All HFSS articles – Page 40
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Category Report
Confectionery cops a curveball: sugar category report 2020
Boris Johnson has thrown confectioners into a spin with a get fit quick plan that bans certain ads and promos. Can they shape up?
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Feature Synopsis
Focus On Cakes and Biscuits: 17 October
We all need a treat after the year we’ve had. Does that explain why bakers have been pulling out the stops with indulgent NPD?
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Comment & Opinion
Banning promotions of HFSS food isn’t the way to tackle obesity
Banning promotions on HFSS foods would reduce the choice on shelf and increase prices for shoppers Tackling obesity is an important public health priority, irrespective of economics. Indeed, with increasing evidence of the association between obesity and poorer Covid-19 outcomes, the government is right to want to ...
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Analysis & Features
Has traffic light health labelling reached the end of the road?
Could the traffic light labelling system face the chop? And what will replace it?
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News
Sugar promo ban alone to cost £1.7bn new report shows
The impact of the HFSS promotions ban will be ‘bigger than anything seen before’
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Analysis & Features
Where does the scrapping of PHE leave the obesity strategy?
The government is scrapping PHE over its ‘failures’ to handle the pandemic. So what next for the PM’s new war on obesity?
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Comment & Opinion
How could Johnson scrap PHE in the midst of a pandemic?
If reports are to be believed, the PM plans to pull the rug from under Public Health England at a crucial time for the country
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Analysis & Features
What will be the impact of the HFSS clampdown?
Health campaigners say government restrictions on HFSS foods are long overdue. Industry claims the costs outweigh the benefits. So will it help?
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Comment & Opinion
Suppliers are lagging behind retailers on the strategic front
Suppliers have been reactionary to the pandemic, but obesity measures will require more careful thought, says David Sables, CEO of Sentinel Management Consultants
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News
Traffic lights label review mulls front-of-pack health warnings
Ministers are considering adopting elements of a mandatory system pioneered in Chile which uses stark ‘stop’ labels to indicate HFSS foods
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Category Report
The big breakfast: breakfast category report 2020
Lockdown saw Brits indulging in comfort food for brekkie – and lots of it. Now a shift to healthier eating looks to be on the agenda
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Interviews
Henry Dimbleby Big Interview: The man behind the UK’s food strategy
Henry Dimbleby shaped government policy with his review of the food system. The Leon co-founder talks next steps – and the trouble with Percy Pig
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Feature Synopsis
Focus On Confectionery: 12 September
Across two reports, this feature will look at the future of the confectionery market
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Comment & Opinion
Obesity plan’s clumsy methodology will catch many guiltless products in its crosshairs
Boris Johnson is the ultimate poacher turned gamekeeper when it comes to tackling obesity
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Comment & Opinion
Our young people are hungry for immediate action on obesity
Young people want healthy options to be made more affordable, says James Toop, CEO of Bite Back 2030
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News
Thousands of HFSS products caught in PM’s promo and ads ban
The crackdown includes many products reformulated under the flagship soft drinks sugar levy
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Analysis & Features
What does Boris Johnson’s obesity plan mean for the food and drink industry?
Promotions and advertising for HFSS food and drink are set to be curtailed. What does it mean for suppliers and pre-existing obesity measures?
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Comment & Opinion
Henry Dimbleby’s food report pulls no punches, but he must not alienate industry
Two of Dimbleby’s key recommendations have already been announced by Boris Johnson
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Analysis & Features
Industry reacts as National Food Strategy report published
Here’s how industry figures have responded to the publishing of the National Food Strategy report
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Analysis & Features
Obesity strategy: what are the key measures affecting food & drink?
This is what’s been announced, why it’s happening and who it will be affected most by Boris Johnson’s new crackdown on obesity