All HFSS articles
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Comment & Opinion
The snacking industry causes harm and needs regulating
Our current voluntary approach towards reformulation has proven inadequate, says Sonia Pombo, head of impact & research for Action on Salt
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News
Mr Kipling adds non-HFSS Lunchbox cake slices, containing real fruit
The innovations offered shoppers a ‘permissable treat’ for lunchtime, said Mr Kipling
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News
Junk food ad ban facing ‘multiple’ legal challenges as ministers refuse law rewrite
Karen Betts told The Grocer this week that the industry was still in the dark about key details of what ads faced being outlawed
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Comment & Opinion
Beware the perils of jumping on the UPF bandwagon
It is worrying how many food industry players are attempting to grab the UPF tiger by the tail, says Anthony Warner, development chef at New Food Innovation
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News
Fast food comes under fire from ShareAction health demands
In a scathing report, ShareAction accused restaurants, cafés and fast food outlets of being increasingly responsible fo the obesity crisis
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Comment & Opinion
Will a Grinch-like ASA steal our Christmas supermarket ads?
Blockbuster supermarket ads are as much of a fixture of Christmas as mince pies
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News
Supermarket Christmas ads face axe under HFSS rules change
Hundreds of millions of pounds of Golden Quarter ad spend are in limbo amid confusion over the proposed changes
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Comment & Opinion
Forget the Eatwell Guide: Nourishment Table is far superior
This refreshing model leaves the UK Eatwell Guide and the US Healthy Eating Pyramid looking as relevant as yesterday’s discarded sweetie wrappers, says Joanna Blythman, food journalist and author of Swallow This
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Comment & Opinion
Biased UPF survey could usher in reactionary legislation
Once again, food manufacturers are nowhere to be seen among stakeholders in this national survey, says Mike Coppen-Gardner, MD of SPQR
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News
Ben’s Original and Dolmio add ambient meals in category shake-up
The NPD forms part of Mars’ ’multi-year’ plan to reshape the ready meal landscape
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News
Shaken Udder launches dessert-inspired innovations
The milkshake brand has launched Scoff-The-Lot and Raspberry Ripple SKUs
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News
Ultra-processed food: government-funded project to ask households for views
The results will feed into the government’s National Food Strategy
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News
Cookie dough brand Doughlicious launches ambient cookies into retail
‘We thought it was about time we created some ready-to-eat cookies to diversify our range,’ said the brand
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News
Tesco offers free blood pressure checks to back BHF campaign
Tesco said it aims to help with the BHF’s campaign to ‘Keep hearts beating this Heart Month’ throughout February
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News
‘Junk food’ ad ban to outlaw imagery, graphics and cartoons
The Advertising Standards Authority announced it was launching a new month-long consultation on its plans, amid threats of legal action by food companies
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Comment & Opinion
A blanket ban on junk food advertisers is a step too far
The world is watching on with interest to see how Robert F Kennedy Jr can ‘Make America Healthy Again’
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News
National Food Strategy recruiting ‘industry experts’ as sector council faces axe
It is understood the birth of the new expert panel could also spell the end for the Food & Drink Sector Council
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News
Junk food ad ban facing legal challenge from food companies
The Advertising Association and other bodies have warned the plans to ban junk food ads would inhibit the ability for companies to advertise healthy products
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Interviews
‘Some jam brands aren’t being honest’: Fearne & Rosie founder Rachel Kettlewell
Fearne & Rosie’s straight-talking founder is frustrated by high sugar levels in jam. She talks health, wealth and reaching over 5,000 stockists
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News
Yuka health app launches petition for aspartame ban amid cancer links
Yuka said it planned to use consumer power to force the hand of governments across Europe and the UK