Health insight and analysis – Page 64
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Comment & OpinionTough to crack? With mainstream brands now on board, baobab may yet have superfood potential
2018 could yet be the year of the baobab, containing 50% fibre and a third of your vitamin C requirement in 10g, it ticks plenty of boxes on the nutritional front
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Comment & OpinionDiet Secrets & How to Lose Weight: better advice than Beyoncé
The show was full of solid expert advice and cautionary tales
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Comment & OpinionMore Change4Life junk
Could there can be a sadder case of terminally atrophied eating advice than Change4Life’s children’s snacks campaign?
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Comment & OpinionRetailers have a crucial role to play in stopping detox season becoming toxic
Clear labelling and promotion of healthier choices is a positive step. But surely the food industry can push further to make sure customers make sensible, healthy decisions?
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Analysis & FeaturesThe soft drinks industry levy: bittersweet?
Jamie Oliver danced like a lunatic on live TV as news of a tax on sugar-heavy soft drinks broke in 2016, but the industry
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WhitepapersWhy 2018 is the year to focus on ‘betterment’
It’s that time of year when we pledge to be healthier, happier versions of ourselves, but for brands and retailers, committing to ‘betterment’ should last beyond January, say brand, innovation and packaging design experts Sun Branding Solutions.
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Comment & OpinionGoing draconian is worth a try, but PHE guidelines risk confusing consumers
Change4Life is a campaign aimed at 4-10 year olds - and for parents it effectively means banning all purchases of chocolate bars, most packets of crisps, yoghurts, biscuits, ice creams and sweets
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Analysis & FeaturesWill breakaway labelling system get the green light?
The Evolved Nutrition Label aims to take into account portion sizes. Will more big brands sign up to front of pack?
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Comment & OpinionSnap to it, Kellogg's
Sir, It is a disappointingly slow start for Kellogg’s Better Starts initiative
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Comment & OpinionThe surprising truth about Brits, booze and sugar
Britons incorrectly believe we are in the top three sugar-loving nations, while 60% erroneously put us among the leading trio of boozers
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Comment & OpinionInsect food for thought: perhaps not for you and me, but what about livestock feed?
So will we all be chowing down on crickets in our tea breaks soon?
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Comment & OpinionGrocery turns its sights on out-of-home eating in obesity war
Obesity is no different to food waste. If you can’t measure it, you can’t do anything about it, which is why the IGD’s full report on eating out due in January 2018 will be eagerly awaited
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Comment & OpinionScottish must work together on obesity
Last week the Scottish government published its bold Diet and Obesity Strategy Consultation…
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Comment & OpinionMeat movie myths need to be skewered
I might have to donate for a crowdfunded documentary to challenge the attacks on animal foods made in US propaganda…
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Comment & OpinionAction on Sugar raises 79 fingers to WH Smith’s meal deal health vacuum
Pressure group finds some supermarket meal deals contain as much as 30 teaspoons of sugar, or four times an adult’s daily recommended amount
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Comment & OpinionThe health food boom provides M&A opportunities
Over the past 10 years, the healthy foods market has transitioned from being a niche segment to a full-fledged sector
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Comment & OpinionScotland takes a radical approach to obesity – with far-reaching implications
There could be some pretty uncomfortable times ahead for some of the nation’s most loved products - under proposed regulations north of the border
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Comment & OpinionHow can we eat more vegetables? Peas Please and the Veg Pledge
The Food Foundation’s veg summit in London looks at ways we can increase our intake of the good things in life …
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Comment & OpinionVegfest showcases world of opportunity for vegan foods and brands
With meat alternative brands gunning for the mainstream, where better way to gauge how far the category has come than the recent Vegfest exhibition?
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Category ReportThe whey forward: protein report 2017
Brits are chowing down on 2.2% more protein than they did back in 2013. Now big brands are muscling in