The document outlines the UK food and drink industry's vision for delivering sustainable growth through innovation. It discusses the challenges facing the industry, including reducing environmental impact, meeting growing global demand, and producing more with fewer resources. The industry currently invests £1 billion annually in innovation and brings over 8,000 new products to market each year. However, bridging the gap between basic and applied research is needed to drive transformative technological innovation. The document calls for industry, government, and research communities to work together on ten identified priority areas for innovation, including food safety, health and wellbeing, smarter packaging, and reducing waste and energy use.
Wessanen ppt at ing benelux conf sept2013Klaus Arntz
Wessanen presentation we are to give to investors at ING Benelux Conference on Thursday 12 September 2013. Highlighting strategy, markets we operate in, Q2 and year-to-date figures and our sustainability performance
Wessanen ppt at ing benelux conf sept2013Klaus Arntz
Wessanen presentation we are to give to investors at ING Benelux Conference on Thursday 12 September 2013. Highlighting strategy, markets we operate in, Q2 and year-to-date figures and our sustainability performance
In this edition of the European Chemicals Update, we highlight the global food additives market and include a special interview with Hezi Israel, Executive Vice President of Business Development and Strategy at Israel Chemicals Ltd.
Robert Kilmer, President, Nestlé Dreyer’s Ice Cream, Nestlé USA, om hte ice cream business of Nestlé USA for our 2014 investor seminar, Boston USA, June 3-4.
CASE STUDY ON THE FACTORS THAT LEAD TO THE GLORY OF COLGATE BRANDVARUN KESAVAN
Colgate is an umbrella brand principally used to sell oral hygiene products such as toothpastes, toothbrushes, mouthwashes and dental floss. Manufactured by American consumer-goods conglomerate Colgate-Palmolive, Colgate oral hygiene products were first sold by the company in 1873, sixteen years after the death of the founder, William Colgate.
According to a 2015 report by market research company Kantar Worldpanel, Colgate is the only brand in the world purchased by more than half of households globally.[1] Colgate has a global market penetration of 67.7% and a global market share of 45%[2] - despite this, it maintained the highest growth rate of all brands in the survey, with 40 million new households purchasing Colgate-branded products in 2014.[3] Its global market penetration is nearly 50% higher than the second-placed brand in the study, Coca-Cola (43.3% penetration).
In this edition of the European Chemicals Update, we highlight the global food additives market and include a special interview with Hezi Israel, Executive Vice President of Business Development and Strategy at Israel Chemicals Ltd.
Robert Kilmer, President, Nestlé Dreyer’s Ice Cream, Nestlé USA, om hte ice cream business of Nestlé USA for our 2014 investor seminar, Boston USA, June 3-4.
CASE STUDY ON THE FACTORS THAT LEAD TO THE GLORY OF COLGATE BRANDVARUN KESAVAN
Colgate is an umbrella brand principally used to sell oral hygiene products such as toothpastes, toothbrushes, mouthwashes and dental floss. Manufactured by American consumer-goods conglomerate Colgate-Palmolive, Colgate oral hygiene products were first sold by the company in 1873, sixteen years after the death of the founder, William Colgate.
According to a 2015 report by market research company Kantar Worldpanel, Colgate is the only brand in the world purchased by more than half of households globally.[1] Colgate has a global market penetration of 67.7% and a global market share of 45%[2] - despite this, it maintained the highest growth rate of all brands in the survey, with 40 million new households purchasing Colgate-branded products in 2014.[3] Its global market penetration is nearly 50% higher than the second-placed brand in the study, Coca-Cola (43.3% penetration).
Here is a PPT on Eco Green Cities. The fonts will change if u have only fonts of your pc. You can download.. If you have any queries send it to guthijp.reddy@gmail.com
Acid Rain is the burning issue of present world. It is must to know what this issue is, what are it's effects and what can be done to resolve the steps.
The slide contains:
1. Basic Introduction
2. Cause of Acid Rain
3. Who discovered Acid rain?
4. Effects of Acid Rain
5. Preventive measures of acid rain
This presentation will be useful for the high school students for making assignments on this topic, or for creative awareness.
