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In many ways, the global food system we have today is a miracle and a disaster. How we produce, process, transform, transport, package, consume, and dispose of food...

Food security is a significant global concern as a result of the burden that the fast-expanding global population has placed on finite resources, such as arable land for farming. Additionally, the hunt...

Highlights: This review focused on the current policy promotion of cell-based meat. Current regulations focus on the safety and labelling measures. Environmental policy at a higher level tends to justify...

The future roles of livestock and alternative proteins are heavily contested. The IPES-Food report “The Politics of Protein: Examining claims about livestock, fish, ‘alternative proteins’...

More than 20 algae species have been added to the EU Novel Food Status Catalogue. Thanks to collaborative efforts of the European Commission and EU Member States’...

Food production and consumption are ever evolving. From growing health consciousness, sustainability concerns, and technological developments, there are countless influencing factors that are re-shaping...

This report draws on insights gleaned from putting together the project “ The future of meat – storytelling and dialogues for improved decision making from 2021-2023 ”, integrating lessons...

Since the implementation of Regulation (EU) 2015/2283 on Novel Foods in January 2018, a centralised procedure for the authorisation of novel food applications has been in effect. This stipulates that, upon...

Rice has been used as a scaffold to grow beef muscle and fat cells, resulting in an edible, “nutty” rice–beef combo that can be prepared in the same way...

Global crises affecting food security have kept increasing for four years in a row, with almost 350 million people expected to suffer from food insecurity in 2023...