All HFSS articles – Page 28
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The Big InterviewSkinny Food Co founders on taking a leaf out of the Heinz playbook
The Skinny Food Co’s founders started out with £3k and an idea. Now they’re turning over £35m, and eyeing the US and China
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NewsProper adds first non-HFSS popcorn
Each serving weighed in at 134 calories, providing a ’healthier alternative for the big night in’, said Proper
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Analysis and FeaturesHow 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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Category ReportKiss 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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Analysis and FeaturesRestrictions on confectionery advertising in-store, online and on TV explained
Big squeeze: HFSS to lose two thirds of store space
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The Big InterviewBenedict 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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NewsDr Oetker unveils non-HFSS frozen pizza brand The Good Baker
They are all meat-free, non-HFSS and contain 340 - 384 calories per half pizza
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NewsWeetabix adds Immune Support breakfast drinks to On The Go range
As immunity was a ‘top and growing priority’, the launch would help introduce new shoppers to the functional drink category, said Weetabix
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Comment and OpinionLove 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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PodcastReviving Food To Go - The Convenience Mix podcast
We discuss the surprise announcement that Sainsbury’s has decided to close down its wholesale business as well as the impact of Covid-19
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Analysis and FeaturesHow 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 OpinionFood companies benefit from indirect subsidies on unhealthy food. Taxes will put an end to it
Food companies should treat potential new salt and sugar taxes as the end of subsidies they have benefited from for decades, says Dan Crossley, executive director, Food Ethics Council
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NewsCalbee launches veg & pulse snacks under Harvest Snaps brand
It’s the latest in a flurry of activity from crisps brands attempting to make their offers healthier as the government’s HFSS clampdown looms
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NewsTyrrells to challenge Eat Real with move into lentil crisps
They were created “to meet consumer demand and tap into the ’better for you’ trend” said the brand
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NewsFormer Graze boss debuts hi-tech non-HFSS doughnuts brand Urban Legend
Anthony Fletcher said he wanted to solve the “clear problem” of high fat and sugar levels in sweet bakery
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Comment and OpinionBreaking the ‘junk food cycle’: why swift industry intervention is necessary
Initiatives that assume people are low on money, time, and headspace are the only ones with any evidence of working at scale to change diets, says Sarah Hickey of Impact on Urban Health
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Comment and OpinionWeetabix focuses on flavour with Melts campaign
Weetabix has created a chocolatey, indulgent cereal that’s also non-HFSS. Not that you’d know it from the ad
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Analysis and FeaturesThe real food system changes we’re likely to see in the wake of the National Food Strategy
Supermarkets have backed Dimbleby’s call for transparent reporting, but there are signs it may put them on a collision course with suppliers
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Comment and OpinionWill the government pay any attention to Henry Dimbleby’s National Food Strategy report?
While there will be lots of soul searching in the industry about the NFS recommendations, it’s the government’s response that’s key
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Analysis and FeaturesWhat Henry Dimbleby’s National Food Strategy means for food businesses
Dimbleby is urging ministers to ‘break the cycle’ of bad diet with a raft of drastic new taxes - but critics are questioning the sense