Health news – Page 24
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NewsHostility to UPFs in parliament growing amid ‘deafening’ industry silence
A white paper published by marketing and PR agency SPQR includes a forensic breakdown of all mentions of UPF in the current parliament
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NewsGym-goers ready meal delivery service rebrands to broaden appeal
Lions Prep – which has delivered more than seven million meals since its launch in 2016 – has changed its name to Frive
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NewsLabour ready to revive Henry Dimbleby’s plans for wave of HFSS taxes
“I think there is a real prospect that a Labour government will revisit the sugar tax,” said one top industry source
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NewsThousands of firms facing legal action over missing packaging data as deadline looms
The Grocer understands the deadline will not be extended again
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NewsOnline shoppers to be served eco-labels and sustainable product discounts in study
Products will be graded on their environmental impact, with recommendations shoppers swap out the worst offenders
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NewsDanone invests €70m into medical nutrition capabilities
The majority of the investment will be spent on installing a new medical nutrition production line
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NewsMedia Bites 22 May: Kantar, Nestlé, THG
This morning’s papers focus on UK grocery inflation falling to near its historical average as they pick up on the latest data from Kantar
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NewsShicken unveils first allergen-free plant-based meat recipe
The brand’s plant-based chicken has changed from a soy and wheat-based recipe to pea protein solely sourced from peas farmed in East Anglia
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NewsFSA to use international approvals for lab grown meat
It plans to unveil a “sliding scale” of international agreement for the approval or regulated products
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NewsTikTok trend sees Tesco create new salad bays
Produce aisles will be divided into three sections to offer a base, a builder and a topper for salads
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NewsGoodfella’s pizzas now HFSS compliant following reformulations
The changes have been made ‘without compromising on taste’, according to Goodfella’s owner Nomad Foods
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NewsBiotiful Gut Health launches £1m-plus advertising campaign
The new TV advert will run across ITV, Channel 4 and Sky, and is the biggest yet for the yoghurt and kefir brand
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NewsOut of home kids’ meals packed with four times the salt of supermarket equivalents
More than a third of children’s main meals sold by restaurants exceeded the maximum salt target set by the government to be achieved by the end of 2024
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NewsMPs call for more children to be given access to free school meals
Labour MP Lyn Brown said 900,000 children in England living in poverty were not eligible, citing data from the Child Povery Action Group
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NewsJust 30% of younger consumers drink beer, SIBA report reveals
Half of all respondents said they drank beer, but this dropped to 30% among the youngest drinking-age cohort
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NewsMission Ventures appoints Alex Brown as partnerships director
Brown will manage existing relationships and build new partnerships across the food and investment sectors
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NewsHFSS reporting proposals watered down as supermarkets call for takeaways focus
A series of other plans, drawn up by the Food Data Transparency Partnership (FDTP), have also been sidelined, The Grocer has learned
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NewsBite Back slams manufacturers for marketing HFSS foods to kids
Mondelez, Kellanova, Mars, Nestlé, Unilever, PepsiCo and Ferrero have been called out in a new report
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NewsWellness brands bite back over ‘rip-off’ claims in new report
According to the report, published by Which?, ‘you can get the same benefits elsewhere for less’
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NewsParents overwhelmingly support ‘nanny state’ food taxes, claims poll
A poll conducted by the Children’s Food Campaign at Sustain found more than 70% of parents were in favour of new taxes on HFSS products