All HFSS articles – Page 4
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Category ReportConfectionery trends 2026: Why sweets are getting a better-for-you rebrand
How are confectioners responding to HFSS rules? And which trends are driving change in sweets?
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NewsScotland health chiefs to back switch to tougher new junk food model
It is believed Food Standards Scotland (FSS) will recommend the move in a report being lined up for the autumn, as part of its independent role as an advisor on public health policy in Scotland
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Comment & OpinionJunk food ad ban: clarity, confusion and a pizza-sized loophole
The stage is now set for an almighty clash between health campaign groups, politicians and the food industry after today’s landmark ASA rulings
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NewsBacklash as fast food chains swerve government’s junk food clampdown
In a string of Advertising Standards Authority rulings published today, the watchdog dismissed complaints about the ads of companies including Burger King, Domino’s Pizza, KFC and Uber Eats
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NewsChris van Tulleken joins The Grocer Health Summit lineup
Dr Chris van Tulleken’s expertise in the increasingly contentious debate around food, health and industry makes him a fitting keynote speaker for the Health Summit
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Comment & OpinionOur children’s poor health is a manufactured crisis
We are living in a manufactured health crisis driven by industry profit lines – and it’s wrecking the health of a generation, says Alice Mazon, member of the UK Youth Food and Farming Forum
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Comment & OpinionThe bowl of cereal that broke the nutritional algorithm
A 20-year-old agorithm is about to reclassify Bran Flakes as junk food – it’s time to fix it, says Adam Aljewicz, director at WeAreSPQR
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NewsCost of NPM changes much higher than government assessment, finds Oxford Economics
The FDF said the findings reflected a ‘massive underestimation’ of the time required to interpret and implement the changes
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Comment & OpinionEditor’s picks: Diageo exodus, NPM standoff & sushi surge
Amid the World Cup, a social media ban for the under-16s and Andy Burnham winning the Makerfield by-election, it’s been a busy week in grocery
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Analysis & FeaturesWhat did Asda learn from the Nesta healthy nudges trials?
Over two years Asda and Nesta conducted in-store trials to see how shoppers might switch to healthier food. Here’s the skinny.
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Comment & OpinionWhy the government must not delay healthier food reforms
Delaying food health measures would be a false economy, says Beth Bradshaw, policy and advocacy lead at Obesity Health Alliance
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NewsFSA given government funds to launch new mandatory health targets
The FSA said today the DHSC was providing the funds after concerns were raised that the watchdog did not have the resources to take on the major new role
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Feature SynopsisFocus On Halloween: 25 July
Traditionally, Halloween has been associated with eating lots of sugary sweets – but things are changing
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NewsAngela Eagle’s departure delivers blow to support for new nutrient profiling model
Eagle in her role at Defra was viewed as one of the strongest supporters of the shift to a new NPM
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Partner FeaturesRethinking influencer and social strategy under LHF restrictions
The HFSS online advertising ban and potential NPM updates are forcing food and drink brands to pivot from product-centric influencer content to values-led storytelling, with recent ASA rulings highlighting the urgent need for compliance.
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NewsScottish government rules out ‘moving goalposts’ on new nutrient profiling model
The Scottish government said it had ‘heard the message’ from the food industry it would be wrong to shift the goalposts
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Comment & OpinionThe NPM reforms are solving a problem the evidence doesn't support
The food industry spent billions reformulating products at the government’s request and now faces having to do so again, says Ian Wright, partner at Acuti Associates
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NewsAsda ‘nudge’ trials boost healthier food sales by nearly 25%
Asda has published the much-awaited results of its two-year partnership with the innovation body Nesta. It tested whether the positioning of products, how they were merchandised and how they were promoted could boost the sales of healthier lines
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NewsObesity ‘moonshot’ at risk from industry lobbying, claim health groups
NGOs and medical leaders have warned it would be an economic disaster for the government to listen to calls from the food industry for a rowback on measures outlined in Wes Streeting’s 10-year NHS plan
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Comment & OpinionThe government’s NPM reforms risk undermining progress
Proposed changes to Nutrient Profile Modelling will at best slow down – and at worst start to reverse – some of the positive changes in healthier food sales, says Kate Halliwell, chief scientific officer at the Food and Drink Federation