The sources of this slides are:
howstuffworks.com
google.com
wikipedia etc.
This slide show contains interactive and animated clip arts to keep it attractive and not merely a theoretical one.
Do leave the feedback. Want similar presentations? Leave comments. (This is the presentation I performed in college for awareness.The contents are summed up in the slide from various recognized and trustworthy sources. The author don't claim the originality of the charts and characters of the presentation. The contents are meant for educational and awareness purpose only)
Fit for the future? How the MSC can stay the course.
Through the lens of UN Sustainable Development Goal 14 (SDG 14), the Seafood Futures Forum discussed how to balance the need to live within our oceans’ ecological limits, while ensuring seafood supplies are safeguarded for this and future generations.
The discussion was joined by Ally Dingwall from Sainbury's, Amanda Nickson, Pew, Annelie Selander, NOMAD foods, Tor Bjørklund Larsen, Norwegian Fisheries Association, Nicolas Guixhoux and Rupert Howes from the Marine Stewardship Council.
The forum also touched on topics of overfishing, IUU, transparency and continuous improvement.
The discussion was moderated by Stephen Hall from Avalerion Capital.
Scotland Food and Health Innovation ServiceTR3S PROJECT
Scotland Food and Drink, Food and Health Innovation Service
A market driven innovation mechanism to provide a range of practical support to help businesses realise growth opportunities in the healthy food and drink products marketplace.
Canada’s functional food and natural health products industry is made up of over 750 companies that generated over $16.4 billion in revenues in 2011. Foreign investors are attracted by Canada’s agricultural production and agri-food export base which produced almost 84 million tons of grains, oilseeds and specialty crops making Canada the world’s eighth largest exporter of agricultural products.
The 13th OECD Rural Development Conference was held in Cavan, Ireland on 28-30 September 2022 under the theme "Building Sustainable, Resilient and Thriving
Rural Places".
These are the presentations from the Pre-conference session "Exploring the Opportunities for Rural Development when taking a FoodSystem view on Agricultural Policy".
For more information visit https://www.oecd.org/rural/rural-development-conference/.
With the release of its 2013 Sustainability Report, DuPont has achieved most of its 2015 sustainability goals three years ahead of schedule. The company’s 2015 market-facing goals, set in 2006, focused on the shared value DuPont products bring to customers. As of last year, the company has generated over $6.7 billion in revenue from products that reduce greenhouse gas emissions. DuPont has also invested nearly $4 billion in research and development programs to develop products with direct, quantifiable environmental benefits for our customers. Learn more at: http://www.dupont.com/corporate-functions/our-approach/sustainability/performance-reporting/sustainability-reports.html
Revolutionary Consumer Products - Consumer Products: Company presentation by Nadine Hellmann, CEO & Founder of Little Tummy, at the NOAH Conference London 2019, 30-31 October, Old Billingsgate.
The food industry comprises a complex network of activities related to the supply, consumption, and catering of food products and services. It plays a significant role in the economic development of any nation. It is one of the world's most dynamic economic sectors. This paper provides a brief introduction to food industry Matthew N. O. Sadiku | Sarhan M. Musa | Tolulope J. Ashaolu ""Food Industry: An Introduction"" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-3 | Issue-4 , June 2019, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd23638.pdf
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Agri-Tech Catalyst Round 9 – Food Systems and NutritionKTN
The main focus of the webinar is to help inform UK participants of the needs of African partners in the area covered, and African partners of the capabilities of UK partners, to aid consortia building.
The webinar provides an overview of the Agri-Tech Catalyst funding programme, and then cover specific issues affecting Food Systems and Nutrition in Africa.
Agri-Tech Catalyst Funding Scheme:
Within Round 9 of the Agri-Tech Catalyst Competition, up to £5 million of funding will be available from the Department for International Development (DFID) and the Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) for early-stage feasibility studies, mid stage industrial research and late-stage experimental development. Projects must work on agri-tech and food chain innovations with partners in eligible African countries.
Up to £5 million of funding is available from the Department for International Development (DFID) and the Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF). This is for projects working on agri-tech and food chain innovations with partners in eligible African countries. The aim of this competition is to increase the pace of innovation in the development of agricultural and food systems in Africa. Your project must result in more use of innovations by farmers and food systems organisations such as manufacturers, processors, retailers, distributors and wholesalers.
