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Artificial sweeteners have become deeply embedded in our global food system.
Also known as non-nutritive sweeteners (NNS) or non-sugar sweeteners, they are widely promoted as healthier alternatives to sugar. Offering sweetness without caloric intake they appeal to individuals seeking weight loss, glycaemic control, or reduced...

Every day, we consume food additives and preservatives. They keep our food safe, and create new textures and products that would not otherwise exist in nature.
Some of these – salt or the acid or vinegar to preserve food, an egg yolk as emulsifier for mayonnaise – have existed for millennia. But it is only really after the second world war that modern day food additives really came to the fore....

Earlier this year we wrote a short paragraph around ultra processed foods (UPFs) and how Slow Food has always been against their consumption.
Forty years ago, that position was quite lonely – today it’s a packed room with barely a voice in dissent.
Right now, UPF foods provide more than 50% of all calories consumed in the UK – and an even greater share for those under the age of 35....

Created eleven years ago, the Slow Food Awards winners are nominated by the public. Each winner is a champion of good, clean and fair food and represents the very best of their craft.
In addition to the public vote, each national director chooses their Person of the Year, someone who embodies Slow Food values....