Health insight and analysis – Page 40
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Comment & OpinionJohn West makes healthy point with energetic teen
Its new ad is certainly a departure from the traditional world of seafood advertising
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InterviewsBiotiful Dairy’s Natasha Bowes on promoting gut health with plant-based kefir
Biotiful Dairy’s founder has spent nearly a decade working to make kefir mainstream. Now she’s taking on a new challenge: plant-based
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Comment & OpinionAHDB’s ad victory is a big win for British meat and dairy
Switching to a 100% plant-based diet won’t necessarily bring the benefits to health and the environment we crave
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Comment & OpinionM&A activity in plant-based is soaring, with huge price tags to match
We believe investors will continue to pay high valuations for the right plant-based assets until the landscape is more consolidated, says James Scallan, consumer, food & retail group MD at Houlihan Lokey
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Comment & OpinionNot all frozen ready meals are created equal – some are as healthy as home-made
I avoid heavily processed ready meals but have belatedly discovered the benefits of frozen, says Joanna Blythman, food journalist and author of Swallow This
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Analysis & FeaturesThe new apps swaying consumer food choices
On-pack nutritional and environmental information could soon take a back seat. A slew of innovative smartphone apps are providing independent scores for products – and they’re fast gaining shopper trust
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Analysis & FeaturesHow brands can navigate the junk food advertising ban
Restrictions on TV and online advertising of HFSS products are imminent, with the potential to do ‘huge damage’. So what are brands doing to stay visible to shoppers?
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Comment & OpinionHow Tropicana fell victim to the war on sugar
With so much focus on sugar, PepsiCo felt selling the health benefits of juice was too much
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Comment & OpinionFood companies benefit from indirect subsidies on unhealthy food. Taxes will put an end to it
Food companies should treat potential new salt and sugar taxes as the end of subsidies they have benefited from for decades, says Dan Crossley, executive director, Food Ethics Council
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Comment & OpinionHow industry can take a lead on food insecurity and help healthy decisions
Collaboration for Healthier Lives is a global movement delivering local interventions around the world, says The Consumer Goods Forum’s Sharon Bligh
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Comment & OpinionNew taxes on food will impact producers at the bottom of the supply chain
Henry Dimbleby’s National Food Strategy seems to ignore the dynamics of grocery pricing, says Mark Lumsdon-Taylor, chair of the Rural Policy Group
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Comment & OpinionWhat’s next for food delivery following the junk food ad ban?
Single kitchens can serve up multiple menus, with the right technology
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Comment & OpinionBreaking the ‘junk food cycle’: why swift industry intervention is necessary
Initiatives that assume people are low on money, time, and headspace are the only ones with any evidence of working at scale to change diets, says Sarah Hickey of Impact on Urban Health
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Analysis & FeaturesThe real food system changes we’re likely to see in the wake of the National Food Strategy
Supermarkets have backed Dimbleby’s call for transparent reporting, but there are signs it may put them on a collision course with suppliers
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Comment & OpinionAre Wrap’s new climate change pledges enough to rally industry and make meaningful change?
Wrap’s report is set to point to huge changes in transport, energy, food waste policies and land use
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Comment & OpinionWill the government pay any attention to Henry Dimbleby’s National Food Strategy report?
While there will be lots of soul searching in the industry about the NFS recommendations, it’s the government’s response that’s key
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Analysis & FeaturesDoes ASA clampdown spell trouble for hard seltzers?
The ad watchdog has rapped brands for ‘non-permitted’ claims about health
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Analysis & FeaturesWhat Henry Dimbleby’s National Food Strategy means for food businesses
Dimbleby is urging ministers to ‘break the cycle’ of bad diet with a raft of drastic new taxes - but critics are questioning the sense
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InterviewsHow Thomas Hal Robson-Kanu turned his belief in turmeric into a business
Thomas Hal Robson-Kanu found turmeric shots invaluable in recovery from a knee injury – and he’s turned his knowledge into a successful business
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Comment & OpinionDimbleby’s report could signal beginning of long-term change in food and drink
Not all of Dimbleby’s food strategy is practical, but it will change the way government thinks