Find out more about this webinar: https://ktn-uk.co.uk/news/agri-tech-catalyst-funding-to-support-agricultural-and-food-systems-innovation-in-africa-round-9
Food production is among the leading sources of the greenhouse gas emissions that cause global warming. Food production generates up to 30% of total global emissions1,2 and is also a significant contributor to biodiversity loss, deforestation, freshwater use, and land use change.3 The production of livestock generates the highest levels of greenhouse gas emissions, whereas the production of fruit and vegetables generates the lowest levels.4 Globally, changes to food production and consumption, including reducing food waste and shifting to a more plant-based diet,5 are critical to reducing global warming and other environmental impacts.3
In a nation known the world over for its livestock production and meatfilled
barbeques, millions of Australians are reducing their meat intake and
interest in plant-based alternatives is gaining considerable momentum.
Drawing on nationally representative market research conducted by
Colmar Brunton, this report serves to provide some key insights into
Australian consumers’ evolving relationship with meat. Whose choices
are changing and why, and what’s driving interest in plant-based meat
alternatives?
Read on to discover what really matters to Australians when they head
to the grocery store or sit down to a meal with friends and family.
From plant-based beef to chicken grown from cells, alternatives to conventional meat are attracting considerable innovation and investment worldwide.
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The Foodservice business in the UK accepting the Sustainable Restaurant association challenge to implement and achieve the targets outlined in this report : To reduce the meals they serve by reducing the volume of meat on the menu, food in the bin and single use plastic and packaging in their operations
Healthy Diets From Sustainable Food Systems
Without action, the world risks failing to meet the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Paris Agreement, and today’s children will inherit a planet that has been severely degraded and where much of the population will increasingly suffer from malnutrition and preventable disease.
Seperation Technologies and Design of Complex Food Systems
September 12th -14th 2018 : Sponsored by the Research Foundation for Dairy Sciences Technical University of Munich @UlrichKolozik
Taste sensors imitate this taste reception mechanism through artificial lipid membranes reacting to taste molecules similarly than the tongue, allowing them to sense “taste
In order to match a market leader product, product development can be achieved through formulation of coffee blends. The Insent TS-5000Z Electronic Tongue was used to evaluate the taste profile of a target product as well as cheaper roast coffees with various origins and taste profiles.
Brief summary of the Junior consultants initiative, a well established program for internships in the UK . Providing opportunities for European and International students doing Food Science and Engineers studies, whilst supporting Uk food industry solve technical and innovation challenges
FODMAPS, Put simply, FODMAPs are a collection of short-chain carbohydrates (sugars) that aren’t absorbed properly in the gut, which can trigger symptoms in people with IBS. FODMAPs are found naturally in many foods and food additives.
Quote from the Introduction from the Global Nutrition report
"This year’s Global Nutrition Report focuses on the interdependence of the SDGs, and how progress against one goal generates progress for all. Nowhere are these linkages more evident than in the food agenda. As the producers, manufacturers and retailers of most of the world’s food, business has a responsibility to help drive the food system transformation. As a progressive food company, we are
committed to helping redesign our global food and agriculture system, to give everyone access to healthy and nutritious food and diets and thereby create a brighter future for all.
This investigation implicated raw flour as a source of an outbreak of STEC infections. Although it is low-moisture food, raw flour can be a vehicle of foodborne pathogens
The African Union in 2014 is a commitment from countries across Africa to ending hunger in the continent by 2025. Along with the other goals dealing with growth, public investment, nutrition, gender, trade, climate smart agriculture, youth and employment,
Transform Our Food Systems to Transform Our World
> Promote innovative approaches that are people-centered, eco- nomically viable, and sustainable to make farming part of the solution to climate change.
DevOps and Testing slides at DASA ConnectKari Kakkonen
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The Art of the Pitch: WordPress Relationships and SalesLaura Byrne
Clients don’t know what they don’t know. What web solutions are right for them? How does WordPress come into the picture? How do you make sure you understand scope and timeline? What do you do if sometime changes?
