All posts tagged: Fruit and vegetables

Don’t count on Starmer’s EU reset to bring down food prices – POLITICO

Don’t count on Starmer’s EU reset to bring down food prices – POLITICO

By pursuing an agreement, the government appears ready to adopt “unnecessarily stringent” EU SPS controls on imports from non-EU countries, said Jenney. This risks triggering “thousands of additional and unnecessary border delays, considerably more inspections, more paperwork and port congestion — every added layer acting as a compounding financial penalty on trade,” he warned.  Analysis conducted by the Fresh Produce Consortium — seen by POLITICO — suggests that a number of staples from the weekly shop could be negatively impacted as border checks for non-EU produce are ramped up — from Moroccan cucumbers and Indian mangoes to South African citrus fruits and U.S. sweet potatoes. This is expected to add a cost of around £400 million to the supply chain, the consortium estimates.  U.K. Environment Secretary Emma Reynolds leaves No. 10 Downing Street after a Cabinet meeting on March 24, 2026. | Leon Neal/Getty Images Beyond imports, firms have warned that the SPS deal risks imposing costly burdens on domestic growers, who are forced to impose EU standards even if they have no plan to …

The best juicers for juicing fresh fruits and vegetables, tried and tested at home

The best juicers for juicing fresh fruits and vegetables, tried and tested at home

I love kicking off the day with freshly squeezed juice, whether a simple orange juice or a more intricate concoction filled with all sorts of fruits and vegetables. Juicers differ from blenders in that they extract the liquid rather than mixing it all together, while food processors are geared towards the preparation of uncooked ingredients – chopping, dicing, slicing, kneading and so on. Juicing machines let you chuck fresh produce, often whole or without peeling, into a receptacle and grind it down into juice, with the pulp deposited into a container to be discarded or composted. It’s a good way to get in your five a day, provided you don’t drink too much juice, which can be bad for your teeth – the NHS recommends a maximum of 150ml per day. The easiest way to avoid expensive shop-bought options, which may have added sugar, is to have one of the best juicers at home. I’ve tried all the latest juicers from big names like Nutribullet, Sage and Philips in order to find the best home …