All HFSS articles – Page 17
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Category ReportDoes ‘plant-based’ need to signify a healthy diet? Healthier snacking category report 2023
For a long time, vegan was shorthand for health in the snacking arena. A new crop of brands like Crave are going the opposite way
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ReportsHow HFSS rules are inspiring kids’ snacks
British children have a weight problem. By the time they get to primary school, 22.1% are either obese or overweight
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ReportsBrands, incubator schemes and why they work — or not
Of our four examples, one folded just six months after launching into retail
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NewsTrading Standards set to receive just £35k to enforce HFSS rules
The Department for Health & Social Care also admitted this week it had no idea how many enforcement actions had been taken by Trading Standards officers since the new rules came in
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Comment & OpinionUltra-processed food can be nutritious – depending on its makers’ motives
It’s not about UPF versus healthy, let alone debunked dead-ends like calories and HFSS, says Modern Baker co-founder Leo Campbell
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Category ReportWhy soft drinks brands are reaching for the stars: category report 2023
Coca-Cola has bet on limited editions in the past year, and it’s not alone. So why are soft drinks brands taking so many moonshots?
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NewsNestlé withdraws ‘nutritious’ claim in row with Henry Dimbleby over Kit Kat Cereal
Dimbleby, who stood down as a special government adviser in March over lack of action on reformulation, said marketing surrounding the product had been misleading
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ReportsWhy did BrewDog’s POP Soda fall flat?
BrewDog declared revolution in typical self-aggrandising style on launching POP Soda in 2022
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NewsPladis looks set to expand Jacob’s range with Wholesomes launch
Supplier has applied to register the name Jacob’s Wholesomes with the IPO under class 30, covering crackers
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NewsWalkers claims it is halfway to healthier snacks sales target
The company said it was halfway towards its goal for 50% of sales to come from non-HFSS snacks or portions of 100 calories or fewer
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ReportsHow ambient brands are cutting the sugar in cans
New rules bar products high in fat, sugar or salt from placement in impulse locations in stores
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Category ReportHow have the HFSS rules changed yoghurts? Yoghurts category report 2023
Indulgent yoghurts and pot desserts are suffering from volume slumps. Do they have a future in the post-HFSS environment?
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Category ReportWhy are nut sales falling? Nuts category report 2023
Sales of nuts have tumbled as Brits reach instead for a packet of crisps. What can suppliers do to reverse the decline?
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Category ReportHow Walkers is winning in troubled times: crisps, nuts & snacks category report 2023
Big crisps brands have succeeded in a season of lacklustre potato yields, HFSS restrictions and inflation. Can they keep it up?
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NewsWarburtons gives its crumpets the Thins treatment
Thins are made with the same ingredients as the originals, but are HFSS-compliant and provide just 61 calories each
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NewsPerkier smashes new crowdfunding round
The snack bar brand plans to use the money to increase digital marketing and push trade marketing investment
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NewsSquirrel Sisters enters 50/50 partnership with GFT Retail
GFT Retail will be responsible for operations, warehousing & logistics and support in marketing and sales for the brand
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Comment & OpinionWhy retailers are ‘leanwashing’ on sugar reduction
Nine of the 10 biggest supermarkets have no policy to measure total sugar sales, says Hattie Burt, senior policy & international projects officer at Action on Sugar
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Comment & OpinionIf the government is serious about fighting obesity, it must support SMEs
Grants for SMEs may lack the big soundbite potential, but they could actually get some results
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Comment & OpinionWhy tackling obesity is about far more than cutting salt and sugar
Food and drink is the UK’s largest manufacturing sector, and filling kitchen cupboards up and down the country rightly comes with responsibilities, says Kate Halliwell, chief scientific officer at the Food & Drink Federation