Every year, the world wastes an incredible amount of food — 2.9 trillion pounds to be exact, according to figures published by the United Nations. Here, Miguel Campos, export sales manager at food packaging manufacturer Advanta, examines whether it is time to rethink use-by dates and explains the latest shelf-life extension techniques, which are helping […]
Nestlé leave no Kit Kat uneaten. If quality assurance deems that a certain Kit Kat not up to standards, it will simply go in the reject pile, ready to be crushed and used to fill other Kit Kats. Other food manufacturers may have simply discarded these flawed products, adding to the 1.7 million tonnes of food that […]