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Novel Alternative Proteins: Sustainable Healthy Plant Diets – Ashbury
The demand for alternatives to animal products is growing as consumers grow more concerned about their health and the environment. In response to these consumers concerns and the need for sustainable diets, food industry leaders are developing a range of new products and ingredients using different plant-based and insect derived proteins. We will be delving into plant-based…
Read MoreNovel Alternative Proteins: A Path to Sustainable Healthy Diets, Insect Derived
The demand for alternatives to animal products is growing as consumers grow more concerned about their health and the environment. In response to these consumers concerns and the need for sustainable diets, food industry leaders are developing a range of new products and ingredients using different plant-based and insect derived proteins. Our food labelling expert Camila Gomez Pardo delves into insect-derived proteins in this…
Read MoreCompliance and New Product Development (NPD): Starting Compliance Early
The new product development process should consider compliance from the beginning of your journey to avoid producing food that does not comply with legislation in its intended markets. You don’t want to have gone through all the rigorous product development and design stages, only to find that a specific ingredient, or health claim, isn’t accepted…
Read MoreTips for Naming ‘Alternative’ Products Wisely
Amendment 171 (which would have banned the use of dairy-based terms being used for plant-based alternatives) may be off the table (for now), but there is always the potential for new rules and tighter regulations when it comes to naming products. In this blog, we share legislative guidance to help you name your products to…
Read MoreBaby food and heavy metals: How does US federal law compare to EU and UK baby food legislation?
We spoke to our Product Information Advisors, Jenny Pfleger (UK) and Marisa Them (US) about the regulations that govern the presence of heavy metals in baby food in the USA compared to those in the UK/EU. What’s happening with baby food and heavy metals in the USA: Baby food contaminated with heavy metals is a…
Read MoreDoes the future of CBD look sweet for the drinks sector?
Holly Finnegan, our Regulatory Affairs Advisor looks at the fast-growing CBD market, the complicated regulatory situation and lack of labelling enforcement surrounding use of the ingredient. The CBD market is now one of the fastest growing well-being product categories in the UK, worth more than the UK vitamin C and D markets combined and is…
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