All these questions and more will be explored as we talk about matching clients’ needs with what your agency offers without pulling teeth or pulling your hair out. Practical tips, and strategies for successful relationship building that leads to closing the deal.
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The latest edition of the OT/ICS and IoT security Threat Landscape Report 2024 also covers:
State of global ICS asset and network exposure
Sectoral targets and attacks as well as the cost of ransom
Global APT activity, AI usage, actor and tactic profiles, and implications
Rise in volumes of AI-powered cyberattacks
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Cyberattack types and targets
Vulnerability exploit attempts on CVEs
Attacks on counties – USA
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In-depth analysis of the cyber threat landscape across North America, South America, Europe, APAC, and the Middle East
Why are attacks on smart factories rising?
Cyber risk predictions
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This presentation was delivered at K8SUG Singapore. See https://feryn.eu/presentations/accelerate-your-kubernetes-clusters-with-varnish-caching-k8sug-singapore-28-2024 for more details.
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Presented by BookNet Canada on May 28, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
Generating a custom Ruby SDK for your web service or Rails API using Smithyg2nightmarescribd
Have you ever wanted a Ruby client API to communicate with your web service? Smithy is a protocol-agnostic language for defining services and SDKs. Smithy Ruby is an implementation of Smithy that generates a Ruby SDK using a Smithy model. In this talk, we will explore Smithy and Smithy Ruby to learn how to generate custom feature-rich SDKs that can communicate with any web service, such as a Rails JSON API.
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After immersing yourself in the blue book and its red counterpart, attending DDD-focused conferences, and applying tactical patterns, you're left with a crucial question: How do I ensure my design is effective? Tactical patterns within Domain-Driven Design (DDD) serve as guiding principles for creating clear and manageable domain models. However, achieving success with these patterns requires additional guidance. Interestingly, we've observed that a set of constraints initially designed for training purposes remarkably aligns with effective pattern implementation, offering a more ‘mechanical’ approach. Let's explore together how Object Calisthenics can elevate the design of your tactical DDD patterns, offering concrete help for those venturing into DDD for the first time!
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Let me take this questions and provide you a short journey through existing deployment models and use cases for AI software. On practical examples, we discuss what cloud/on-premise strategy we may need for applying it to our own infrastructure to get it to work from an enterprise perspective. I want to give an overview about infrastructure requirements and technologies, what could be beneficial or limiting your AI use cases in an enterprise environment. An interactive Demo will give you some insides, what approaches I got already working for real.
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We believe integration and automation are essential to user experience and the promise of efficient work through technology. Automation is the critical ingredient to realizing that full vision. We develop integration products and services for Bonterra Case Management software to support the deployment of automations for a variety of use cases.
This video focuses on the notifications, alerts, and approval requests using Slack for Bonterra Impact Management. The solutions covered in this webinar can also be deployed for Microsoft Teams.
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Sustainable growth-through-innovation
1. DELIVERING SUSTAINABLE GROWTH THROUGH INNOVATION
STATEMENTS OF SUPPORT
I’m extremely proud of the UK’s food and drink industry and what it’s achieved.
Not only is it our largest manufacturing industry, contributing over £96 billion
and employing nearly 4 million people, but it also leads the way in driving forward
innovation with around 8000 new products hitting the market each year.
I fully support the FDF’s Innovation Vision. I want to see the industry build on its
success and become a global leader in developing new technologies. That’s why I’m
working closely with farmers, manufacturers and retailers across the whole food
sector to make it easier for businesses to grow both in the UK and abroad.
Whether it’s encouraging more investment in the UK through agri-technologies or
flying the flag for Great British food abroad, I’m determined to do all I can to ensure
the industry prospers and remains competitive for the future.
Owen Paterson
Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
As the FDF’s Centenary Year draws to a close we have been able to reflect on
100 years of food and drink manufacturers embracing innovations which have
transformed consumers’ lives. To write the next chapter in this success story will
require the shared commitment of industry, government and the research
community to work together on the priority areas identified in this vision.
