Updated Dutch eating guidelines advise more legumes 🫘 🫛 and less meat (less than 200g red meat/week). The Dutch Health Council said a more plant-based and less animal-based diet is better for health and benefits the environment.
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www.healthcouncil.nl/documents/20...

Food (production + consumption) is responsible for a big chunk of EU pollution. While progress has been made on pesticides and antimicrobials, more needs to be done regarding nutrient pollution - and there shifting to sustainable healthy diets would help!
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Cities trim beef, add veggies with climate-friendly food policies | CBC News Toronto, Montreal and even many smaller cities across Canada are serving less beef and more plant-based options through events such as festivals and services such as shelters and rec centres. It's par...

On the power of public procurement and cities to #PutChangeOnTheMenu 🍽️👇
(this is about Canada, but surely European cities could do the same - and many already do!)
www.cbc.ca/news/science...

Home | World Pulses Day | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations World Pulses Day (WPD) 10 February. Building on the success of the International Year of Pulses (IYP) in 2016 implemented by FAO and recognizing the potentia...

Pulses are a win-win-win for consumers' health, climate, and the EU's protein self-sufficiency.
Surely encouraging their production and consumption will feature prominently in the EU Vision for Agriculture and Food...?
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www.fao.org/world-pulses...

Great initiative by MEPs @annastrolenberg.volteuropa.org @sigridfriis.bsky.social and 22 other EU lawmakers! Consumers willing to eat healthy and sustainable diets need more options, and this is what an EU Action Plan for #PlantBased Foods is about!👇
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L’étude www.iddri.org/sites/defaul...
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Last week @europarl.europa.eu AGRI lawmakers called some researchers “ideological” for telling them the inconvenient truth about the #CAP, will they call the Joint Research Centre the same for pointing to the need to transform #FoodEnvironments and #PutChangeOnTheMenu? 👇

💡 (Some) plant-based foods can have it all! 😋
These falafels have a Nutri-Score ‘A’ and a simple list of ingredients. They’re made from organic, local ingredients - but the chickpeas with ‘EU’ origin. Ready to eat after a few minutes in the pan, and even the kids like them!
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Ahold Delhaize announces protein split target of 50% by 2030 for European food retail brands Zaandam, the Netherlands, January 29, 2025 –  Ahold Delhaize aims to inspire and enable customers to make healthier and more sustainable choices. As part of those efforts, Ahold Delhaize announces tha...

Retailers leading the way on plant-rich diets!
Going further than Lidl (who announced boosting sales of plant-based foods by 20% by 2030), Ahold Delhaize has just announced it will aim at 50/50 plant vs animal protein sales by 2030 👇
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newsroom.aholddelhaize.com/ahold-delhai...

Bønne Burrito Nem, lækker burrito, der kan blive en af hverdagens favoritter. Prøv den i dag.

And by the way, here's the bean burrito recipe 😋
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taenk.dk/forbrugerliv...

Interesting 👀👇
Lidl has announced it will increase the proportion of plant-based foods sold (incl. plant-based protein sources, whole grains, fruits and vegetables) by 20% compared to 2023 - in line with its vision to offer an increasingly plant-rich food range by 2050.
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EAT-Lancet 2.0 announced for October 👀👇
Certainly a landmark publication to look forward to!
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Unwrapping veggie burgers: What BEUC thinks of plant-based meat alternatives This brochure summarises consumer organisations’ views on plant-based meat alternatives and their place in diets with more diversified protein sources.

There’s lot of talk about plant-based alternatives to meat - often in the name of consumers.
But what’s consumer groups’ take on these products?
Read @beuc.bsky.social's new brochure 👀👇
#VeggieBurger #PutChangeOnTheMenu
www.beuc.eu/reports/unwr...

La diversification des sources de protéines dans l’alimentation, les cantines scolaires s’y mettent aussi (reçu via l’école👇) ! Plus de légumineuses dans l’assiette, et jusqu’ici les enfants ne s’en plaignent pas 😅
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Another reason why self-regulation of food marketing to kids doesn’t work: in-store ads like this from #CocaCola aren’t covered.

Retail #foodenvironments need improvement : marketing promotions of such products in key spots pushes unhealthy products on kids (and then parents).

