Health insight and analysis – Page 11
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Analysis & FeaturesIs genetic crop engineering the key to climate-resilient agriculture?
With backing from Labour, precision bred crops could be on their way to UK farms. But the complex issue divides both the industry and the public
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Comment & OpinionHFSS ban puts functional ingredients in the spotlight
Functional ingredients and nutritional additives will be a headline act, says Karsten Smet, CEO at ACI Group
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Comment & OpinionContrary, messy and nutritious: 2025 food & drink trends
Mintel’s new 2025 food and drink trends explore the paradoxes that influence people’s behaviours toward food, says Alex Beckett, director at Mintel Food & Drink
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Comment & OpinionFuture Me: smokers relent in glossy Nicorette-sponsored affair
As anyone who’s tried it will tell you, quitting cigarettes ain’t easy
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Comment & Opinion‘If you don’t smoke, don’t vape’ message is getting lost. Does it matter?
Medical experts and health authorities heralded vaping as something of a miracle, in their effort to stop the UK population from smoking tobacco
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Analysis & FeaturesThe troubling foodie challenges fuelled by social media
Going viral on social media is often a boon for brands – but what if the product is being used in a dangerous ‘challenge’? How can brands combat fmcg fallacies online and keep consumers safe?
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Comment & OpinionMondelez’s investment in Urban Legend makes strategic sense
The healthier doughnut brand can teach Mondelez a thing or two about marketing
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Category ReportYoghurt with benefits: Dairymen yoghurts & potted desserts trends 2024
Yoghurt sales have bounced back thanks to health-led claims from brands, which are going beyond protein and gut health
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Category ReportFit for the mainstream: Dairymen dairy drinks trends 2024
The protein market has broadened beyond the gym crowd, with dairy brands keen to capitalise on the ‘trade-up opportunity’
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Category ReportCakes & biscuits trends 2024: Cake around the clock
As mealtimes give way to ‘snack time’, how are cakes and biscuits capitalising? And how is the trend shaping innovation efforts?
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Comment & OpinionThe Oasis reunion is a golden opportunity for low & no-alcohol
Brands should inspire audiences to remain lucid enough to fully immerse themselves in the Oasis reunion, says Harry Wright, strategy director at Imagination
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Category ReportHow can marge get back in fashion? Dairymen butter & spreads category report 2024
Margarine has been in and out of consumers’ favour. Now, it’s losing out to less processed butter with ‘clean’ ingredient lists
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Analysis & FeaturesWhat does the junk food ad ban mean for marketeers?
Food businesses have been somewhat quiet over ad restriction plans. Are they accepting them? Or seeing ways around them?
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Comment & OpinionDitching GB-wide ‘Not for EU’ labels is the sensible decision
These ‘not for EU’ labels were never just about food, or trade, or biosecurity, says international trade editor Maria Gonçalves
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Comment & OpinionThe new Efra Select Committee head is shrewd, radical – and cunning
My guess is Alistair Carmichael will also use his committee to hold Labour to account on policy on rural affairs, says Ian Wright, co-chair of the Food & Drink Export Council
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Analysis & FeaturesWhy specialist retailers and suppliers attend the Farm Shop & Deli Show
More listings, better customer relationships and meaningful feedback are just a few reasons businesses exhibit
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Category ReportChocolate trends 2024: The rise of the ultra-posh chocolate
Imaginative, fancy NPD is aiming to revive flagging chocolate volumes. Who’s leading the way in lavish flavours and formats?
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Comment & OpinionFast food is targeting youth, but local leaders have their hands tied
The government has proposed updates to the planning system that would allow local councils to restrict the opening of hot food takeaways near schools, says Katharine Jenner, director of Obesity Health Alliance
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Category ReportBatteries trends 2024: Handle with care
From foul-tasting coatings to warning dyes, battery makers are paying great attention to making their products safe for children
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Analysis & FeaturesInside the £16bn menopause market: money spinner or scam?
As the menopause market grows, hundreds of products are cropping up online and in supermarkets. But just how trustworthy are they? And do rogue operators risk creating a backlash?