All Ultra-processed foods (UPF) articles – Page 6
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NewsMindful Chef enlists Megan Rossi to launch gut healthy recipes
Rossi (aka the Gut Health Doctor) is a registered dietician and the co-founder of gut healthy breakfast brand Bio&Me
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Category ReportThe big tomato fight: trends in canned & ambient foods 2025
Brands’ ambient tomato products are battering own label as they cash in on scratch cooking, provenance and the fallout from a BBC exposé
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Category ReportCream of the crop: trends in yoghurts 2025
Sales are booming for yoghurts – including indulgent and full-fat options – as shoppers try to avoid UPFs. So, who’s rising to the top?
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NewsNudge body warns against including UPFs in obesity strategy
Nesta has urged the government against expanding its obesity strategy to include specific targets against ultra-processed foods
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NewsReal Bread Campaign has ‘concerns’ over M&S’s ‘five-ingredient’ rolls
The campaign group highlighted a need for M&S to offer further clarity
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Comment & OpinionM&S one-ingredient corn flakes show folly of HFSS ad ban
Rather than being celebrated as a major step toward ingredient simplicity, critics dismissed the innovation as a marketing gimmick, says Craig Ralph, client services director at SPQR
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NewsM&S sparks debate with ‘Only 5 ingredients’ chocolate bar – that contains nine ingredients
The Dark Chocolate and Coconut Date Bar is among the latest additions to the retailer’s ‘Only… ingredients’ range, which launched in March
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Analysis & FeaturesWill Zoe’s new food risk scale calm UPF debate or create confusion?
Zoe’s new risk scale underlines that not all processed food is bad for us. But as it prepares to spread the word, some question its usefulness
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Analysis & FeaturesFood Strategy board: who’s on it and what will they do?
Defra has named 13 food ‘big hitters’ who will form the group. But some sources fear the lineup is ‘imbalanced’ toward intervention
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NewsZoe takes on UPF ‘scaremongering’ with new ‘risk scale’ tool
Zoe’s new Processed Food Risk Scale seeks to hammer home ‘not all UPFs are equally detrimental to health’
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NewsMedia Bites 28 March: UPFs, Dubai chocolate, Asda numbers game, tariffs
Gut health subscription service Zoe says some UPFs are safe to eat
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NewsFood Strategy exclusive: we must turn Dimbleby’s junk food cycle into growth, says minister
Chairing the first meeting of the new Food Strategy Advisory Board (FSAB) yesterday, food security minister Daniel Zeichner vowed Labour would provide the cross-government backing needed to make the new strategy succeed
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ProfilesFreddie’s Farm’s Laurie Fermor on UPFs, the Spice Girls and the van Tullekens
‘Kids don’t lie, they’re beautifully honest and if they love something, they tell you,’ says Freddie’s Farm’s Laurie Fermor
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Analysis & FeaturesUK Food & Drink Shows 2025: panels grocery businesses won’t want to miss
One focus for 2025 is a series of panels recognising women leaders in various food and drink industry sectors
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NewsJunk food ad ban facing ‘multiple’ legal challenges as ministers refuse law rewrite
Karen Betts told The Grocer this week that the industry was still in the dark about key details of what ads faced being outlawed
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Comment & OpinionCharlie Bigham’s doesn’t make UPFs – or ready meals
I am proud we have spent the past 28 years making food consistent with our founding philosophy, says Charlie Bigham, founder of Charlie Bigham’s
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Comment & OpinionFor the future of petfood, look to Gen Alpha’s eating habits
Emerging health trends will be pivotal for the petfood industry, says Kate Vlietstra, Mintel senior food and drink research director
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Category ReportGoing, going, gone? Trends in snack bars 2025
Snack bar profits are crumbling in the face of soaring wheat, nut and cocoa prices. So, who’s managing to grow, and at what cost?
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NewsKids’ snacking brand patents method for reducing sugars in babyfood
Charles Fermor, a Kent-based farmer and co-founder of Freddie’s Farm, has developed the processing method
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Comment & OpinionAre M&S’s one-ingredient corn flakes really any healthier?
M&S took simplification of food to the next level earlier this week, with its one-ingredient corn flakes – but are consumers missing out?