Health news
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NewsAsda push healthier choices in 10 ‘nudge’ trial stores
Asda’s move will include the introduction of healthier choices in snacking aisles, with products that are high in fibre and below 100 calories
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NewsMost supermarket ready meals contain excessive salt, research finds
Out of 1,511 ready meals sold across 11 retailers, 56% were high in salt
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NewsEgg packers prosecuted for switching best before dates
The prosecutions, which took place between January and March 2025, involved multiple offences under egg marketing regulations, the government said
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NewsMedia Bites 12 May: junk food ads, ‘piglet thumping’, tariffs and trade deals
New research has found that just five minutes exposure to junk food advertising is enough to persuade children to eat an extra 130 calories every day.
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NewsMedia Bites 9 May: trade deals, tariffs and empty shelves
It was wall-to-wall trade deal talk yesterday, with Trump calling the US-UK agreement ‘comprehensive’, despite it being anything but
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NewsGlebe Farm Foods partners with Three Robins to scale gluten-free oat drink production
Glebe Farm Foods’ facilities will produce Three Robins’ oat drinks
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NewsWeightWatchers files for bankruptcy amid GLP-1 drug boom
WeightWatchers said it was navigating a ‘rapidly evolving weight management landscape’
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NewsDairy industry slams sugar tax extension as ‘flawed’ as consultation kicks off
Last week, it was revealed the government was consulting on proposals to end the exemption from the Soft Drinks Industry Levy for milk-based drinks, as well as non-dairy substitutes such as oats or rice
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NewsWholesalers urge ministers to give them seat at Food Strategy table
The FWD’s new white paper, The Roadmap for Resilience in the UK Food Supply Chain, was presented to the minister for food security and rural affairs Daniel Zeichner last week
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NewsTop babyfood brands pledge action following BBC exposé
Panorama’s investigation found that one babyfood product contained the equivalent to four teaspoons of sugar
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NewsUnilever quizzed over climate whistleblower claims with Tesco next in firing line
Campaign group ShareAction will question Unilever over its resilience planning and food supply chain management in the face of climate change
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NewsYeo Valley champions gut health with Kefir with Granola pots launch
It is launching into Sainsbury’s on 30 April in two flavours: Mango & Passion Fruit and Blueberry
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NewsNomadic launches Power Oats breakfast line of overnight oats
The line comes in two SKUs containing raspberry or vanilla
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NewsMarketing of baby and toddler snacks is ‘out of control’
Experts have called for the government to ‘step up’ and take action over the ‘unacceptable’ marketing of baby and toddler snacks
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NewsBritish Egg Industry Council launches major campaign to back British eggs
The campaign includes a manifesto for change called the Manifesto for Eggcellence
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NewsRed Tractor consults on higher welfare standards for pig sector
The farm assurance scheme has kicked off a consultation on proposals to introduce voluntary Enhanced Welfare and Free Range labels for UK pigmeat
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NewsSoft drinks bosses rage as sugar levy change set to hit 900 products
Household brands caught up in the move include Lucozade Energy, Fanta, Tango, Dr Pepper and Irn-Bru
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NewsBlow to Defra secretary Steve Reed as his top civil servant quits
Permanent secretary Tamara Finkelstein is to step down
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NewsExperts call for action following BBC Panorama’s ‘truth about babyfood’
Over a quarter of babyfood pouches contain more sugar by volume than Coca-Cola, new research has found
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NewsTesco legend Sir Terry Leahy warns government food strategy ‘fighting on too many fronts’
Leahy said the new Food Strategy Advisory Board (FSAB) had been given too many ‘cross-cutting’ objectives