All HFSS articles – Page 8
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Category ReportConfectionery trends 2024: The sourer the better
What’s behind the latest sour craze in sugar confectionery – and can it buoy a category struggling due to HFSS and cost pressures?
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NewsGood Guys Bakehouse completes six-figure raise from fmcg heavyweights
Angel investors backing the business include former Pladis UK boss Nick Bunker, David Bell, currently chairman of Hackney Gelato and a former director at Mars UK and Young’s Seafood, and former Graze COO Tom Carroll, who was also CEO at British Corner Shop
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NewsYorkie enters chilled aisle with HFSS-compliant dessert
The dessert combines the signature creamy milk chocolate flavours of Yorkie confectionery with a smooth, chilled dessert
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Comment & OpinionDoes retail media spell the end for the gondola end?
The big screen revolution is going to pose challenges for some suppliers
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Analysis & FeaturesThe women shaping the future of national health policy
As the row over the nanny state unravels, women are set to play a key role on various sides of the debate. Here are our top players fighting to improve the health of the nation
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NewsGoodfella’s pizzas now HFSS compliant following reformulations
The changes have been made ‘without compromising on taste’, according to Goodfella’s owner Nomad Foods
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NewsOut of home kids’ meals packed with four times the salt of supermarket equivalents
More than a third of children’s main meals sold by restaurants exceeded the maximum salt target set by the government to be achieved by the end of 2024
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NewsBepps appoints liquidators as access to funding dries up
Healthy snacking challenger Bepps has ceased trading after an attempt to secure funds to support working capital failed
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ProfilesMoju’s Rich Goldsmith on trains, pizza and HFSS
‘Grocers need to double down on initiatives like HFSS, even in the absence of, or inconsistent, government policy and regulation’
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Comment & OpinionBite Back won’t stop sweeties being marketed to kids
How will confectionery makers market without bright, colourful packaging?
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NewsHFSS reporting proposals watered down as supermarkets call for takeaways focus
A series of other plans, drawn up by the Food Data Transparency Partnership (FDTP), have also been sidelined, The Grocer has learned
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Category ReportSnacking trends 2024: Brands fighting UPF allegations
As concerns about ultra-processed food change shopper habits, snacking brands are underlining their better-for-you credentials
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Comment & OpinionUltra-Processed People: Dr Chris van Tulleken’s ‘incendiary’ new book hurts
TV doctor’s dissection exposes food industry’s underbelly in painstaking, gory, unanesthetised detail
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NewsBite Back slams manufacturers for marketing HFSS foods to kids
Mondelez, Kellanova, Mars, Nestlé, Unilever, PepsiCo and Ferrero have been called out in a new report
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Comment & OpinionThink carefully before stepping up promotional discounts
Manufacturers need to evaluate investment payback across the marketing mix, says Alex Lawrence, senior strategic insight director at Circana
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NewsHunter & Gather hires finance and sales directors ahead of retail growth push
Hunter & Gather has appointed two experienced fmcg players to its team as the brand’s first-ever sales and finance directors
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NewsAlpro launches raft of NPD including extended protein range
The Danone-owned brand has launched six SKUs including plant-based protein drinks, alternatives to yoghurts and two bestselling variants in a new pack size
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Category ReportSoft drinks trends 2024: Does big soda need another makeover?
As volumes sales fall, brands are turning to new looks, limited edition flavours and healthier reformulations to recover momentum
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NewsParents overwhelmingly support ‘nanny state’ food taxes, claims poll
A poll conducted by the Children’s Food Campaign at Sustain found more than 70% of parents were in favour of new taxes on HFSS products
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Analysis & FeaturesBrits less worried about ultra-processed foods than Europeans
Britain’s reputation as the fat man of Europe seems unlikely to change, as a new study shows Brits’ knowledge and concerns about ultra-processed foods is lagging behind our European neighbours