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Nutri-Score Food Labelling: How & When to use it

Unless exempt, all pre-packaged food must display a label with nutritional information, including energy value and the amounts of fat, saturates, carbohydrates, sugars, protein and salt. This allows shoppers to make informed food choices. However, consumers don’t always have time to scrutinise and compare the nutritional information of every product they buy. As a result,…

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‘Use By’ & ‘Best Before’: Food Date Label Requirements Explained

Referred to as ‘durability indications’, ‘use by’ or ‘best before’ dates are legally required to be displayed on most food and beverage product labels and are a crucial aspect of food labelling compliance. As a food business, it’s important that you are aware of the rules and how to apply these on your products in…

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Leadership Spotlight – Zoe Jordan, CEO

A highly proven and experienced commercial director with a diverse background in food manufacturing, Zoe Jordan brings over 25 years’ knowledge and insights to her role as CEO of Ashbury. Promoted to the helm of the business in September 2022, Zoe’s first-hand understanding of the very real issues and opportunities that food businesses face –…

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World Water Day – Labelling Water

Water seems simple but is actually far from it.  Water is a life giver, and we cannot do without clean...
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Eating Disorder Awareness Week

This week (Feb 28th – March 6th) is Eating Disorder Awareness Week #EDAW - a chance to talk openly about...
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Novel Alternative Proteins: What can we expect for the Future?

Consumers are becoming more aware of their health, the environment and being sustainable. The impact of conventional farming on the climate, alongside...
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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...
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Novel Alternative Proteins: A Path to Sustainable Healthy Diets, Insect...

The demand for alternatives to animal products is growing as consumers grow more concerned about their health and the environment.   In response...
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The Costly Business of Making Flimsy Sustainability Claims

In a world where citizen journalism is the norm and making one wrong business decision can cause irreversible reputational and...
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Compliance 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...
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Tips 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...
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Balancing the Risks – May Contain vs. Vegan Claims

With vegans varying in lifestyle strictness, and there being no legal definition of what constitutes “vegan” in EU or UK...
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Mental Wellbeing in the Workplace – Mental Health Week 2021

Mental Wellbeing in the Workplace – Mental Health Week 2021 We asked Tanya Hart, our HR manager, about the importance of mental...
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Ashbury Industry Insights Bulletin: January – April 2021

What’s on the horizon for regulatory compliance? Subscribe to our bulletin here This volume of the 'Ashbury Global Industry Insights...
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What you need to know about the changes to Canadian labelling regulations

Laura Fitzpatrick is one of our International Regulatory Advisors who specialises in Canadian and French food legislation. She’s put together...
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