Health insight and analysis – Page 27
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Analysis and Features
How brands are shifting to low-sugar, no-sugar and functional confectionery
Source: Getty Images Confectioners have been issued an ultimatum: ditch the sugar or brace yourselves for a huge sales hit. That’s easier said than done when the white stuff can comprise up to three-quarters of your goods. “The industry has been developing low-sugar or sugar-free ranges ...
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Analysis and Features
Creative challenge: how chocolate brands can tackle the ad clampdown
New rules mean confectionery advertisers will have to work a lot harder to attract attention
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Category Report
Kiss of life? Confectionery category report 2021
Shoppers treat themselves during tough times – the so-called ‘lipstick effect’. But will HFSS rules stop a post-Covid sweet boom?
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Comment and Opinion
Morrisons’ sick pay cut for unvaccinated staff is unfair
Morrisons’ interfering mandate looks less like a thoughtful contribution to disease avoidance than a panicky attempt to bolster profits, says Joanna Blythman, food journalist and author of Swallow This
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Analysis and Features
Restrictions on confectionery advertising in-store, online and on TV explained
Big squeeze: HFSS to lose two thirds of store space
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Category Report
The end of big bang marketing? Confectionery category report 2021
Looming HFSS restrictions could make famous ads like the Cadbury gorilla a thing of the past. How are confectionery brands adapting?
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The Big Interview
Benedict Daniels: the man who made Ritter Sport a UK name
Benedict Daniels made the ‘special, strange’ brand of his childhood a hit on these shores. Now he’s facing a fresh challenge in the form of HFSS rules
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Analysis and Features
What would a national food database achieve across the environment, food security and health?
What is Henry Dimbleby’s idea for a national food database all about? Why does Henry Dimbleby think a national food database is his most important recommendation? What would a national food database achieve across the environment, food security and health?
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Analysis and Features
How dairy firms are supporting mental health in the workplace during Covid
Stopping Covid-19 from getting into the workplace has been the biggest health priority for all businesses over the past 18 months
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Comment and Opinion
Natasha’s Law: with a month to go food businesses aren’t ready and it’s food allergy sufferers who will pay
Eight out of 10 business owners feel unprepared for the upcoming legislation change, a new survey by GS1 UK has revealed
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Category Report
Cold snap: winter remedies category report 2021
With a lockdown immunity debt about to come due, sniffles are expected to return with a bang this winter. Can remedies profit?
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Comment and Opinion
Love at first bite: why Urban Legend’s high-tech doughnuts are a game-changer
We ran a taste test of Urban Legend’s high-tech, non-HFSS doughnut of the future. And it was seriously good
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Comment and Opinion
John West makes healthy point with energetic teen
Its new ad is certainly a departure from the traditional world of seafood advertising
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The Big Interview
Biotiful Dairy’s Natasha Bowes on promoting gut health with plant-based kefir
Biotiful Dairy’s founder has spent nearly a decade working to make kefir mainstream. Now she’s taking on a new challenge: plant-based
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Comment and Opinion
AHDB’s ad victory is a big win for British meat and dairy
Switching to a 100% plant-based diet won’t necessarily bring the benefits to health and the environment we crave
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Comment and Opinion
M&A activity in plant-based is soaring, with huge price tags to match
We believe investors will continue to pay high valuations for the right plant-based assets until the landscape is more consolidated, says James Scallan, consumer, food & retail group MD at Houlihan Lokey
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Comment and Opinion
Not all frozen ready meals are created equal – some are as healthy as home-made
I avoid heavily processed ready meals but have belatedly discovered the benefits of frozen, says Joanna Blythman, food journalist and author of Swallow This
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Analysis and Features
The new apps swaying consumer food choices
On-pack nutritional and environmental information could soon take a back seat. A slew of innovative smartphone apps are providing independent scores for products – and they’re fast gaining shopper trust
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Analysis and Features
How brands can navigate the junk food advertising ban
Restrictions on TV and online advertising of HFSS products are imminent, with the potential to do ‘huge damage’. So what are brands doing to stay visible to shoppers?
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Comment and Opinion
How Tropicana fell victim to the war on sugar
With so much focus on sugar, PepsiCo felt selling the health benefits of juice was too much