nutrition
UK campaign celebrating milk
Today’s (27 September) World School Milk Day is being celebrated with an initiative to get primary schools across Great Britain sharing their favourite thing about milk.
FDF awards ceremony recognises industry leaders
The Food and Drink Federation Awards ceremony last night (21 September) showcased the achievements of the UK’s food and drink manufacturing industry.
California almonds named number one nut
According to recent data from Innova Market Insights, California almonds were the number one nut used in new products worldwide in 2016, the tenth year that almonds have held the lead position for nuts used in new product introductions.
Snack brand uses Shazam to promote product
Artisan crisp brand Fairfields Farm has teamed up with mobile app Shazam to promote its new snacking concept, Heat & Eat.
Round Up: Ingredients
Here is your weekly round-up of ingredients news. Next week’s round-up will focus on packaging news.
Millennials seek coconut-based products
Research by New Nutrition Business shows that an increasing number of millennials are purchasing coconut-based food products.
Pulsin launches on the go porridge oat bars
UK-based, nutritional snack brand Pulsin is launching a new range of Porridge Oat Bars this September.
PHE announces next stage of childhood obesity plan
Public Health England (PHE) has announced that it will be evaluating the evidence on children’s calorie consumption and setting the ambition for the calorie reduction programme to remove excess calories from the foods children consume the most.
Appeal for sugar alternatives to improve public health
The British Retail Consortium (BRC) and the Food and Drink Federation (FDF) have launched an appeal to food and drink suppliers to identify sugar alternatives as a nationwide effort to improve consumers’ health.
Redefining functionality
Lucy Brice discusses the new age of functional ingredients, and why food and drink products now should be all encompassing to cater for increasingly demanding consumers.
Business news, Food safety, Ingredients, New products, Packaging, Sustainability
FrieslandCampina splits its organisation
Royal FrieslandCampina has announced that as of 1 January 2018 it will be splitting its organisation into four global business groups: Consumer Dairy, Specialised Nutrition, Ingredients and Basic Dairy.
Cereal brands under fire for FOP labelling
Action on Sugar says ‘healthy’ cereal brands have failed to include Department of Health (DoH) endorsed, colour coded traffic light, front of pack (FOP) nutrition labelling, despite some products containing high levels of sugar – which would equate to a red label.
Jumping on the protein bandwagon
It’s not all that long ago that sports nutrition and protein products were considered the preserve of athletes and bodybuilders. These days, however, it seems everyone wants a slice of the action.
Frozen food retail growth accelerates
The latest frozen food retail statistics reveal that frozen food continues to excel with value growth across almost every category in the 52 weeks up to 18 June 2017.