Food for Profit: senza trasparenza non esiste un dibattito pubblico credibile
Comunicato stampa diffuso dall’agenzia 9Colonne – 7 agosto 2026 Le notizie pubblicate oggi dalla stampa sui presunti finanziamenti legati alla realizzazione del documentario Food for Profit riaprono il dibattito su un tema fondamentale: la trasparenza. Secondo Pietro Paganini, la questione non riguarda soltanto il merito della vicenda, ma il principio che dovrebbe guidare chiunque intervenga […]
The Endless Race to Define Ultra-Processed Foods
Leggi l’articolo in italiano The race to define ultra-processed foods (UPFs) is exposing the limits of the category itself. As the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) acknowledges the difficulty of developing a scientifically robust definition, the debate is shifting from processing methods to ingredients, risking a new battle over competing lists, criteria, and national rules. […]
Palm Oil and Nature Conservation: Producing More, Protecting More
Leggi l’articolo in italiano On World Nature Conservation Day, one lesson is becoming increasingly clear: protecting nature is not simply about producing less – it is about producing more with less. Sustainable palm oil demonstrates how agricultural productivity and environmental conservation can reinforce one another, helping feed a growing global population while reducing pressure on […]
Laws Change Packaging. Knowledge Changes Behaviour
HuffPost Italy has just published a commentary by Pietro Paganini on why nutrition labels alone cannot change eating habits. From Nutri-Score to Chilean warning labels, he calls for a new paradigm built on knowledge, innovation and personalised prevention. Read the full article in Italian on HuffPost, or find the English translation below. Key messages: Obesity […]
La politica può regolamentare ciò che la scienza non ha ancora definito?
ANSA, Lazio Politico e AgenSalute hanno ripreso l’intervento di Pietro Paganini sulla recente decisione di Roma di escludere i cibi ultra-processati (UPF) dalle mense scolastiche. Mentre cresce la volontà politica di regolamentare questi prodotti, emerge una contraddizione: gli UPF vengono già trattati come una categoria giuridica e amministrativa, nonostante la comunità scientifica non abbia ancora […]
Beyond Food Classification: The Future Is Precision Nutrition
Leggi l’articolo in italiano The debate over “ultra-processed foods” (UPFs) continues to search for a universal definition. But classification alone is not enough: categories describe a food, not how it interacts with the person eating it. Precision nutrition and artificial intelligence can combine data on food composition, health, eating habits and physical activity, turning it […]
Chile’s Warning Labels: What Our Analysis of the Lancet Study Reveals
The Lancet study on Chile’s food warning labels has been widely celebrated as proof that front-of-pack warning labels ‘work.’ But does the evidence really support such strong conclusions? A closer look at the data suggests a far more limited, context-specific, and politically amplified result than many public narratives imply. We have reviewed the recent Lancet […]
Rethinking Sustainable Palm Oil: The University of Padua Study Challenging the Demonization Narrative
Leggi l’articolo in italiano A new study by Etifor and the University of Padua shows that oil palm cultivation can significantly reduce its environmental impact when embedded in controlled, traceable and sustainability-driven supply chains. The findings challenge the simplistic narrative of palm oil as the sole driver of deforestation, shifting the debate toward scientific evidence, […]
Complementary Proteins: Strategic, Business and Consumer Implications
Animal proteins remain at the heart of global food systems, delivering nutrient density, food security, economic value, and deep cultural identity. That’s why the future of protein shouldn’t be framed as replacement, but as protein coexistence. Innovation can expand consumer choice, but it should work alongside livestock supply chains, leveraging complementarities, nutritional quality, real sustainability, […]
Beyond Ideology: How AI and Data Are Rewriting the Animal Proteins Debate
Leggi l’articolo in italiano Are animal proteins really the climate’s “number one enemy”? For years, the debate was framed in simple, polarized terms: climate on one side, meat, dairy, and livestock on the other. But today, advanced data, new scientific metrics, artificial intelligence, and satellite monitoring systems are revealing a far more complex reality. The […]