Food and Drink
McDonald’s UK Set To Launch First Fully Vegan Meal In January 2020
McDonalds will launch their first ever vegan meal from the 2nd January, with the introduction of the new Veggie Dippers. The new…
Nespresso invests in reviving coffee from Mozambique
Nespresso announced the signature of a Memorandum of Understanding with the Mozambique’s Gorongosa National Park to promote the local coffee industry, as…
Italy in campaign to give espresso coffee UNESCO heritage status
The Italian government has applied for traditional Italian espresso coffee to be added to UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity list. After…
How safe is the food you eat?
An EU investigation uncovered a case of food fraud in Georgia, where a producer was found to be adding lesser-quality ingredients to…
New apple launched in the US that ‘lasts for a year’
A new breed of apple that took two decades to develop and allegedly lasts for up to a year in the fridge…
Nestlé Japan launches KitKat with cocoa fruit chocolate
Nestlé has just launched the KitKat Chocolatory Cacao Fruit Chocolate, the first product to use a unique chocolate made entirely from the…
Nutella sold 57 million biscuits in three weeks
Ferrero has sold two million and 600 thousand packages of its Nutella biscuits in three weeks. Calculating that each package contains 22,…
Photo Story: 2019 Beaujolais Nouveau official release in Japan
People raise their glasses filled with 2019 Beaujolais Nouveau wine, as they bathe in a 'wine bath', coloured hot water, on the…
FAO warns disease slashing global meat output, bananas under watch
A rapid spread of African Swine Fever (ASF) is wiping out pig herds in China, the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)…
Restaurant in Sardinia takes endangered sea urchins off the menu
A well-known restaurant in Sardinia has taken endangered sea urchins off its menu. Francesco Deriu, owner of the renowned 'Alamo' restaurant in…
New York City to ban foie gras
New York City has decided to ban the sale of foie gras, prompting the country’s largest producer of foie gras to vow…
Unauthorised Prosecco-flavoured Pringles seized in Italy
Officials in Italy have seized 250 tubes of Prosecco flavoured Pringles crisps, after claims the company used the sparkling wine’s name without…