess salt, fat and sugar lies a different form of unease. It’s a concern grounded in fears about the harmful effect of processing itself; the additives, preservatives, and unpronounceable ingredients that we view, consciously or otherwise, as ‘foreign’ contaminants with the power to adulterate our bodies, much in the same way as would an invading pathogen. 

Leipzig-based firm Primogene has secured fresh funding to bring its nature-identical enzymatic biomolecules to market for the nutrition and wellness sectors.