Food & Drink Manufacturing
The UK’s largest manufacturing industry
Jim Moseley
FDF President 2011-13
DELIVERING
SUSTAINABLE
GROWTH THROUGH
Bridging the gap between basic and applied research is vital if we’re to meet
the fundamental challenge of producing more food with fewer resources while
reducing our environmental impact and helping deliver improvements in public
health. The food industry has a strong track record in innovation and we must keep
this up to deliver yet more breakthroughs.
Richard Evans
FDF President from 1st January 2014 and President of PepsiCo UK & Ireland
About Us
Members of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Food and Drink
Manufacturing have seen first-hand the importance of innovation in the sector.
Delivering on this vision and developing a shared understanding of the industry’s
priorities will help the UK’s largest manufacturing sector to deliver increased rates
of sustainable growth.
The Food and Drink Federation is the voice of
the food and drink industry, the UK’s largest
manufacturing sector.
Our sector directly employs up to 400,000 people
and accounts for 16% of manufacturing by value. An
invaluable partner to British agriculture the sector
purchases two thirds of farm produce.
John Stevenson
Chair, All-Party Parliamentary Group for Food and Drink Manufacturing
6 Catherine Street, London WC2B 5JJ
Tel: 020 7836 2460
Email: generalenquiries@fdf.org.uk
Web: www.fdf.org.uk
INNOVATION
2. Food & Drink Manufacturing
The UK’s largest manufacturing industry
DELIVERING SUSTAINABLE GROWTH THROUGH INNOVATION
The UK food industry – in common with the global food
production system – faces fundamental challenges that
require urgent attention including:
• Reducing our environmental impact
• Meeting growing global demand for food
• Producing more from less as pressure increases on resources
• Mitigating the potential impacts of climate change
• Reformulating and creating new products to meet diet and health requirements
• Delivering our vision of 20% growth in the sector by 2020
Meeting these challenges will require a
transformation in the way we currently do
business at all levels – from the ingredients we
use and the products we make to how we
package them and transport them to our
customers.
UK food and drink manufacturers currently
bring over 8000 new products to the market
every year, investing £1bn a year in innovation.
This increases the availability of high quality,
safe and nutritious food at affordable prices,
with plenty of choice to suit
individual
tastes and
diet. We
need to
harness that
record of
innovative
THE UK FOOD AND
success to
DRINK INDUSTRY:
unlock
transformative
technological
innovation in a
way that
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manufacturing industry
revolutionises our sector to address the
challenges outlined.
This can only be done with long-term
commitment, a clear sense of shared priorities,
sufficient funding, a strong relationship
between researchers and industry and a
structure which the research community and
industry can navigate their way through without
undue difficulty. This is a particular challenge
for an industry where over 80% of the 6000
companies are medium to micro sized.
There is currently a gap between basic and
applied research and no clear articulation of
the strategic innovation priorities necessary to
meet the environmental, social and economic
challenges we face.
The Government’s Agri-Tech Strategy is a
move in the right direction. We now need to
build on this to create an innovation vision and
shared priorities for the manufacturing sector
and the whole supply chain.
In this way we can start the process of
unlocking the full potential of what science can
contribute to delivering sustainable growth to
the largest manufacturing sector in the UK;
and healthier, more secure and sustainable
food and drink, which is affordable and
accessible to all.
In 2011 FDF launched its shared vision to deliver 20%
sustainable growth by 2020 in the food and drink manufacturing
sector. The key drivers of this growth we identified as exports,
skills and innovation.
A SHARED VISION FOR INNOVATION
Our vision is for an innovative, resilient and resource-efficient food and drink
manufacturing supply chain that delivers affordable, nutritious and safe food for
21st century populations. In order to deliver this we need industry, government
and research communities to agree a shared agenda for sustainable growth
hrough innovation from one end of the food supply chain to the other.
DELIVERING THE VISION
The right policy and collaboration framework to encourage
innovation is critical to our sector and to UK plc.
Innovation Priorities
Our sector is thriving and vital and has a proud track record, but the competition from
elsewhere is becoming ever stronger and unless we provide the right incentives, and
make it easier for business to engage with the UK research base, we will not keep pace.
