Two new eco-model regions are ready to get started—Minister of State Kaniber presented the certificates

Fibre-based packaging to claim top market share in food sector by 2045

New UPM/Smithers study: share rises from 37% to 42%, driven by barrier coating breakthroughs and EPR regulation

Multinational Outbreak of Salmonella Stanley Infections Linked to Flavored Pasta Products

Recalls Underway: Salmonella in Flavored Pasta Affects Children Most of All

DANK Calls for Legal Limits on Marketing to Children in World Cup Collectible Campaigns

DANK and DDG accuse food companies of deliberately exploiting children's enthusiasm for the World Cup to promote sugar-sweetened products

300 beverage companies call for: No sugar tax on beverages

Five industry associations are warning of price increases and questioning the effectiveness of the planned tax in terms of public health policy.

Will a sugar tax on sweetened beverages be introduced in 2028?

According to the report, one in five cups of coffee contains toxic pesticide residues

An analysis by four organizations shows that 59 percent of the active ingredients in pesticides used in coffee cultivation are banned in the EU

Alliance of Associations Calls on the European Parliament to Halt the Commission's Soy Risk Assessment

The ITRE Committee has already recommended rejecting the proposed High-iLUC classification. Now it's up to the plenary.

Breakthrough for New Genomic Technologies in Europe

EU Gives Green Light to Modern Breeding Methods

Combined food policies have real-world impact on reducing child obesity, first evidence plausibly shows

Children in school six to 18 months after the law was introduced had approximately a 2% lower probability of excess weight than children that age before the introduction of the first phase of the law

Where does the honey come from? New EU rules provide clarity

From 14 June, the obligation to state the country of origin with shares applies

South and Southeast Asia Lead the World on Taxing Sugary Drinks

New analysis is first to track sugar-sweetened beverage tax adoption across 183 countries

Eye-catching for shoppers: colourful Nutri-Score labels more effective than grey

Research team track visual attention to study purchasing behaviour

Lugol's solution is not a foodstuff

Products advertised on the Internet can endanger health

Philippines reopens markets for German pork

Over 40 scientists speak out in favor of a sweet drinks tax in Germany

New statement from DDG, DAG and DANK shows: sweet drink taxes have been proven to reduce consumption and sugar intake

14 recommendations for effective cancer prevention

WHO updates European Code against Cancer

Full value added tax on meat

A first step towards pricing the environmental damages caused by diets

Sugar tax to curb chronic diseases

DEGAM welcomes legislative initiative on sugar tax

EU Fisheries Council agrees on fishing opportunities for the North Sea and North-East Atlantic in difficult times

Federal Minister Rainer: Result of negotiations strengthens economic planning security for German fisheries

No true north without sugar: food industry calls for fact-based nutrition policy

Nordzucker is revising its beet pricing model and investing €160 million in its factories

Two high-yield beet harvests in succession, high stocks in the EU sugar market and decreasing prices have impacted the earnings position

New research finds that almost all plant-based meat alternatives contain mycotoxins

Grains, legumes and seeds used in vegan products are particularly prone to mould exposure during cultivation and storage

Could cultured chocolate unlock the next food revolution?

Chocolate from a bioreactor: UC Davis and food-tech start-up California Cultured aim to reinvent cocoa

Nestlé to acquire smart food pioneer yfood to accelerate the brand’s international expansion

Nestlé manager Jolanda Schwirtz takes over as head

Less hunger, more environmental problems?

Study investigates tradeoffs between human health and sustainability

According to the report, one in five cups of coffee contains toxic pesticide residues

An analysis by four organizations shows that 59 percent of the active ingredients in pesticides used in coffee cultivation are banned in the EU

Carbon nanotubes make the electronic nose suitable for everyday use for the first time

The smart fridge of the future: E-nose warns of off chicken and nut allergens

300 beverage companies call for: No sugar tax on beverages

Five industry associations are warning of price increases and questioning the effectiveness of the planned tax in terms of public health policy.

