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Chocolate’s long-running love affair with consumers is about to collide with the harshest cocoa squeeze in living memory. Futures traded in New York vaulted past $12,900 a tonne on 24 April, the loftiest price since records began in the 1970s, and the International Cocoa Organization (ICCO) warns that 2024/25 will be the fourth consecutive year […]
Restaurants and food companies are increasingly experimenting with carbon labels on menus to inform customers about the climate impact of their food. The food system is a major contributor to global greenhouse gas emissions – roughly one-quarter to one-third of all emissions – with recent research showing that animal-based foods produce about twice the emissions […]
The grocery aisle has become the frontline of household inflation. The U.S. Department of Agriculture now forecasts that overall food prices will climb a further 3.5 percent in 2025, even after two years of historically high increases. Month-to-month figures from the March Consumer Price Index confirm the trend: the food-at-home category jumped another 0.5 percent […]
Supermarket, convenience-store and fast-food chains now dominate the global food supply—and our waistlines are feeling the impact. A new Nature Food study that followed retail trends in ninety-seven countries between 2009 and 2023 reveals a tight link between the rapid expansion of corporate food retailers, booming sales of ultra-processed products and a simultaneous surge in […]