• Over three quarters of consumers confused by food labels
• Nearly two thirds don’t think milk safe to drink once date has passed
• Nearly a third unnecessarily bin food after ‘best before’ date
• Arla Foods will change labels on its milk and yogurts to help consumers reduce waste

Iconic butter brand, Lurpak, is to unveil the first block butter packaging innovation in 60 years with the launch of its new Butterbox.

Arla Foods UK reports half year revenue of £987m (€1.131bn) for 2019 thanks to decreased market volatility, continued success in delivering Arla’s transformation programme, a strong branded agenda and a cooperative mindset.

3D imagery systems will be trialled by Arla UK 360 farmers to help them identify changes in each cow’s physical wellbeing, mobility and weight, before they are visible to the human eye.

Arla Foods amba’s on account price for conventional and organic milk for July 2019 will remain unchanged. However, this month it will be negatively impacted by a slight quarterly currency smoothing adjustment of 0.01 pence per litre. When applied to the UK manufacturing price this will reduce Arla’s pence per litre for conventional milk to 30.22 pence and 41.97 pence per litre for organic milk from 1 July for Arla’s farmer owners.