Health insight and analysis – Page 24
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Analysis and Features
Are independent fast food outlets Britain’s obesity blind spot?
Restaurants and takeaways are key pillars of Britain’s plans to tackle obesity. So why is the local kebab shop excluded?
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Analysis and Features
10 new food launches prompted by HFSS restrictions
Brands with HFSS products must either innovate or reformulate to get around incoming restrictions. Here are some examples of how they’ve done it
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Analysis and Features
What’s next for the 120 CBD brands not on the FSA’s list?
The FSA says brands not on its list should be removed from sale – but many are on shelves at major retailers such as Sainsbury’s and Amazon
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Comment and Opinion
Soft drinks sugar tax turns a blind eye to health damage from artificial sweeteners
Sweeteners may very well be indirectly feeding sugar addiction and overeating, says Joanna Blythman, food journalist and author of Swallow This
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Analysis and Features
The towns taking junk food bans into their own hands
Following the success of TfL’s junk food ad ban, over 80 local councils plan to follow suit. Could chocolate and cheeseburgers soon disappear from billboards forever?
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Analysis and Features
Four HFSS layout trials underway in UK stores
New HFSS laws ban the placement of unhealthy foods on checkouts, aisle ends and in store entrances. So what will retailers do with the vacated space? And where will they put those HFSS foods?
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Analysis and Features
Will HFSS laws shut down unhealthy innovation for good?
With advertising restrictions imminent, it’s becoming more difficult to interest buyers in HFSS products. How are brands responding?
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Comment and Opinion
Four solutions for retailers and brands ahead of HFSS regulations
It’s apparent we are missing great opportunities to feature the virtues of our own products, says Steve Burdett, commercial director Western Europe, NielsenIQ Brandbank
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Comment and Opinion
HFSS brands need to mobilise public support to avoid tobacco-style controls
There are similarities in the creeping controls on HFSS products to the way tobacco was treated in the run-up to plain packaging, says Mike Coppen-Gardner, MD of SPQR Communications
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Comment and Opinion
Will mandatory calorie labelling actually help tackle obesity in the UK?
Doubts have already been raised over whether calorie labelling on menus will make much difference in the fight against obesity
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Comment and Opinion
How to break the barriers to purchase of healthy and sustainable foods
Cost, access and cynicism gaps must be overcome, says Stefan Appleby, trade consultant at Hanover Communications
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Promotional Feature
WATCH: How will HFSS change shopper behaviour?
Catch up on this webinar surrounding an in-depth look at HFSS through a shopper lens and hear how experts from Co-op, Weetabix, Kraft Heinz and Kantar expect the new rules to affect consumer behaviour.
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Analysis and Features
Nine habits shoppers will change as inflation transforms the landscape
As the cost of living crisis strikes, consumers will change the products they buy, the stores they buy them in, and even eat less (and worse) food
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Comment and Opinion
HFSS regulation is a challenge – but it offers fresh in-store opportunities for brands
There is a fear of the changes the new regulation brings but we cannot miss the opportunities the regulation offers, says Matt Lee, MD at Capture
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Comment and Opinion
Who Made Britain Fat? Michael Mosley documentary has little sympathy for food sector
Mosley unveiled the thousands of promotions on unhealthy grub across the mults
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The Big Interview
How Susan Jebb is setting a new health standard at the FSA
Susan Jebb’s obesity work hasn’t won her too many friends in the industry. So how should it view her decision, in her new role, to put health back on the Food Standards Agency’s agenda?
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Analysis and Features
How ready is the food industry for the HFSS clampdown?
The Grocer’s HFSS Clampdown Conference this week revealed a shocking lack of preparedness for measures due to come in later this year
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Comment and Opinion
Why challenger brands hoping HFSS laws will ‘level the playing field’ might be too optimistic
The fmcg giants have already shown they’re willing to make bold moves to drive sales and hold onto valuable shelf space in a post-HFSS retail environment
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Comment and Opinion
How London can transition to a circular food economy and cut waste
We must seize the opportunity for London to be a leader in reducing damaging emissions from our food system, says Jean Billant, food lead at ReLondon
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Category Report
Siege mentality: snack bars category report 2022
Snack bar brands will have to rethink battle tactics once HFSS rules arrive in October. Can challengers storm the new castle?