Industry Watch
Supporting safe innovation: FAO highlights food safety considerations for food supplements and functional or health foods
30th June 2025
The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) report provides an extensive overview of potential safety issues associated with functional foods and food supplements. This includes drug interactions, adulteration, overdose, and toxicity. It uses case studies from scientific research and reports by the media.
The report also investigates the regulatory frameworks across various regions and countries. These frameworks cover core areas of food supplements and functional foods i.e. composition, registration, labelling, classification, claims, showing the differences in regulatory approaches.
New research reveals frozen food is closing the health gap – but misconceptions persist
30th June 2025
Nomad Foods, Europe’s leading frozen food company has produced its first annual Frozen in Focus report. The report features a new multi-market study, which included 7,500 adults across Europe.
The study highlighted how greater than one third (35%) of consumers would like a larger freezer at home. 51% of consumers also said that frozen food saves them time.
The study found that almost a third of consumers (29%) are using a freezer more now than in the previous five years. Also, almost a half of consumers (47%) stated that the freezer helps them throw out less food.
The research also found a significant knowledge gap in consumers regarding the benefits of frozen food. Whilst 63% of consumers acknowledged that frozen foods can be as nutritious as fresh food, only 21% of consumers believed that frozen foods can retain nutrients better than fresh or chilled foods.(1)
Reference: 1) Food Chemistry: Volume 62, Issue 1, A comparison of the vitamin C content of fresh and frozen vegetables, D.J. Favell, 1998.