This project directly addresses the changes in dietary consumption, food production and trade patterns that would be required for a transition to healthy and sustainable diets and the interventions that would be needed across government, business and civil society to deliver this transformed food system.

Raising the Pulse (RtP) is a systems analysis of the environmental, nutritional and health benefits of pulse-enhanced foods. It’s based on the concept that if we could make it easier for the UK population to eat more UK-grown pulses, there would be considerable health and environmental benefits.

This project will work with the food industry to transform the fibre content of white bread using wheat grown in the UK. This interdisciplinary project brings together a team of researchers based at the University of Reading, the University of Leeds and Rothamsted Research.