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Cooking instructions laboratory celebrates audit success

Leatherhead Food Research’s cooking instructions laboratory has maintained its accreditation against ISO/IEC...
News 19 March, 2024

UKAS | Leatherhead upholds cooking instructions accreditation

UKAS audited the department against ISO 17025:2017 (general requirements for the competence of testing and calibration...
News 19 April, 2023

Leatherhead Food Research celebrates International Women’s Day

Happy International Women’s Day from Leatherhead Food Research! As part of Science Group, Leatherhead Food Research...
News 08 March, 2023

“Health-related New Year’s resolutions may further boost air fryer use,” suggests Leatherhead Food Research

The consultancy ran a representative survey of 2,063 UK adults which shows 43% of air fryer owners purchased them to...
News Press release Sustainability 12 January, 2023

How to ensure air fryer cooking instructions deliver consistent food safety and quality

Air fryers have rapidly become a mainstream domestic device. Research we conducted in September indicates that 30% of...
News 21 December, 2022

Lifting the hood on the UK’s air fryer trend

According to our findings, almost a third of UK households (30%) currently own an air fryer. The figure is higher when...
News Sustainability 18 November, 2022

“Air fryer popularity warrants dedicated cooking instructions on pack,” says Leatherhead Food Research

Most air fryer owners (64%) say they would cook more with them if timings were included on cooking instructions labels...
News Sustainability 12 October, 2022

Major players’ R&D leaders collaborate to help land net zero ambitions

R&D and science and technology leadership from Procter & Gamble, PepsiCo and Mars as well as packaging...
News 11 July, 2022

Natasha’s law: Get ready for new UK labelling provisions from 1 October 2021

What is Natasha's Law? Following a tragic allergy incident in 2016, the parents of Natasha Ednan-Laperouse lobbied hard...
News 31 August, 2021

International Women’s Day – Celebrating women in STEM at Leatherhead Food Research

As part of the Science Group, Leatherhead Food Research celebrates our female colleagues working towards diversifying...
News 08 March, 2021