Do or dye: Synthetic colors in wastewater pose a threat to food chains worldwide

The ecological and health threats of synthetic dyes entering wastewater systems have been detailed in a new study

01-Nov-2023 - Dyes widely used in the textile, food and pharmaceutical industries pose a pressing threat to plant, animal and human health, as well as natural environments around the world, a new study has found. Billions of tons of dye-containing wastewater enter water systems every year, and a group of ...

Plant-based meat ‘healthier and more sustainable than animal products’

02-Aug-2022 - Plant-based dietary alternatives to animal products are better for the environment and for human health when compared with the animal products they are designed to replace, say the authors of a new study. A new paper published in Future Foods argues that because these foods are ‘specifically ...

Strong opposition from food lobby to Transport for London advertising

New research shows how Transport for London faced strong opposition from large food companies to its 2019 ban on advertising foods high in fat, sugar or salt

06-Sep-2021 - Even though 82% of the public welcomed Transport for London’s (TfL) 2019 ban onadvertising foods high in fat, sugar or salt, the Greater London Authority (GLA) faced strong opposition from large food companies and the advertisers who run their campaigns. Small food businesses and those not ...

From meadow to plate: The cultured meat that replaces animals with grass

An affordable lab system that uses grass blades to turn cells into cultured meat has been developed at the University of Bath in the UK

02-Jul-2021 - Researchers have successfully taken grass from the university's campus and used it to create a scaffold that animal cells can attach to and grow on. The resulting tissue has the potential to be used both as lab-made meat and as human muscle tissue to repair or replace tissue which has been ...

Real cheese, no animals

More than 70% of consumers want breakthrough cheese

25-Jun-2021 - Formo and the University of Bath co-published the first large-scale study of consumer acceptance for animal-free dairy products. Researchers surveyed 5,054 individuals from Brazil, Germany, India, the UK, and the USA to understand what consumers think of animal-free dairy products. Precision ...

Palm oil must be made more sustainable while replacements are made scalable

12-Mar-2020 - Efforts to create synthetic replacements for palm oil are still likely to take several years, so immediate attention should be focused on making the existing production process more sustainable, researchers at the University of Bath’s Centre for Integrated Bioprocessing Research (CIBR) and Centre ...