All Babycare articles
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Rankings
Baby & infant products 2024: controversy in babycare as prices rise
Price rises are all too apparent this year: babymilk is up 16.9% per average unit
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News
Procter & Gamble recruits for 20 new roles at Manchester factory
It coincides with Procter & Gamble’s 90th year in the city
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News
Little Freddie to correct sugar levels on stage 1 babyfood pouches
Little Freddie admitted three out of its 29 babyfood products were “found to have a sugar value which varied from packaging”
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News
Little Freddie babyfood pouches fail WHO sugar standard, despite claims
Little Freddie babyfood pouches fail to meet World Health Organization standards for on-pack sugar labelling, despite the brand claiming it is “always” reflective of the body’s guidelines.
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Comment & Opinion
Healthy innovation is crucial, but the information underpinning it must be accurate
Misleading consumers over the healthiness of a product not only provides an unfair advantage, it betrays the public’s trust
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Comment & Opinion
Little Freddie responds to ‘concerning’ babyfood sugar investigation
“Our independent nutritional testing results are exactly as we reflect on our packs,” says Little Freddie’s UK general manager Rich Keir
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News
Little Freddie babyfood pouches contain almost double advertised sugar levels
Little Freddie babyfood pouches have been found to contain higher levels of sugar than stated on pack labelling, with some products having almost double the amount of sugar listed in the nutritional information
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Comment & Opinion
Why retailers must support families who rely on baby formula
Soaring formula prices are forcing cash-strapped parents to resort to desperate measures like shoplifting or watering down
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Events & Awards
The Grocer’s New Product & Packaging Awards 2024: Baby & infant food
Little Freddie noticed that existing products fell short when it came to calcium levels
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News
Parents ‘paying over the odds’ for infant formula, CMA report finds
The interim report highlights ‘a number of concerns’ related to the infant formula market
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News
City snapshot: CMA sets out plans to shake up infant formula market
The UK competition watchdog has set out a list of recommendations to shake up the baby formula market amid fears that prices in the category are too high
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News
Sainsbury’s rapped by ASA over influencer’s affiliate link to formula
Affiliate links allow content creators to earn commission from their followers’ clicks and purchases
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News
Little Dish launches Big Dish ready meal range for older children
Aimed at children aged five to 10, Big Dish offers larger 400g formats of Little Dish’s bestselling recipes
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News
Kiddylicious enters babyfood pouches with ‘added benefits’ range
The eight-strong lineup will ‘complement our weaning finger food range’, Kiddylicious said
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News
CMA highlights ‘significant concerns’ in infant formula market study update
In light of the concerns, the CMA will continue its market study, ahead of formal recommendations in October
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News
Hipp Organic claims limited availability is ‘retailer related’
Fifty-one out of 257 SKUs are currently out of stock
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News
Danone and Microsoft unveil major AI partnership
The multiyear collaboration with the tech giant includes the creation of a Danone Microsoft AI Academy, tasked with improving staff AI literacy
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Category Report
Infant & childcare trends 2024: growing baby
As concerns over sugar content mount and parents become ever more price-conscious, how can babyfood continue to grow sales?
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Comment & Opinion
What the centenarian boom means for supermarket baby aisles
Good news for Colin the Caterpillar: we’re having more birthdays
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News
Hain Celestial promotes Chris Jenkins to global head of impact
Jenkins will oversee Hain’s global impact strategy, which prioritises building purpose-driven brands across its portfolio