News File – January 13, 2023

Each Friday we’ll bring you a roundup of news from CFIN, YODL and around the food world.

As seen on YODL

Check out this week’s most viewed discussions:

• Upcycled food waste. | Open Forum (cfin-rcia.ca)
• Circular Sandwich - How is rework used in your industry? | Open Forum (cfin-rcia.ca)
• National Food Days | Open Forum (cfin-rcia.ca)

Around the Food World

• A survey from the Netherlands reveals consumer concerns about cultivated meat.
• Cult Food Science has opened a new division called Cult Food Division to develop and commercialize cell-based products.
• Vgarden Ltd. has developed a plant-based canned “tuna.”

Did you Know?

A new report from Second Harvest shows that reliance on food banks and food charities will increase by 60 per cent in 2023. The report also revealed that:

• Dependency on food banks or charities grew a whopping 134% in 2022.
• The report cites the end of COVID supports, food inflation, and flat wages for contributing to increased reliance on food charity in 2022.

• The more than 1,300 Canadian food charities surveyed for the report anticipated a $94-million shortfall in meeting demand this year, working out to approximately $70,000 per organization.
• Up to 70% of the organizations surveyed said they will require both increased amounts of food and funding to meet expected demand for 2023.