Latest health insight and analysis – Page 2
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Analysis and Features
How the functional shroom is ready to boom
Energy-boosting mushroom drinks are taking off among the US wellness crowd as an alternative to or supplement in coffee. Will the use of these adaptogens catch on here?
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Why reformulation to reduce sodium is needed - and why it just got easier
Sodium is widely used in food manufacture to enhance flavour, but overconsumption can carry severe health risks, and replacements to date have come with their own problems. So, how can suppliers reformulate to reduce sodium while retaining the flavours consumers love?
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Profiles and QandAs
Bio&Me’s Emma Grant on Champagne, Sydney and the Queen
’Knowing you’re helping make a difference to the nation’s gut health is the best feeling’
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Comment and Opinion
ShareAction’s challenge to Nestlé highlights problem with health targets
Assessing the healthiness of portfolios is inherently subjective, and the devil is in the detail, says Warren Ackerman, head of European consumer staples research at Barclays
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Profiles and QandAs
My food & drink job: Lici Sawyer, junior brand manager, Bol Foods
Lici explains how a degree in Spanish taught her the communication skills to land a marketing role at Bol Foods
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Analysis and Features
Hot cross bun taste tests and UPF dupes dominate TikTok
Unpack the memes and puns of the week on social media across fmcg
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The Big Interview
Merchant Gourmet’s Richard Peake on plant-based’s bright future
The UPF backlash has fuelled demand for less ‘complicated’ ingredients, says Merchant Gourmet’s MD. He’s now innovating to capture that market
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Promotional Feature
Achieving greater sustainability in coffee
With around 98m cups of coffee consumed in the UK every day, the pressure is on for the category to improve its sustainability credentials – and one clear way forward is through packaging refill and reuse.
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Analysis and Features
The quest to solve the world’s food allergen problem
Scientists and campaigners are on a mission to solve the growing global food allergy epidemic. What progress has been made? And what are the hurdles still to overcome?
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Analysis and Features
Does the case for mandatory health targets stack up?
Innovation charity Nesta wants new health targets and big fines for retailers. Can its plan really cut obesity while avoiding costs?
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Analysis and Features
Cadbury’s 200 years of takeovers, triumphs and transformations
As Cadbury celebrates its 200th anniversary, we look back on the success of its controversial acquisition and its future direction
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Comment and Opinion
How long for fmcg until UPFs become next timebomb?
After another week of intense scrutiny, how unhealthy will the renewed focus on UPFs be for UK food and drink makers?
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Comment and Opinion
Food innovation, not HFSS ad bans, will improve our health
Those still feigning not to know what UPF denotes are being deliberately hyper-literal in order to muddy what’s otherwise pretty clear water, says Leo Campbell, co-founder at Modern Baker
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Comment and Opinion
Scottish supermarkets face the next battle in HFSS foods war
This week the Scottish government proposed the most draconian clampdown yet on sales of HFSS food, with recommendations released in a consultation that goes much further than the Westminster version
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KVI Tracker
Food insecure families buying less fruit & veg than UK average
Research by the Food Foundation showed that 60% of food insecure households had bought less fruit and 44% had bought fewer vegetables
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Whitepapers
4 great reasons to invest in D2C in 2024
With direct-to-consumer still only accounting for a small proportion of fmcg revenues, what’s the payoff on investing in the sector? Download our latest report with idhl, Shopify and Klavio as they reveal four reasons why D2C is crucial.
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Comment and Opinion
How will the CMA’s investigation impact infant formula sales?
The CMA will review the structure of the market and look at whether there are sufficient incentives to drive competition, says Warren Ackerman, head of European consumer staples research at Barclays
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Analysis and Features
What next for obesity fight after calorie reduction failure?
Most categories haven’t got anywhere near the targets set for them. Will a new deadline – or a new government – make any difference?
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Comment and Opinion
Plans to crack down on junk food marketing are long overdue
It’s still a wild west in the UK when it comes to how food and drink is marketed, especially to young people
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Comment and Opinion
The struggle to process what ultra-processed foods means
Consumers, scientists, policymakers and food manufacturers are all struggling to process what UPF means