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A Decade of Change in European Consumer Opinion

Over the past ten years, the European food landscape has been reshaped by evolving consumer attitudes toward key issues such...

Development of novel food products and companies

In the past decade, the food industry has seen a remarkable rise in novel food products, companies and innovative...

The global market for novel foods is projected to surge, at an anticipated compound annual growth rate of 30% from 2022 to...

Milking microorganisms for the next novel dairy foods

Whey is a milk protein that, together with casein, forms the majority of milk proteins. There is a range of new companies...

Precision fermentation is ready. EU novel food approval isn’t.

The EU keeps precision fermentation-derived foods safe. But is it also keeping them off European tables altogether?

EFSA’s 2025 guidance on microorganisms: approaching harmonisation

On 24 September 2025, the Scientific Committee of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) adopted a new Guidance on the characterisation of microorg...

MoPS update: current status and next steps

EFSA’s Microorganisms Pipelines Service, MoPS, is progressing towards implementation as a key tool for analysing whole genome sequence data in regulat...

Probiotics and beyond in the EU: A regulatory maze for food and feed

Probiotics – those “good bacteria” found in yoghurts, supplements, and animal feed – are big business and a hot topic.

Microbial testing – An overview of what it is and what it is for

Every day, we come into contact with microorganisms. While many are harmless, a few can invade our bodies causing severe illness or contamination. Yet...

Updated EFSA guidance on microorganisms in the food chain

What’s new at a glance: five key takeaways One guidance now covers all sectors of the EU food chain, unifying expectations for microorganisms. Whole g...

Novel food status of microbial products in the EU

Microbial ingredients are moving fast, and EU market access still hinges on one deceptively simple question: was the product consumed to a significant...

The GMO banana Europe may never get to eat

Bananas, biotechnology and Europe’s evolving GMO rules meet in one unusually revealing story about a lost variety, a spreading disease and the questio...

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