News on Food Trends from United Kingdom

Britons would sooner give up eating healthily than lose their broadband connection, new research has shown.A survey conducted by British Telecom found that broadband topped the list of things people would refuse to give up even as they found their budg...

The UK’s leading supplier of potatoes has become the first food producer in the country to receive the Carbon Trust Standard. Branston Ltd., which supplies over 400,000 tonnes of fresh potatoes every year, was awarded the accolade in recognition of its...

Six leading high street restaurant chains – Burger King, KFC, McDonald's, Nando's, Subway and Wimpy – have today announced a commitment to make changes in their restaurants, which support Agency activity to help people eat more healthily outside the ...

Researchers at the University of Bath and the food &drinks research centre at Campden BRI are leading a project to create a new high speed environmentally-friendly packaging process that will use recycled materials and reduce the amount of plastic...

In 2007, McCain launched major investments in renewable energy at one of its manufacturing plants, resulting in a reduction of 7,500 tonnes of carbon dioxide in six months. The company is continuing to explore further opportunities for eco-innovation a...

Hospitals in Wales must empty their vending machines of crisps, sweets and fizzy drinks today. The ban will see junk food make way for healthier options, such as fruit and sugar-free drinks. Machines will instead have to contain food that is healthy,...

Potato Council is encouraging school caterers to serve up a delicious and nutritious portion of potatoes every day, while urging suppliers to spread the message that potatoes can be used to help maintain compliant menus and increase their use across ...

McCain Foods Ltd., the multinational food processing company based in Florenceville, N.B., tapped into a new energy source this spring, when it began construction of a new biogas digester for its Whittlesey french fry factory in Britain. "There'...

A 35-year-old man choked to death while eating crisps in a van on the A12 in Essex, an inquest has heard.Iain Ward, of Ilford, a map reader for a Chinese food wholesaler, was a passenger in the delivery van when the incident happened at Marks Tey, Esse...

Wm Morrison Supermarkets plc has recalled its own brand Frozen Family Favourites Potato Croquettes due to potential contamination with pieces of soft blue plastic. Wm Morrison Supermarkets plc has removed the affected products from sale. Product recal...

Bio Driven, an innovative UK company dedicated to the production of high quality, compliant biodiesel, has launched a series of new facilities and strategies to provide sustainable solutions for the food industry. It has been calculated that 225,000 ...

Branston Ltd, the UK’s largest supplier of potatoes, is now fully ISO 14001 accredited.The company, which has a handling capacity in excess of 400,000 tonnes a year, secured the standard at its South West operation earlier this month, which means all o...

Riding high on the wave of increased awareness generated by the ‘Love Potatoes’ summer marketing campaign, Potato Council is setting its sights on increasing potato-based meals eaten in the home even further this autumn.The new season of activity will ...

The British Food Standard Agency published a Food Surveillance Information Sheet on process contaminants in retail products in 2007This Food Surveillance Information Sheet (FSIS) contains the results from the first year of a three-year rolling program...

Health has led to wealth for UK-based JLM Global Foods Ltd.After wowing health-conscious exhibitors at a trade event in Germany, the low-fat snack manufacturer’s potato crisps are now being sold across Belgium under a private label.The products contain...

CASH-strapped consumers face yet more soaring food prices because of plans by Brussels to ban commonly-used pesticides. Farmers' leaders in Scotland predict rises of up to 50% on some staple items such as cereals, potatoes and fruit at a time when foo...

Tesco has cut the prices of organic produce since demand has been slowing as a result of the credit crunch. In the last twelve weeks demand for organic fruit fell by 18 %, for organic salad by 3 % and for vegetables by 1 %. Demand for organic produce a...

The UK advertising watchdog (ASA) investigated the McCain Foods (GB) "Eat your greens"campaign for McCain Rustic Oven Fries and found the campaign was "not irresponsible or misleading". The campaign features the slogan "Eat yo...