FDA considers new natural food color petitions as synthetic dye phaseout looms
Petitions seek approval for safflower yellow, expanded uses for gardenia blue and changes to carrot oil production as food makers move away from synthetic dyes
Archives for August 19, 2026
One dead in UK-wide salmonella outbreak linked to imported eggs
One person has died and hundreds have fallen ill after an outbreak of salmonella affected all four corners of the UK.
Overturning 7 industry assumptions about the GLP-1 consumer
The newest evidence challenges some of the food industry’s most comfortable conclusions about GLP-1 consumers
Can culturally rooted snacks survive industrial scale?
As regional flavours go global, manufacturers risk engineering away the very character that made them valuable
Britain can’t afford to lose control of its wheat
To secure future harvests, the UK must rethink who owns, develops and deploys the genetics behind its most important crop, writes Dr Ross Hendron, co-founder and CEO of Wild Bioscience.