Health insight and analysis – Page 37
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Analysis & FeaturesNine habits shoppers will change as inflation transforms the landscape
As the cost of living crisis strikes, consumers will change the products they buy, the stores they buy them in, and even eat less (and worse) food
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Comment & OpinionHFSS regulation is a challenge – but it offers fresh in-store opportunities for brands
There is a fear of the changes the new regulation brings but we cannot miss the opportunities the regulation offers, says Matt Lee, MD at Capture
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Comment & OpinionWho Made Britain Fat? Michael Mosley documentary has little sympathy for food sector
Mosley unveiled the thousands of promotions on unhealthy grub across the mults
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InterviewsHow Susan Jebb is setting a new health standard at the FSA
Susan Jebb’s obesity work hasn’t won her too many friends in the industry. So how should it view her decision, in her new role, to put health back on the Food Standards Agency’s agenda?
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Analysis & FeaturesHow ready is the food industry for the HFSS clampdown?
The Grocer’s HFSS Clampdown Conference this week revealed a shocking lack of preparedness for measures due to come in later this year
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Comment & OpinionWhy challenger brands hoping HFSS laws will ‘level the playing field’ might be too optimistic
The fmcg giants have already shown they’re willing to make bold moves to drive sales and hold onto valuable shelf space in a post-HFSS retail environment
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Comment & OpinionHow London can transition to a circular food economy and cut waste
We must seize the opportunity for London to be a leader in reducing damaging emissions from our food system, says Jean Billant, food lead at ReLondon
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Category ReportSiege mentality: snack bars category report 2022
Snack bar brands will have to rethink battle tactics once HFSS rules arrive in October. Can challengers storm the new castle?
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Comment & OpinionCO2 shortage debate highlights the need to tackle food waste
It would be wise to take stock of the resources we waste every day before scratching our heads over shortages, says Jonathan Straight, brand ambassador for Approved Food
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Comment & OpinionUnilever’s move on HFSS transparency invites industry to follow suit
The Marmite and Hellmann’s maker is the first big manufacturer to add its name to this cause
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Comment & OpinionWhat changes to advertising codes mean for no & low-alcohol drinks
CAP and BCAP acknowledged the wording of certain rules threw up barriers for the promotion of low-alcohol drinks, says Brinsley Dresden, partner and head of advertising law at Lewis Silkin
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Analysis & FeaturesHow Covid changed the food industry’s approach to mental health
The food and drink industry was already a stressful environment for many – then the pandemic arrived. The toll has forced companies to take mental health seriously. How have they upped their support?
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Analysis & FeaturesThe unfortunate rise of social supermarkets: saving surplus food for those in need
The UK’s cost of living crisis is pushing more and more Brits into food insecurity. Social supermarkets and other surplus food redistributors have sprung up to get good food into the hands of those in need
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Comment & OpinionWhy we’re researching the impact of supermarkets on community wellbeing
The Covid crisis appeared to stimulate a more agile response from supermarkets to local needs, says Caroline Lee and Catherine Hammant, researchers at University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership
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Promotional FeaturesIs technology the answer to packaging and labelling challenges?
Growing consumer demands for safe and sustainable food packaging combined with extensive legislative regulations, have created big challenges for food and beverage producers when it comes to effectively delivering on packaging and labelling.
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Category ReportA vape a day: vaping & e-cigarettes category report 2022
Vaping is enjoying new legitimacy as government considers it as a prescribed smoking cure. Will specialists or supermarkets profit?
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Analysis & FeaturesTrading up, treating and preparing for HFSS regulations: 10 charts that explain UK attitudes to biscuits
Brits love a biccie. But with new HFSS rules looming, research shows shoppers are worried reformulation will affect taste. It also reveals which regions and age groups are the biggest biscuit eaters, what varieties are most popular – and why we love a premium option
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Comment & OpinionHow online ‘nudges’ can help supermarkets encourage healthier habits
Jonathan Bone of Nesta is looking to work with retailers of all sizes to develop and test pragmatic, profitable interventions
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Comment & OpinionHealthier aisle ends show supermarkets have a key role in ‘levelling up’ health
It’s encouraging to see Tesco and Sainsbury’s already working on making stores healthier
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Comment & OpinionDefra must seize the opportunity to transform our food system for good
Government would be wrong to put the National Food Strategy on the backburner, says George Heler, founder of Eatlean and MD at Joseph Heler Cheese