All Sugar articles
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News
Tesco offers free blood pressure checks to back BHF campaign
Tesco said it aims to help with the BHF’s campaign to ‘Keep hearts beating this Heart Month’ throughout February
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News
Junk food ad ban facing legal challenge from food companies
The Advertising Association and other bodies have warned the plans to ban junk food ads would inhibit the ability for companies to advertise healthy products
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Guide To
The Grocer Guide To Confectionery
Appealing to a wide variety of consumer need states – including permissible indulgence, snacking and health – the confectionery category is showing its resilience. However, innovation and fun are key to keeping it vibrant for consumers across all ages.
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Interviews
‘Some jam brands aren’t being honest’: Fearne & Rosie founder Rachel Kettlewell
Fearne & Rosie’s straight-talking founder is frustrated by high sugar levels in jam. She talks health, wealth and reaching over 5,000 stockists
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News
Yuka health app launches petition for aspartame ban amid cancer links
Yuka said it planned to use consumer power to force the hand of governments across Europe and the UK
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News
Labour accused of ‘ducking’ action to tackle obesity crisis
Yesterday health secretary Wes Streeting rejected a series of calls for intervention in a report by the House of Lords
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News
Streeting rejects Lords measures to ‘hold industry to account’ on obesity
Campaign groups had hoped that the new Labour government would cave in to calls from the Lords for the targets to be made mandatory
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News
Yoplait reformulations see further lowering in sugar content for Frubes and Petits Filous
The move by the French dairy giant means it has reduced sugars across its kids’ yoghurt portfolio by 25% since 2015
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News
Watchdog backtracks on junk food ad ban as brand loopholes closed
Health campaign groups claimed the watchdog’s HFSS proposals for junk food advertising had “loopholes big enough to drive a Coca-Cola truck through”
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Category Report
Squash goes posh: Adult soft drinks category report 2024
Premium fruit cordials are booming as the wider adult soft drinks category struggles. Who’s cashing in on the posh squash trend?
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News
Professor Chris Whitty calls for sugar tax to tackle obesity
Whitty’s annual report also calls for other measures including mandatory reporting on the proportion of HFSS sales, as well as the proportion of food sold that is meat
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Rankings
Confectionery - sugar 2024: sour flavours soften blow for sweets
There’s no point sugar-coating it: retailers have sold 2.1 million fewer kilos of candy
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News
Labour’s National Food Strategy calls for industry coalition to tackle obesity and farming crisis
In a briefing with industry bosses yesterday, environment secretary Steve Reed said a coalition would be formed with food sector leaders, academics, charities and key thinkers to create a new way of working with the sector
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Webinars
WATCH: Health trends unpacked: What will healthy eating look like in 2025?
Watch our webinar to hear from Waitrose, Nomad Foods, The Food Foundation and Vypr as they discuss which healthy eating trends and developments will shape consumer choices in the year ahead.
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News
Little Freddie to correct sugar levels on stage 1 babyfood pouches
Little Freddie admitted three out of its 29 babyfood products were “found to have a sugar value which varied from packaging”
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News
Row over ‘nanny state’ ad ban on sugar-laden porridge products
A raft of products, such as sugar-added granola, instant noodles and sweetened yoghurts, will also be in scope
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Comment & Opinion
The uproar over porridge advertising is utter nonsense
The national coverage seems a deliberate attempt to mislead consumers, says Katharine Jenner, director at the Obesity Health Alliance
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Promotional Videos
How to elevate brand presence in the trending biscuit category
The biscuit market is evolving, as consumers crave new flavours and indulge in biscuits across new occasions. In this video, McVitie’s discusses the strategies helping the brand stand out from the crowd.
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Comment & Opinion
Irresistible: Chris van Tulleken assembles solid anti-UPF argument
The documentary groans with contributions from food technicians, academics, psychologists, marketers, researchers and penitent former industry bods
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Comment & Opinion
Henry Dimbleby: the new lessons from past failures on obesity
The reality of government is a maelstrom of external pressures, internal disputes, and unforeseeable events, says Henry Dimbleby, author of the National Food Strategy and managing partner of Bramble Partners