We need:
Working with our partners in the Food Sector Group of the Biosciences Knowledge Transfer
Network (KTN) and the National Technology Platform for Food (NTP), we have looked at the
fundamental challenges we face and identified ten long-term priority areas for innovation.
• Funding models and delivery mechanisms aligned to business needs
• Better communication and coordination of the many different initiatives which already
A safe,
secure food
manufacturing
supply chain
An
innovative,
resilient
food supply
chain for
21st
century
population
FOOD SAFETY
AUTHENTICITY AND TRACEABILITY
HEALTH AND WELLBEING THROUGH DIET
SMARTER PACKAGING
NEW AND SMARTER INGREDIENTS
NEXT GENERATION (INTEGRATED) RETAIL
UNDERSTANDING & CHANGING BEHAVIOURS/DRIVERS
A resourceefficient food
manufacturing
supply chain
exist, ideally through a single contact point
• Support for R&D investment at least equivalent to our European competitors
• An evidence-based regulatory approach which does not act as barrier to new technologies
ENERGY AND WATER
WASTE MINIMISATION
MANUFACTURING OF THE FUTURE
The call to action
We have taken the first steps in creating a better future through our 10 priority areas for innovation.
We now need to build on this working with our partners with an interest in promoting innovation in food
and drink. FDF is in arguably a unique position, as the voice of the sector and a trusted partner to
government and other key stakeholders, to articulate the needs and priorities of the sector and we will
use this position to help develop and champion a clear view of where and how limited funds should be
spent to tackle the highest priority challenges.
We have already begun our conversations across disciplines and across institutions. Our initial
discussions confirm that in the future we must find new ways to produce old favourites, innovate
to create new ones and get closer to our customers
in order to:
The rewards
Make our supply chains work better for suppliers,
The challenges facing the sector are
customers and the environment
immense - and we cannot afford not
to meet them. We know that working
Make better use of simulation and modelling to
together at the pre-competitive stage
de-risk investment in new facilities
can deliver tangible down-stream
Keep our machines running for longer and in better
commercial benefits and maximising
condition for example with self-cleaning technology
our ability to find solutions to the key
Make sure that our processing capability is matched
strategic challenge facing the global
effectively to our raw materials
food system – how to feed a growing
Improve the quality of our products through
population whilst reducing our
technology, for example better use of sensors
environmental impact - is an
in manufacturing
essential factor both in the UK’s food
security in the long term and to the
Create packaging that works across the whole chain
delivery of £4bn growth in our sector
– improving efficiency and reducing waste
by 2020.
Redesign our packs to help consumers waste less
•
•
We have also identified the need to:
• Improve knowledge transfer.
• Ensure we have the technical skills required to compete globally and attract inward investment.
• Create a multi-disciplinary, strategically focussed approach to deliver integrated solutions.
Case study
THE CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE FOR FOOD ENGINEERING AT SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY
The new Centre of Excellence for Food Engineering at Sheffield Hallam University is a standout example of
how industry, government and academia can collaborate to bridge the research gap. The £6.9m investment
by the Higher Education Funding Council for England in the Centre coupled with industry support and
leadership will help to create world-leading capability and deliver innovation and skills solutions for UK food
and drink manufacturing. This focal point for research and innovation excellence will play a leading role in
meeting the considerable challenges identified in our shared vision.
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•
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and to increase product enjoyment
INNOVATION HAS HELPED...
...FDF MEMBERS TO REDUCE
THE SALT CONTENT
OF THEIR PRODUCTS BY
10%
IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS
...TO REDUCE THE
PROPORTION OF INCOME
SPENT ON FOOD FROM
50% 100 YEARS AGO
TO AROUND
10%
TODAY
...TO REDUCE THE AVERAGE
TIME TAKEN TO PREPARE
MEALS FROM
2 HOURS
50 YEARS
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18 TODAY
minutes
...TO REDUCE
THE WEIGHT
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50%
IN THE LAST
50 YEARS
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DF
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MARKET
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TO SAVE THE EQUIVALENT OF
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SWIMMING
POOLS
WORTH OF
WATER
...F
THE INNOVATION GAP
32%
REDUCTION IN CO2
EMISSIONS