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What Makes a Good Recipe? 10 Signs a Recipe Will Actually Work

A good recipe does more than make a dish sound delicious. It gives an ordinary cook enough information to produce a recognisable result without having to guess what the writer meant.

4 min read 01 Sep 2026

EU Packaging Rules Now Apply: What UK Food Exporters Need to Know About PPWR

Since 12 August 2026, the European Union’s Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation has applied across the EU. For UK food and drink businesses, this is not simply an issue for packaging suppliers. Any company placing packaged goods on the EU market needs to understand how its packaging is designed, documented, labelled and reported.

4 min read 01 Sep 2026

Best Student Food Discounts UK 2026: Restaurants, Takeaways and Supermarkets

Starting university can make even ordinary food spending feel expensive. A coffee between lectures, a quick lunch in town and one meal out with friends can easily add up, which is why student food discounts remain one of the simplest ways to stretch a budget without giving up every social occasion.

4 min read 01 Sep 2026

Reducing Food Waste in UK Manufacturing: A Practical Guide for 2026

How UK food and drink manufacturers can reduce waste, cut costs and meet 2026 obligations under new food waste separation rules and the Courtauld Commitment.

4 min read 27 Jul 2026

Food Supply Chain Resilience: What UK Manufacturers Need to Do in 2026

Editor's note: supply chain disruption has gone from occasional crisis to background noise for UK food manufacturers. Here is what is actually driving it in 2026 and what businesses can do to protect themselves.

4 min read 20 Jul 2026

EPR Packaging Rules 2026: A Plain English Timeline for UK Food and Drink Brands

pEPR has moved from a future obligation to a live cost on this year's invoices. Here is a plain timeline of what has already happened, what is due next, and where the scheme is still developing.

4 min read 13 Jul 2026

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4 min read 07 Jul 2026

HFSS Advertising Ban 2026: What Manufacturers Must Know

Editor's note: new advertising rules are now affecting a wider range of products than many manufacturers expected. Here is what is confirmed, what is still under consultation, and what to check on your own product range.

4 min read 06 Jul 2026

Why machine safety in food production is a specific discipline

Most industrial safety switches and interlocks were originally designed for general manufacturing, where the main concern is preventing access to moving parts. Food and drink production adds a second requirement on top of that: the equipment itself has to survive frequent washdown, resist corrosion from cleaning chemicals, and avoid any design feature that could harbour bacteria.

4 min read 24 Jun 2026

Machine Safety Interlocks for Food Manufacturing: A Buyer's Guide

Choosing the right safety interlocks and guarding for a food production line means balancing two things that do not always sit comfortably together: keeping people safe around moving machinery, and keeping the equipment itself easy to clean to a high hygiene standard. Get the balance wrong and you either compromise safety or end up with switches and guards that trap residue and become a contamination risk in their own right. This guide sets out the main considerations, the relevant standards, and the questions worth asking before you specify or replace safety equipment on a line.

4 min read 22 Jun 2026

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What Makes a Good Recipe? 10 Signs a Recipe Will Actually Work

EU Packaging Rules Now Apply: What UK Food Exporters Need to Know About PPWR

Best Student Food Discounts UK 2026: Restaurants, Takeaways and Supermarkets

Reducing Food Waste in UK Manufacturing: A Practical Guide for 2026

Food Supply Chain Resilience: What UK Manufacturers Need to Do in 2026

EPR Packaging Rules 2026: A Plain English Timeline for UK Food and Drink Brands

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HFSS Advertising Ban 2026: What Manufacturers Must Know

Why machine safety in food production is a specific discipline

Machine Safety Interlocks for Food Manufacturing: A Buyer's Guide

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What Makes a Good Recipe? 10 Signs a Recipe Will Actually Work

EU Packaging Rules Now Apply: What UK Food Exporters Need to Know About PPWR

Best Student Food Discounts UK 2026: Restaurants, Takeaways and Supermarkets

Reducing Food Waste in UK Manufacturing: A Practical Guide for 2026

Food Supply Chain Resilience: What UK Manufacturers Need to Do in 2026

EPR Packaging Rules 2026: A Plain English Timeline for UK Food and Drink Brands

Online Advertising

HFSS Advertising Ban 2026: What Manufacturers Must Know

Why machine safety in food production is a specific discipline

Machine Safety Interlocks for Food Manufacturing: A Buyer's Guide

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