Investors are flocking to a Dutch university at the centre of a food production revolution

Robert Wright had long thought of himself as overweight. Then the pounds started slipping off

Surging consumer demand led entrepreneurs to establish ‘indentity preserved’ venue

Life without meat or dairy? Can it offer more than social isolation, endless chopping and inedible fake cheese? Henry Mance reports

Chinese food is perfect for vegans since dairy products are largely absent from the traditional diet — and their vegetables are delectable

The amount of farmland needed to sustain human life would shrink by 3.1bn hectares – the size of the African continent

‘If we cut out meat and dairy, we would all live longer, healthier, happier lives’

‘A diet of fags, booze and chips is technically vegan – but won’t help you outlive your burger-munching peers’

Lancet study runs counter to received wisdom about healthy diet

Minister says anti-obesity measure could cause higher food prices and job losses

Consultations being held on plan to restrict sale of drinks such as Red Bull

Plan would cut revenue by £13m a year as TfL faces widening operating deficit

Multinationals gradually catch on to changing tastes as consumers shun salt and MSG

Obesity poised to overtake smoking as leading risk factor, warn researchers

IFS study reinforces calls for extension of restrictions up to 9pm watershed

Consumer thirst for low-sugar drinks boosts sales of brands such as Pepsi Max

Sugar and calories to be cut in milky drinks, including syrupy lattes

Paul Farmer of Mind, Ebola fears, food as medicine

Report due on whether food companies are sticking to curbs on sugar

Camilla Cavendish, the initiator of the UK’s tax on sugar, says it’s time to start treating it like nicotine

Swiss confectioner Barry Callebaut says emerging markets are lifting volumes