Oliver Morrison

The AI tech giving Coca-Cola an ‘incredible opportunity’ to tackle emissions at source

Earlier this year Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP) announced a partnership with AI-driven plant breeding start-up Avalo. The project hopes to find sugarcane varieties that offer better yields from lesser quantities of water and fertiliser, explains...

Starbucks looks to worms to recycle used coffee grounds into fertiliser

The coffee giant has unearthed a new solution for disposing of spent coffee grounds in the UK.

AI tech boosts biodiversity across drink giant’s blackcurrant farms

Suntory Beverage & Food GB&I (SBF GB&I) is using AI technology to improve biodiversity across five of its blackcurrant farms in the UK this harvest season.

Tea giant begins climate change mitigation and resilience field trials

A project unveiled by Lipton aims to improve tea production standards and create data and resources that can benefit the whole industry.

Brewing up change in beer filtration

Industrial filtration specialist Pall Corporation tells AgTechNavigator why it wants to help the brewing industry transition to more sustainable manufacturing processes by avoiding the use of diatomaceous earth.

‘The times they are a-changin': Alcohol has gone out of style and out of the music charts, research reveals

As surveys find that Gen Zs are drinking less than any other age group, new data also shows a significant decline in chart-topping songs that reference being drunk.

‘Consumers are confused by all the different symbols and logos on the market’: Calls for internationally agreed standards for environmental sustainability labelling after large survey

There is widespread public support for a universal eco-label to be introduced for food products, with more than two-thirds of consumers across Europe saying they would use such a tool to help them make more sustainable choices, according to a new...

‘The condition is very rare, but the impacts can be traumatic’: FSA to consider label warnings as protein shake death sparks debate

After a death of a schoolboy, the UK Food Standards Agency is to look at whether labels on high-protein drinks and supplements should feature a warning about the potentially fatal risk of a sudden spike in protein for people with undiagnosed disorders.

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‘Not suitable for under-4s’: New industry guidance issued on glycerol in slush-ice drinks

The UK Food Standards Authority has issued new voluntary industry guidance on glycerol in slush-ice drinks, advising that they should not be sold to children four years of age and under.

A third of UK alcohol drinkers would rather treat themselves to a better-quality drink at home than go out

While consumer sentiment has improved, beverage alcohol consumers in the UK are still mindful of how they spend their disposable income, according to new data.