04-Oct-2010 - After feeling the benefits of drinking Japanese Matcha green tea for himself, entrepreneur and fitness fan Gavin Edley decided to bring the drink to the UK, via his Vitalife brand.
29-Sep-2010 - UK sales of gluten and wheat free products soared 18% to £108.3m in the year to July 11, 2010, according to new data from Kantar Worldpanel.
22-Sep-2010 - The UK market for functional foods on a bone health platform grew 6.8% in the year to March 2010, but at just £38M, it still represents a niche part of the £556m functional foods market, according to new data from Kantar Worldpanel.
22-Sep-2010 - With a demographic time bomb ticking, the demand for foods, drinks and supplements to help people live healthier, more active lives as they get older has never been greater.
20-Sep-2010 - Willesden-based Jamaican pattie manufacturer Port Royal has developed a new range of premium chilled ready meals targeting shoppers looking for more authentic Caribbean cuisine.
17-Sep-2010 - An unusual range of premium sauces and chutneys inspired by the Gurkhas is gathering steam in the independent retail sector.
13-Sep-2010 - The Genius gluten-free fresh bakery brand is now worth more than £10m at retail level, just 15 months after launch, making it one of the most successful launches in the free-from market over the last decade.
13-Sep-2010 - Double-digit growth in filled cones and chocolate snacks helped the UK ice cream market grow by 8.1% to £693.7m in the year to August 8, according to new data from Kantar Worldpanel.
07-Sep-2010 - Branding experts have blamed a combination of poor timing, poor marketing and a confused proposition for the failure of ‘natural born cola’ Pepsi RAW.
06-Sep-2010 - Own-label pizza manufacturer Freiberger has made massive strides towards hitting the Food Standards Agency’s (FSA’s) salt-reduction targets and now sells a range of pizza bases and sauces with minimal or no salt.
06-Sep-2010 - Concerns over safeguarding healthy school meals are growing as the government plans to alter funding for consumer health campaign Change4Life, limit free school meals for primary school children from poor backgrounds and end the School Lunch Grant.
06-Sep-2010 - Brakes Group is riding the growing craze for whoopies and has announced plans to launch them as part of its new Christmas range for foodservice outlets next month.
06-Sep-2010 - Next month a breaded meat patty that can go from frozen to ready in minutes will be launched on the UK market.
06-Sep-2010 - Foodservice firm Discovery Foods is continuing to build its Mexican theme into the fast food industry with the launch of 10 new recipes under its Santa Maria brand.
06-Sep-2010 - A new range of ‘healthy’ sausages will be on Pembrokeshire schools’ menus next term now that Preseli Gold Sausages has won a two-year contract to supply meat products to the Welsh local authority.
06-Sep-2010 - Gluten- and wheat-free food supplier Nutrition Point has launched a partnership with Lloydspharmacy to sell its Dietary Specials products from the pharmacy’s online store.
06-Sep-2010 - Suffolk brewer Alec Williamson has launched a new amber lager called Calvors Amber.
03-Sep-2010 - As a great believer in giving consumers a mix of culinary pleasure and technology-led products, I am encouraged by the investments being made in the UK’s food manufacturing industry.
03-Sep-2010 - With its dependence on fat and sugar, making a healthy ice cream that people will eat all year round is a challenge. Michelle Knott reports
03-Sep-2010 - UK sales of ice cream rose 7.5% in 2009 to £799m and are predicted to top £814m in 2012, according to new research from Mintel.
31-Aug-2010 - Hampshire-based Stiletto Foods has made its first foray into the US market after striking a deal with natural foods giant Whole Foods Market that will see Mrs Crimble's free-from products listed in five of Whole Foods Market’s 11 regions in the US.
27-Aug-2010 - The alignment of Somerfield and Co-operative food ranges will be completed by the end of next month, 17 months after the £1.6bn merger was sealed and at least six months before the Somerfield store fascia disappears from the High Street.
26-Aug-2010 - New reformulated Mars chocolate bars are going on sale in Europe with 15 to 20 per cent less saturated fat than their predecessors.
26-Aug-2010 - Surveys that compare salt levels in products of different weights targeted at different eating occasions and then single out individual firms for criticism are unfair and unhelpful, Marks & Spencer has argued.
24-Aug-2010 - UK media watchdog Ofcom has rejected complaints from cereal food giants Nestlé and Kellogg’s that they were treated unfairly by the Channel 4 programme What’s in Your Breakfast?