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New report from England's Chief Medical Officer underlines the need to #PutChangeOnTheMenu for #foodenvironments in cities.

"It is unwise to think we can rely on education and willpower alone to curb our appetites and to prevent the many diet related diseases'

www.gov.uk/government/p...

A concrete example of how? Through reformulation policies, the EU can improve ready-made meals’ recipes they say, by mandating cuts in sugar, fat and salt levels and increases in contents of 🍈 🍎 🥦 🫘 🍊 and wholegrains.
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Higher ratio of plant protein to animal protein may improve heart health Eating a diet with a higher ratio of plant-based protein to animal-based protein may reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease and coronary heart disease, according to a new Harvard Chan School stu…

“Eating a diet with a higher ratio of plant-based protein to animal-based protein may reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and coronary heart disease (CHD), according to a new study.”
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www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/press-r...

A multicriteria analysis of meat and milk alternatives from… Reducing meat and dairy intake has been identified as a necessary strategy for mitigating the high environmental impacts food systems are currently having…

“Our findings suggest that a range of food products exist that when replacing meat and dairy in current diets would have multiple benefits, [..] and when choosing unprocessed foods over processed ones also diet costs.”
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www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/publications...

Not sure what to cook tonight? We have a special recipe for you that shows you how make healthy and sustainable diets easy and affordable - benefiting people, planet and animals. #PutChangeOnTheMenu www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5BW...

Dear MEPs on the ENVI, AGRI, PECH & IMCO Committees of the EU Parliament, you’ve got some mail delivered to you by
@beuc.bsky.social and our colleagues at Eurogroup for Animals and EPHA 👇
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What have we been up to? 👀
Together with Eurogroup for Animals and EPHA, tomorrow we'll go to the European Parliament to share a special recipe with policy-makers... one that's all about diets which are good for people, 🌍 and animals.
Find out tomorrow! 🥄
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Put Change on the Menu - BEUC Eurogroup for Animals, the European Consumer Organisation (BEUC) and the European Public Health Alliance (EPHA) have joined forces for a project called “Put change on the menu” to move the debate arou...

The project #PutChangeOnTheMenu is exactly about this: mobilising food processors, retailers and the food service sector (as needed through regulation) to make healthy and sustainable (more plant-based) diets the easy and affordable choice.
www.beuc.eu/put-change-o...

Gobbling Meat Is Fueling a Climate Crisis. Here’s How to Cut Back Meat-centric diets are significantly contributing to global emissions. Yet new data show that some techniques to promote more sustainable eating are working.

“Just giving plant-based meals premium visibility and marketing on shelves, tables and menus can make a big difference.“
On the power of #FoodEnvironments in shaping people’s food habits - for better or worse.
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www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Finland's new dietary guidelines — Less meat and booze, more veg and berries The Finnish Food Authority's national nutritional guidelines recommend consuming a maximum of about 350 grams of processed meat per person per week — but the agency hopes people would eat much less.

“The Finnish Food Authority's national nutritional guidelines recommend consuming a maximum of about 350 grams of processed meat per person per week — but the agency hopes people would eat much less.”
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yle.fi/a/74-20127714

An entertaining yet informative article on why we should add more beans to our diet. Fear of not knowing how to cook them can sometimes turn consumers off pulses, yet there are super simple recipes, e.g. those by @rosabdb12.bsky.social 👇
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www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Our @beuc.bsky.social report w Eurogroup for Animals
+ EPHA sets out how the #foodenvironment massively influences our food choices + what policymakers need to do to ensure that healthier +more sustainable ones become the default

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tinyurl.com/4e6k6epy

But these policy actions which can actually help #PutChangeOnTheMenu for healthier food environments are not prioritised.

As a result we're seeing little progress:

'No country showed significant reduction in the proportion of overweight/obese adolescents 2018-22.'

If you are interested in the interface between diets, health and climate, I have made an attempt at creating this 👇 feed about sustainable healthy diets and dietary shifts/rebalancing diets towards more plant 🌱 protein.
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bsky.app/profile/did:...

Interesting 👀 👇
Denmark and Germany, supported by four other EU countries, are calling on EU Commission to ensure the future EU #protein strategy promotes the production and consumption of protein crops for food use - not just feed.
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data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/document...