Reformulating products to reduce sugar can be a costly process. While the impact of sugar taxes on consumer behaviour is a moot point, they do provide the food sector with a financial incentive to trigger change.
Competition is heating up in the ‘smart food’ category with brands claiming their meal-on-the-go offerings are convenient, rich in nutrients, and provide sustaining protein from plant-based sources.
Healthier food now makes up 25% of Greggs sales, according to the boss of the UK’s largest bakery chain. But the independent sector is moving in a different direction, he fears, creating an uneven playing field and posing a risk to the food industry’s...
A ban on junk food ads before 9pm won’t help tackle England’s childhood obesity epidemic, according to the director of public affairs at the Advertising Association.
The International Food & Beverage Alliance (IFBA), which includes Nestlé and Unilever as well as fast-food giant McDonald's, have set a goal of phasing out industrially produced trans fats (iTFAs) from the global food supply by 2023.
Sweety Y-1 – a patented new culture from Chr. Hansen with “superior pH stability” – enables dairy manufacturers to make yogurts and other fermented dairy products with less added sugar, claims the company.
PepsiCo, Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP) and other major soda brands are still learning to grapple with the health and wellness wave that’s causing consumers to drop their sugary drinks for something ‘better-for-you’. Executives spoke at the 2019 Beverage Forum...
Dairy cooperative FrieslandCampina has reorganised its ingredients business to focus on four strategic customer segments: early life nutrition, adult nutrition, food and beverages, and animal nutrition.
One year on from the launch of its ‘Nestlé for Healthier Kids’ initiative, the food giant continues to expand its portfolio with focus on personalised nutrition for specific geographies, according to Nestlé's Henri-Pierre Lenoble.
New research from the World Health Organization reveals that school-aged children in Southern Europe are at greater risk of being “severely obese” than those in the north of the region. Treatment and management options across the region are “not widespread”...
A new study has found no direct link between the consumption of sugar-sweetened drinks and elevated BMI in children, prompting authors to question the effectiveness of the UK’s single-nutrient tax approach.
The CEO and founder of soup start-up Re:Nourish, Nicci Clarke, was once a cardiac nurse. What did this teach her about food? “It taught me that you only live once and that you should live as well as you can,” she tells FoodNavigator. “And that’s what...
Public Health England’s sugar reduction strategy is expected to cut obesity rates and save the NHS £265m over the next 10 years, if industry and consumers behave as intended.
