Butter made from CO2, not cows, tastes like ‘the real thing’, claims startup
Savor, backed by Microsoft billionaire Bill Gates, says product has lower carbon footprint as it doesn’t need cows
February 2024
No cheeze please: UK proposals could force dairy alternatives to change names
Concerns that ‘draconian’ plans, which are intended to prevent confusion among shoppers, would push up prices
January 2024
Taste test
Australian supermarket vegan milk taste test: one soy is gold-standard, all almond milks are watery
After imbibing 12 glasses of plant-based alternative milks in a single, queasy evening, Tristan Lutze found a clear winner – and an entire category he’d never try again
December 2023
Hand to mouth: Britain's food poverty crisis
‘Our food bills are off the scale’: how high costs affect people in England with special dietary needs
Those reliant on ‘free-from’ products say they are having to make tough choices at the tills and even risk their health
October 2023
Pass notes
Double-sider or crust-avoider? What your toast technique reveals about you
What can you learn from how someone applies butter to bread? Plenty, according to a new survey
August 2023
Butter, sponge cake and gluten-free bread: Jo Barrett’s made-from-scratch recipes
The Little Picket chef shares three skills-building recipes for bread, butter and a layered, light-as-air sponge cake
March 2023
Skim’s not in: Australians switch back to full-fat milk
As nutritional understanding evolves, Australians are ditching low-fat dairy products and returning to full cream, Dairy Australia sales data shows
September 2022
Leading the whey: the synthetic milk startups shaking up the dairy industry
Lab-grown dairy products, touted as the environmentally friendly option, have the potential to become major disruptors
July 2022
You be the judge
You be the judge: does my sister really need five milk alternatives open at once?
According to Lara, Beatrice is hogging the fridge and wasting her money with her almond, soy, coconut and oat milks. But is Lara just stirring?
May 2022
How to eat healthily
Going green: the best plant-based alternatives
How to eat healthily
Coffee bad, red wine good? Top food myths busted
February 2022
Don’t drink milk? Here’s how to get enough calcium and other nutrients
Tofu, tinned salmon, and almonds can all serve as bone-boosters – even without milk in your diet
Skinny spud latte to go? Potato milk hits UK supermarket shelves
Dairy alternative goes on sale at Waitrose this week, the latest offering in a booming alt-milk market worth £400m a year
Feast
Ribs and veggie hot dogs: Gary Lee’s recipes for the Super Bowl
Recipes for Superbowl 56 next weekend from the kitchen of Joe Allen in Covent Garden: slow-braised smoked baby back ribs and vegetarian hot dogs with quinoa chilli. Touchdown!
January 2022
Oatly ads banned by UK watchdog over ‘misleading’ green claims
The ASA found claims made in an ad campaign for the alt-milk brand were not backed by sufficient evidence
November 2021
‘Cow’s milk without cows’ start-up raises $13m in seed funding
Israeli firm says dairy proteins will be made by microorganisms programmed with DNA instructions
Oatly shares fall 20% after ‘quality issue’ warning and delivery delays
Swedish oat milk producer blames increased losses on ‘temporary headwinds’ in production and distribution
How do I know we have reached peak milk? Almond is being ditched for dairy
Arwa Mahdawi
The milk market is fiercely competitive. Soy, coconut, hemp and potato varieties vie for a piece of the action – and you can’t count out whole milk either, writes Arwa Mahdawi
September 2021
One in three Britons drink plant-based milk as demand soars
Shoppers spent £100m more in 2020 on alt-milks, with sales driven by environmental and health concerns
August 2021
Groundwork
Hemp milk claims to be the greenest yet – but is it any good?
Newcomer on dairy alternative scene is vegan, sequesters carbon and increases biodiversity
