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The sustainability story has changed and the food industry may be looking for it in the wrong place. A major new Bain & Company study finds global concern about environmental sustainability has actually risen to 85% of consumers, from 79% last year. But something more significant is happening beneath that headline: consumers increasingly aren't describing the choices they make as “sustainable”. They are choosing products because they appear healthier, cleaner, more natural, m

The United Kingdom has become one of the first countries to publish a government-backed roadmap identifying the food technologies expected to shape its future food system over the next decade. Developed by the Food Standards Agency (FSA) and Food Standards Scotland (FSS), the report highlights precision fermentation, biomass fermentation, cellular agriculture, controlled environment agriculture, molecular farming, gas fermentation and several other emerging production systems

Global food manufacturers and retailers are leaving money on the table in plant-based proteins, slowing category growth and exposing supply chains to avoidable risk, according to a new investor-backed analysis. The report finds most big players still treat plant-based as a side aisle, not a profit engine, which weakens resilience by over-relying on animal protein.

Australia and New Zealand's food regulator, FSANZ, has released fresh numbers showing while awareness of cultivated meat remains steady, confidence in eating it hasn’t budged and for a country eyeing food-tech as its next big export opportunity, that’s a bit of a snag.