Health insight and analysis – Page 42
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Comment and Opinion
Hollow sugar crystals aren't an obesity crisis panacea
This week’s reveal by Nestlé of its ‘hollow’ sugar tech merits a qualified welcome…
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Analysis and Features
WK Kellogg No Added Sugar Granola: acid test
In January, Kellogg’s rolled out WK Kellogg – a vegan-friendly cereal range featuring organic and no-added-sugar variants
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Comment and Opinion
Doctor's Orders: a lesson in nutrition for tomorrow's medics
You’d be forgiven for thinking we had our fill of experts espousing the link between nutrition and health
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Analysis and Features
Baobab: the next superfood?
Most people couldn’t point it out in a line-up, but its surprisingly high nutritional content may make this African fruit the next big thing
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Comment and Opinion
Muffin report is hardly shocking, but there is work to do on morning goods
Action on Sugar has exclusively revealed that ’blueberry muffins are not a healthy snack option’, in case you didn’t already know?
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Comment and Opinion
Be prepared for new restrictions on promotions
Food and drink retailers and manufacturers are under increasing pressure to support the fight against obesity
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Comment and Opinion
You're Doing it Wrong: a history of diet fads and fallacies
If anything, the Edwardians had the edge on our cabbage soup/paleo/alkaline madness
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Comment and Opinion
Unhealthy food: time to get drastic on reformulation
Governments around the world are waking up to the time-bomb of obesity
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Comment and Opinion
Industry and campaigners reach a crossroads over food labelling
Campaigners want meat and dairy labelling that could carry wording on methods of production similar to what is found on packs of eggs
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Comment and Opinion
We all pay the price of too many calories
This week, the food industry was challenged to reduce calories in popular products by 20% by 2024
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Analysis and Features
How will supermarkets enforce the under-16 energy drinks ban?
Waitrose, Aldi, Co-op, Tesco and Morrisons plan to exercise their Challenge 25 policies, currently used for alcohol sales
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Comment and Opinion
Babies deserve better options - such as HPP foods
Walk down the petfood aisle in some UK supermarkets, and you will find a fridge for chilled products
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Analysis and Features
How will food & drink react to PHE's calorie bombshell?
Shock and awe as government drops calories bombshell
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Comment and Opinion
As a nation, we need to diet. But will PHE's bitter pill work?
Instead of pile-it-high sell it cheap, retailers must somehow sell less, waste less and charge more
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Category Report
Raising the bar: snack bars category report 2018
Last year, half a million new shoppers went for a fruit and granola bar instead of a chocolate one
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Analysis and Features
Eight innovative new snack bars coming to supermarkets
Snack bars are sweating it out to provide the full health and nutrition package
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Comment and Opinion
Food industry faces mammoth reformulation task – but calorie focus represents a win
Already thoughts will be turning to just how companies can react to such a sweeping call for calorie reduction, even though the specific sector targets won’t be set until the middle of next year
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Comment and Opinion
We all need to wise up on treats
All of society needs to work together to effectively address this challenge
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Category Report
Has ice cream got health licked? Ice cream category report 2018
Ice cream is trending towards better for you and portion control. But will taste remain a hurdle?
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Comment and Opinion
Eating less would be a simpler way to go 'guilt-free'
Sir, There’s no disputing that the likes of Halo Top, Breyers and Oppo have found a clever niche