Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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How to get consumers to choose your more responsible, less impactful products?
Just like businesses are schooled to avoid stranded assets and compliance costs, consumers are increasingly taking the emotion out of sustainability and thinking about it more and more in practical terms, he told FoodNavigator’s recent Climate Smart Food digital summit. Consumers, he said: “are seeking to become resilient to disruption and are becoming more resource-focussed when…
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The appeal of Japanese drinks to consumers in the UK and North America
According to speakers at the event, which was held in Japan House, Japanese sake has long been seen by the UK consumer as a niche product, something many people only have with seafood. However, brewmaster Miho Imada argued that it could take on the same role as wine for British consumers – something to have…
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German confectionery association calls for more European legislation to strengthen single market
Today, unrestricted movement of goods in an economic area with almost 450 million inhabitants is taken for granted, but the BDSI has warned that the effects of Brexit and the associated loss of around 67 million consumers show how important the effort to maintain the freedom of goods is for the economy. It said that…
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Using abandoned croplands can help mitigate food insecurity and climate change, study suggests
Cropland is abandoned for a range of reasons. This ranges from land degradation to socioeconomic change and urbanisation to even armed conflict. But a new study, published in Nature Communications, reveals that with the right management, abandoned cropland has the potential to provide a strong food source to counterbalance encroaching food insecurity around the world,…
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Mergers and acquisitions in UK food and beverage sector highest since 2019, but with fewer large deals
Oghma Partners research presents a significant rise in the level of M&A deals in the UK food and beverage market. Acquisitions from administration But while the volume of deals is high, some of the circumstances in such deals suggest that the picture is more complicated. For example, 27% of the deals are acquisitions of companies…
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Consumers food waste habits identified as Warriors, Strugglers and Slackers
The research, led by The University of Adelaide’s Centre for Global Food and Resources and Eastern Waste Management Authority, funded by the Australian Fight Food Waste Cooperative, was conducted in Adelaide to identify target groups for prioritising intervention strategies aimed at reducing and diverting food waste from landfill. Online survey data from 939 households was…
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Avoidable bread waste leaves consumers with a stale taste
This openness to change is being driven by a strong desire to act on food waste, underscored by factors like soaring financial anxieties (70%), environmental considerations (59%) and guilt over people going hungry (52%). Kerry’s survey also found 46% have had a stronger mindfulness ingrained in their upbringing. Today, a third of all food produced…
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NPD Trend Tracker: From plant-based steak to Children in Need jam
Mastering taste challenges in good-for-you products Content provided by Symrise | 11-Sep-2023 | White Paper When food and beverage manufacturers reduce sugar, salt, or fat and add fibers, minerals or vitamins, good-for-you products can suffer from undesirable…
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England bans range of single use plastics to tackle ‘scourge of plastic pollution’
The new regulations, which were announced by Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Therese Coffey, in January 2023 and came into force this month (1 October), include the banning of single-use plastic plates, trays, bowls, cutlery, balloon sticks, and certain types of polystyrene cups and food containers. This impacts a range of…
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