Health insight and analysis – Page 35
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Category ReportHow rice beat the cost of living crisis: rice, pulses & noodles category report 2023
Rice commodity prices continue to soar. How is this affecting bulk rice sales and the formerly booming ready-to-heat pouch market?
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Comment & OpinionWhy the food industry must play a part in encouraging shared mealtimes
It’s up to businesses, charities, third sector groups, government, policymakers and the wider civil society to play their part, says Dave Dusangh of Mars
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Comment & OpinionJoining the CPTPP is a gateway to lower food standards
The removal of the 12% tariff on palm oil from Malaysia is a major cause for concern, says Pip Murray, founder of Pip & Nut
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ReportsCan healthy snacking have its cake and eat it?
Three in four shoppers say they are happy for food manufacturers to change snack recipes to make them healthier
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ReportsHow dairy snacks are tapping up the health opportunity
The likes of Babybel, Laughing Cow and Dairylea have all been launching cheese snacks and seizing on impulse space
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Category ReportDoes ‘plant-based’ need to signify a healthy diet? Healthier snacking category report 2023
For a long time, vegan was shorthand for health in the snacking arena. A new crop of brands like Crave are going the opposite way
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Category ReportThe healthy snack incubator: category report 2023
Supermarkets and investors are pushing incubator schemes that encourage health credentials. What are the benefits on offer?
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ReportsHow HFSS rules are inspiring kids’ snacks
British children have a weight problem. By the time they get to primary school, 22.1% are either obese or overweight
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Comment & OpinionUltra-processed food can be nutritious – depending on its makers’ motives
It’s not about UPF versus healthy, let alone debunked dead-ends like calories and HFSS, says Modern Baker co-founder Leo Campbell
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Category ReportWhat can challengers learn from Prime? Soft drinks category report 2023
Prime has racked up explosive sales thanks to its celebrity status. Does it hold any lessons for other up-and-coming drinks brands?
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Comment & OpinionThe future looks rosier at Planet Organic after surprise rescue by founder Renée Elliott
Suppliers – not to mention employees – will have breathed a sigh of relief yesterday as Planet Organic secured an unlikely rescue spearheaded by the chain’s founder Renée Elliott
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Category ReportHow have the HFSS rules changed yoghurts? Yoghurts category report 2023
Indulgent yoghurts and pot desserts are suffering from volume slumps. Do they have a future in the post-HFSS environment?
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Comment & OpinionOn Earth Day, let's work to reduce meat consumption
Government should invest in public awareness campaigns that promote plant-based diets, says Jonathan Petrides, founder of Allplants
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Analysis & FeaturesWhat does the new underage vaping clampdown need to do to work?
Government is seeking evidence and boosting Trading Standards
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Comment & OpinionSweet relief: it’s time to accept the truth about sweeteners
Even as the evidence against sweeteners mounts, the $2bn industry behind them shows no sign of slowing
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Comment & OpinionCompostable plastic was never the answer. But a circular economy is still possible
The world of innovation is moving fast, leapfrogging ‘less bad’ solutions to a better way entirely, says Siân Sutherland, co-founder & chief, A Plastic Planet and PlasticFree
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Category ReportWhy are nut sales falling? Nuts category report 2023
Sales of nuts have tumbled as Brits reach instead for a packet of crisps. What can suppliers do to reverse the decline?
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Comment & OpinionWhy retailers are ‘leanwashing’ on sugar reduction
Nine of the 10 biggest supermarkets have no policy to measure total sugar sales, says Hattie Burt, senior policy & international projects officer at Action on Sugar
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Analysis & FeaturesIs the Food Standards Agency and its National Food Crime Unit fit for purpose?
With the industry far from certain how deep the meat fraud scandal runs, serious questions have been raised about how it has been dealt with
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Comment & OpinionIf the government is serious about fighting obesity, it must support SMEs
Grants for SMEs may lack the big soundbite potential, but they could actually get some results