If you were to believe newspapers and dietary advice leaflets, you’d probably think that doctors and nutritionists are the people guiding us through the thicket of what to believe when it comes to food. But food trends are far more political – and economically motivated – than it seems.
The Game Changers is an extraordinary new movie, a “diet documentary” that is making scientific waves worldwide. Not everyone's impressed...
The world is going vegan – or at least an apparently consensus narrative on this is playing on a media loop. Excellent UK investigative food journalist, Joanna Blythman, is not impressed. Read on!
The UK bakery chain Greggs was offering free samples of its vegan sausage roll to early morning punters this week. A friend picking up a coffee declined the offer: “Didn’t seem right.” He is not with the zeitgeist on this one. [Great opinion piece from the FT...Ed]
The arrival of alternatives for almost everything in food and beverages has been driven by a number of factors, but health remains the leading reason, according to Innova Market Insights.
Over the past month or so, you’ve probably heard a lot about planet-friendly diets. The Canadian diet. The plant-heavy pegan diet. And perhaps, more than others, the EAT-Lancet Commission’s “planetary health diet". These articles take a critical view and find the realities of the diet are not exactly science-based, or practical...
Last week, American company, Impossible Foods, presented the latest iteration of its plant-based patty, Impossible Burger 2.0, at CES, the popular consumer electronics show that takes place yearly in Las Vegas.
The rising trend of veganism has uncovered some home truths – this article investigates how hidden behind the perfectly Instagrammable meals lies another form of control for those suffering from eating disorders.
From a modest genesis, Durban’s plant-based food pioneers are now a global leader in the burgeoning vegan “meat” marketplace.