Health news – Page 107
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NewsMost free-from buyers are free from allergies or intolerances
More than half of free-from buyers do not have any food allergies or intolerances…
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NewsE-cigs can be shown on TV under new advertising code
E-cigarette suppliers will be able to show their products on television for the first time under a new code of practice.
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NewsHolland & Barrett opens 1,000th high-street store
Holland & Barrett has unveiled its 1,000th high-street store alongside plans to introduce 70 new branches across Europe.
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NewsKellogg's pulls plug on cholesterol-lowering Optivita cereal
Kellogg’s has axed cholesterol-lowering cereal brand Optivita…
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NewsTesco backs Responsibility Deal's 2017 salt reduction pledges
All of the major supermarkets are now backing latest measures on salt after Tesco signed up to the 2017 salt reduction targets under the Responsibility Deal.
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NewsWhy we need to make sense of sugar
As the new Making Sense of Sugar campaign launches, AB Sugar CEO Mark Carr explains why it is high time that the sugar industry fought back in the obesity debate.
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News5-a-day would cost average family an extra £810 a year
UK families would have to spend more than half their current average annual food bill on fruit & veg to hit 5 a-day target…
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NewsAction on Sugar hits out at ‘flawed’ data on UK sugar intake
Action on Sugar (AOS) has accused experts leading the government’s planned crackdown on sugar of ignoring major flaws in the data used to draw up the proposals.
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NewsLittle Dish rolls out chunkier meals for older kids
Little Dish has added chilled meals for older children to its menu…
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NewsTesco teams up with Diabetes UK and BHF on obesity campaign
Tesco is joining forces with Diabetes UK and the British Heart Foundation in a “ground-breaking” partnership to tackle obesity.
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NewsA2 milk protein could benefit the dairy intolerant, claims study
Milk that contains the A2 beta-casein protein could deliver improved gastrointestinal effects for those suffering with dairy intolerances, a clinical study has claimed.
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NewsSugar crisis blamed on The Great British Bake Off
The popularity of TV show The Great British Bake Off has been blamed for contributing towards the sugar crisis…
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NewsResponsibility Deal crunch talks held by DH minister Ellison
The government held talks with the food industry this week in a bid to breathe life into its troubled Responsibility Deal…
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NewsCoca-Cola sees the light with hybrid front-of-pack label u-turn
Coca-Cola is throwing its weight behind the Department of Health’s front-of-pack traffic light labelling system….
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NewsHeinz slashes ketchup sugar by 50% with stevia line
Heinz is launching a version of its ketchup that contains stevia, enabling it to slash sugar by 50%
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NewsSugar intake from soft drinks decreases 1.7% in four years
Figures compiled for The Grocer show a sharp decrease in the contribution soft drinks are making to sugar consumption in the UK.
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NewsE-cigs should be banned indoors, says WHO in tough new report
The burgeoning e-cigarette market faces a powerful new challenge from the World Health Organisation, which today called for tough measures including banning the use of e-cig indoors.
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NewsTesco to brainstorm health strategies for web in hackathon
Tesco is set to bring together 100 web developers, marketers, designers and entrepreneurs for a 48-hour “hackathon”…
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NewsArtificial sweeteners: consumer suspicion on the rise
Consumer attitudes towards artificial sweeteners are hardening – despite the current anti-sugar campaign…
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NewsNicorette has a fit of the vapers as ad slams e-cigarettes
E-cigarette makers angered by Nicorette ‘don’t vape’ ad campaign…