Food price inflation in Europe is a serious worry for many consumers staring down the barrel of higher prices at the checkout. What impact is this going to have on F&B innovation and consumer demand in 2023?
As new research demonstrates the widespread nature of micronutrient deficiencies in pre-school children and women globally, nutrition experts warn the surging cost of living could mean things are about to get worse.
Grain prices have spiked nearly 20% as European crop production has faltered in the face of this year’s extreme weather. What will this mean for consumers at the checkout?
Agri-food commodity prices have dipped, raising hopes that the input inflation spiral seen in 2022 was indeed transitory. However, analysts at Jeffries warn, it is too early to ‘break out the champagne’.
CSM Ingredients has unveiled a 'novel' approach to sustainability in its ‘Thrive for Impact’ plan. The overall aim is to be what CEO Aldo Uva describes as ‘net positive’. But what does this mean? We caught up with the chief executive to ask...
Scaling back livestock production? Tougher regulation of commodity trading? Pushing back green legislation? FoodNavigator looks at what can be done to limit the impact of this latest food price crisis.
Fresh warnings that conflict in Ukraine represents a threat to global food security land as European markets brace for spiking food prices and Unilever shares details on its response.
The COVID-19 global pandemic had a drastic and sudden impact on how people shop and eat. As we move to a new normal where – the hope is – we are able to shift gears and learn to ‘live with COVID’, how will people’s attitudes to food continue to evolve?
With Christmas approaching, the UK is hearing a lot about expected shortages in supermarkets and food price inflation. But these concerns haven’t dented shopper optimism - in the short-term at least.
When Tunisian street vegetable vendor Mohamed Bouazizi chose to end his life in fiery suicide, no one could have foreseen the firestorm his death would unleash across the Arab world. But, two months later, as the Arab Revolt shows no sign of fading, the...
Rising food prices are not a short-term problem so food
manufacturers must adapt accordingly, making wise strategic
choices, strengthening innovation and streamlining operations, says
a new report.
Europe must scrap its biofuel targets to combat the upward spiral
of food prices, say green campaigners, discarding claiming that
genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are the answer.
European ministers will today discuss whether propounding use of
biofuels is justified given their impact on food prices, and
whether first generation technologies are causing more
environmental harm than good.
The era of biofuels is here but this does not necessarily mean
unending food price shocks or a critical diversion of agricultural
production away from food.
Following low wheat crop yields, analysts are warning that Ukraine
isthreatened with increasing food prices, particularly with respect
to breadand bakery produce. The rise in food prices is also
expected to have asignificant knock-on...
