Waste challenges

Waste challenges

Interventions at the production end of the supply chain have economic and environmental benefits but the world is unlikely to see food brands encouraging consumers to buy less.    The world has a problem with food waste laid bare, according to McKinsey, 33% –...
EU tackles carbon-neutral claims

EU tackles carbon-neutral claims

Consumers are sick of misleading claims – will it stiffen what companies need to prove to make a claim – and move the dial on meaningful decarbonisation? The European Consumer Organisation (BEUC) is calling for a ban on all carbon neutral claims on consumer...
The paradox of young consumers

The paradox of young consumers

The changing needs of consumers will continue to reshape preferences for food categories, product forms and the origins and systems to produce and deliver them. Young consumers are a force to be reckoned with, with vastly different spending propensities. In the EU,...
NZ poll supports more regulation

NZ poll supports more regulation

The case to shrink the NZ dairy sector’s footprint is gaining more community support. Can the industry get on the front foot ahead of this pressure? A Horizon Research survey for Greenpeace in New Zealand from November 2022 found 61% of surveyed New Zealanders now...
China’s young: Careers before kids

China’s young: Careers before kids

Having kids for the economy won’t catch on, despite the enticements of the recent “two child policy”. A survey conducted among university students in China jointly sponsored by China Family Planning Association, China Youth Network and China Population and...
Keeping IMF differentiated

Keeping IMF differentiated

Scientific advances have improved the ways in which infant formula can mimic breast milk Human milk oligosaccharides (HMO) are components found in breast milk, known to provide benefits to infants by supporting the immune system, promoting growth of beneficial gut...