Health insight and analysis – Page 23
-
Promotional Features
Why cans are becoming the packaging of choice for UK beverages
As the UK’s beverage market continues to expand, manufacturers are under increasing pressure to hit sustainability targets and satisfy changing consumer demands – and there is one packaging medium that is thriving as a result.
-
Analysis & Features
Retailers and brands are adapting to capitalise on the air fryer boom
Retailers and brands are reacting to the now ‘mainstream device’
-
Analysis & Features
One year on: Have HFSS rules made any difference?
It’s been a year since the government brought in display restrictions on HFSS products. Now the sales data is in. So what has been the impact, and how uniform is compliance among retailers?
-
Reports
What would Labour do differently on HFSS?
Originally, the regulations included a ban on multibuy promotions such as bogofs and TV ads for junk food before 9pm
-
Comment & Opinion
Let’s stop labelling food ‘good’ or ‘bad’. The reality is more complex
I’m sick of the food industry being used by successive governments as a scapegoat for failed health policies, says Rod Addy, director general at the Provision Trade Federation
-
Promotional Features
How to boost your healthy snacking sales
As health-conscious shoppers increasingly seek out nutritious snacks in-store, discover some valuable tips to cater to their needs.
-
Category Report
Going au naturel: Dairymen yoghurts & potted desserts category report 2023
As overall category volumes drop 7.4%, natural yoghurt has managed to stay in the black. What’s attracting shoppers?
-
Comment & Opinion
Health-based sales reporting is laudable, but what actually is ‘healthy’?
What does good look like? It’s a question that is set to become ever more crucial over the coming year
-
Comment & Opinion
Government’s ‘healthy sales’ reporting strategy a positive step, but it’s not all roses
Following a long series of rowbacks and u-turns on the obesity strategy, it comes as a refreshing change to see affirmative action from the government
-
Comment & Opinion
The Responsibility Deal has failed. We need mandatory salt reduction targets
Relying on the food industry to deliver reductions in salt content without leadership is a foolish ideology from government, says Sonia Pombo, registered nutritionist and campaign lead for Action on Salt
-
Comment & Opinion
Processed food is not the enemy – it is vital and valuable
If you removed processed products from sale, you would struggle to fill a corner shop let alone a supermarket, says Kate Halliwell, chief scientific officer at the Food & Drink Federation
-
Analysis & Features
How snack brand Taking the Pea found a new lease of life
The business is booming following a rebranding, new listings, and a Farm Shop & Deli Product Awards win
-
Comment & Opinion
Can another big political and health group push rebirth HFSS taxes?
There was a time when Tony Blair was so toxic, because of the war in Iraq, his backing would have been seen as a mixed blessing
-
Analysis & Features
How to capitalise on the cognitive health category
The key drivers propelling interest in brain health supporting food and drink are plant-based nootropics, the gut-brain axis, and on-the-go delivery formats
-
Comment & Opinion
Plain packaging on cereal? The obesity crisis is far more complex
Getting rid of cartoon characters, animations, vibrant colours, brand mascots and the like represents a slippery slope towards complete brand erosion, says Mike Coppen-Gardner, MD of SPQR Communications
-
Comment & Opinion
Is there a future for plant-based petfood?
Big petfood manufacturers are putting their money behind plant-based innovation, but vegan diets for dogs are contentious
-
Analysis & Features
What is Liquid Death and is it about to take the UK by storm?
Liquid Death is well on the way to reaching cult-like status, but where did it come from and why has it become so popular?
-
Category Report
How winter remedies are being piled high
Last winter’s surge in flu cases resulted in shelves being emptied of remedies. How is the supply chain preparing for this season?
-
Comment & Opinion
It’s halftime for the UN Sustainable Development Goals. And we’re way behind
The clock is ticking on the Sustainable Development Goals and we’re desperately behind, says Dan Crossley, executive director at the Food Ethics Council
-
Comment & Opinion
Are pack inserts the smoke-free solution or vape makers’ dream?
A recent Cancer Research UK report expects the government’s smoke-free target not to be met until 2039