All Labelling articles – Page 35
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NewsNoble Foods forced to climb down on Big & Fresh health claim
Noble Foods insisted it had been planning to change its packaging anyway, and the Viva! complaint had nothing to do with it
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Category ReportHealthcare and supplements category report 2015
Is the sector’s golden age about to be cut short? And is there any weight to the scare stories?
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Comment and OpinionJoanna Blythman: Fatuous UK healthy eating advice is being challenged by US
Last century’s food demons – fat, cholesterol and salt – are being rehabilitated
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NewsCoca-Cola Enterprises reveals plans to slash 10% of calories by 2020
Coca Cola Enterprises has announced plans to cut calories across its entire portfolio by 10% in the next five years.
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NewsWeetabix and Fuel10k both launching protein-enhanced breakfast cereals
Two cereal suppliers are going head to head from next week in a bid to capture the hearts and wallets of protein-seekers.
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NewsDiet confusion reigns as consumers trim the fat
“There continues to be confusion as to what being healthy really means and what foods you should and shouldn’t eat”
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NewsRapeseed oil benefits flagged up by researchers
Scottish cold-pressed rapeseed oil could help reduce the risk of heart disease more than oils from other sources, researchers have claimed.
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Comment and OpinionFruit snack packs should be required to be more honest
Juice brands are forced to declare ‘from concentrates’ on packaging, but fruit snacking labelling doesn’t currently follow suit, leaving consumers confused and misled
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Analysis and FeaturesHoax is a lesson in the dark arts and bad science of junk food
Last week hoaxers came clean about a study - reported across the globe - that claimed eating a chocolate bar a day accelerated the weight loss of a low-carb diet
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NewsObesity is 'new smoking' says NHS boss
NHS chief executive Simon Stevens says suppliers and retailers need to step up their efforts to make food healthier
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NewsRed Tractor hits back after Guardian attack
Monbiot’s comments followed the publication of a blog last week which saw him take aim at the poultry sector for alleged animal cruelty
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NewsAction on Sugar survey blasted by suppliers
Suppliers have responded to a survey by Action on Sugar that found 85% of processed fruit snacks contain more sugar than sweets
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NewsTesco sugar reduction move set to trigger 'revolution'
Tesco’s move to become the first UK retailer to commit to a major sugar reduction programme is set to spark a “chain react…
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NewsEC rejects dairy country-of-origin labelling proposals
The Commission spokeswoman said the report would now be reviewed by the European Parliament and European Council
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Comment and OpinionTesco's sugar action could be the buzz the industry has been needing
Tesco might seem an unlikely candidate to spark a “revolution” in the battle against obesity, but that was the phrase used by the leader of campaign group Action on Sugar
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NewsTesco first to commit to sugar reduction programme
The Grocer can reveal the supermarket giant is to promise a 5% year-on-year, open-ended reduction in sugar across its soft drinks range
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NewsSoft drinks suppliers hit back as Responsibility Deal is damned
Gavin Partington, director general of the British Soft Drinks Association, spoke out after the latest bombshell report from the Policy Innovation Research Unit
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NewsEC set to drop processed meat-as-ingredient label plans
Brussels is expected to abandon plans to introduce mandatory country of origin labelling for meat in processed foods…
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Comment and OpinionResponsibility Deal fiasco can show us how not to act on health policy
From start to finish the Deal has lacked credibility and today’s news seems to be the final nail in the coffin
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NewsResponsibility Deal will have no effect on obesity, claims official report
The evaluation assessed the effectiveness of voluntary pledges from retailers and suppliers to take action, and claimed 2/3rds of their actions would have happened anyway