Green light for Arla Foods and DMK Group merger ​

The combined milk pool totals 19.4 billion kilograms annually

Plant-based supermarket products contain twice as many additives as animal-based equivalents

A UK study analysed 71 like-for-like product pairs and counted 199 additives in plant-based items versus 100 in animal-based ones

Solar Foods receives EUR 77,8 million for the construction and commissioning of Factory 02

Researchers find fructose sends a weaker “I’m full” signal to the brain than glucose

Findings shed light on how sugar type influences what and how much we decide to eat

Atomic reshuffle paves way for record-breaking catalysts for hydrogen production

"This opens a new strategy for designing adaptive catalysts for a wide range of applications"

New drug could slow the development of Alzheimer’s

The active ingredient also shows anti-ageing effects

Detecting heavy metals in soil and water: New method for on-site analysis

Simple technology replaces expensive laboratory procedures

Festo is cutting approximately 1,300 jobs in Germany

Family-owned company responds to intensifying competition in Asia and geopolitical crises with a global transformation program

New antibiotics discovered to treat multi-resistant germs

A well-known soil bacterium produces a previously unknown antibiotic that was discovered through improved fractionation methods

Merck expands life science portfolio with $11.3 billion Bio-Techne deal

Bio-Techne to bring portfolio with industry-leading multi-omics offering, analytical technologies and integrated workflow solutions across the scientific journey

Water splitting catalyst creates hydrogen at low temperatures

Birmingham researchers’ novel way of producing hydrogen fuel has a lower cost than existing methods

Mini-Brains from Patient Cells Point to Vitamin B3 as Treatment for Rare Childhood Disease

Lab-grown brain organoids revealed cholesterol build-up in astrocytes as the driver of DHDDS-related neurodegeneration.

Artificial intelligence evaluates chemical spectra in minutes

Researchers from the University of Jena, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin, and Zakodium develop AI system for chemical structure analysis

Focused Energy secures US$240 million: the world’s first laser fusion power plant is set to be built in Germany

Record funding round positions the start-up at the forefront of the international fusion industry

Insect larvae as a screening tool

How wax moth larvae can help reduce the need for mammalian testing in infection research

Researchers solve a 50-year-old mystery: how acid removes water from proteins

Cryo-electron microscopy reveals for the first time which amino acids bind water and which ones release it when acidified

Cooking plastics into oil

University of Amsterdam pilot plant brings advanced plastic recycling technology closer to industry

Inducing cell death in pancreatic cancer cells

New therapeutic approach identified for treating particularly aggressive pancreatic cancer

Haga Bioscience raises $2.3m in oversubscribed seed round to bridge spatial biomarker discovery and clinical translation

German plastics recycling on the brink of collapse

Six proposals to save the industry

Cytospire Therapeutics announces oversubscribed £61 million Series A financing

London-based start-up aims to activate gamma-delta T cells in both the blood and the tumour to fight cancer

Pyrolysis oil instead of crude oil: Faster fluorine analysis reduces the risk for refineries

New method solves a key analytical challenge

Magnetic field during catalyst synthesis triples ammonia yield

A scalable strategy for developing next-generation electrocatalysts for efficient and sustainable chemical production

Fewer animal experiments thanks to virtual mouse

AI-supported in silico mouse model for biomedical research

Holography meets spectroscopy: Ultrafast microscopy method for optical processes

Research team from Heidelberg and Milan develops novel microscopy technique to study energy materials

Bacterial factories: A key to climate-friendly chemistry

ETH spin-off uses genetically modified microorganisms and green methanol as an intermediate step in fossil-free chemical production

Miltenyi Biotec expands Cologne production site for clinical reagents

Milestone for biotechnology made in Germany: More capacity for cell and gene therapies

PFAS detection in minutes rather than weeks: deep-tech start-up Grapheal secures €2.5 million in EU funding

The new EU Drinking Water Directive is driving demand for mobile PFAS analysis

Faster and more energy-efficient: Catalysts boost hydrogen-based steel production

Nickel oxides accelerate hydrogen-based steel production by a factor of two

First European biotech with CAR-T and LNP technology under one roof

T-CURX integrates Pantherna Therapeutics, bringing together 16 patent families and 35 employee

Social inequality is linked to faster biological aging

Large meta-analysis finds consistent evidence across epigenetic measures worldwide

From cleaner “cracking” to black gold

Pitt startup finds a cooler, cleaner method to produce battery-quality graphite and hydrogen

The Bacterial Savings Account

Microbes Bank Nutrients in Extracellular Vesicles, then Cash Out

Common structural analysis of interfacial water is inadequate, according to a new study

Water molecules at the air-water interface characterised layer by layer for the first time