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EUROPE – European parliament has faced backlash for voting against including plant-based milk in the bloc’s Farm to School Scheme that supports the distribution of milk, fruit & vegetables to millions of children, from nursery to secondary school, across the EU. The move has been reported to be a significant blow to the dairy industry stakeholders who have been accused…
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GLOBAL – The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United nations (FAO) have settled for “Cell-based food” as the term to describe meat that has been produced in the lab. Defending their preferred name, the two organizations noted that cell-based food was “less confusing, conveniently overarching and generally well-accepted by consumers”, and accurately reflects…
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GLOBAL – Gen Z and younger Millennials are ‘breaking the norm’ when it comes to sweetener preferences among different generations, a new study by taste and nutrition company Kerry has revealed. According to the study, younger consumers are placing greater importance on sugar in food and drinks, with 36% of these consumers skeptical of ingredients used to replace sugar in…
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KENYA – Unscrupulous sugar business in Kenya has picked pace amid high surging prices for the commodity due to an ongoing shortage that has pushed retail prices threefold compared to January, for a two-kilogram packet. A few days after the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) got hold of a condemned consignment of 20,000 bags of sugar that was released back…
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