Public Health England (PHE) is continuing to focus on calorie and sugar reduction as levels of severe obesity in children aged 10–11 have reached the highest point since records began.
Political appetite to increase ‘sugar tax’ on soft drinks and extend the levy to other products is growing, a Populus survey seen exclusively by Food Manufacture has revealed.
Pressure groups Action on Sugar (AOS) and Action on Salt have called on the Prime Minister to introduce an energy density levy on confectionery, as part of its seven-part plan to help prevent obesity and related diseases.
The Food and Drink Federation’s (FDF’s) members have reduced the amount of sugar and salt in an average consumer’s basket of shopping over the past five years, according to a new report.
Bakery ingredients supplier Real Good Food (RGF) has secured at least £8.2m of additional funding from its three major shareholders, after facing severe financial challenges over the past 12 months.
Nestlé claimed it has cut 2.6 billion (bn) teaspoons of sugar and more than 60bn calories from its products since 2015, as it takes steps to meet its pledge to cut sugar across its confectionery portfolio by 10%.
The food industry wasn’t taking the sugar agenda “seriously enough” and should be given more incentives to innovate if the reformulation challenge was to be met, the founder of a free-from vegan-friendly dessert company has claimed.
The government has defended its plans to tackle the nation’s obesity crisis after it came under fire from a Commons Health Select Committee for removing “several key areas” that could have made its childhood obesity plan more effective.
Associated British Foods (ABF) has posted a 4% rise in group sales in its first-quarter trading update, as its sugar revenues continue to be hit by lower prices in the EU.
The approach by some food and drink manufacturers to replace sugar with high-glycaemic alternatives is “borderline misleading” to consumers, the director of a global ingredients company has claimed.
Despite a positive overall picture and a “fabulous response” from some leading brands to its 20% cross-category sugar reduction target for 2020, Public Health England (PHE) has suggested that some categories are making more progress than others.
Global sourcing, thanks to Brexit, and vegan products lead this gallery of the top 10 UK food trends for 2018, according to market analyst Eurostar Commodities.
Children’s snack consumption should be limited to two 100-calorie products a day, Public Health England (PHE) has urged parents, as it launches a new campaign to promote healthier eating.
Sufficient controls are in place to prevent the sale of energy drinks to children, says the British Soft Drinks Association (BSDA), after a top teachers’ union called for a ban on their sale in schools.
Ingredients for healthy snacks will feature heavily at the forthcoming Food Ingredients Europe (FiE) and Natural Ingredients show, which takes place at Messe Frankfurt (November 28–30).
Ingredients dedicated to making beverages healthier and more natural took centre stage at last month’s Drinktec, which was held in Munich, Germany (September 11–15)
The unhealthy perception of breaded and battered food is being challenged by a set of new wheat starches claimed to enable the creation of clean-label products rich in texture.
A new potato-based starch is able to improve the yields of “cost-sensitive” meat products by 10–20%, while remaining effective in food cooked at lower meat core temperatures, according to its maker.
British biscuit manufacturer Paterson Arran has raised £100,000 for Macmillan Cancer Support in one year, through the sales of promotional packs of its shortbread.
The government is set to move away from sugar and towards a total calorie approach in the battle to combat childhood obesity, one of its key strategists in the area has revealed.
Food and drink firms have called on ingredients manufacturers and researchers to help identify potential sugar alternatives, in a bid to aid companies in reformulating their products and improve public health.
Bakery ingredients manufacturer Real Good Food’s (RGF’s) founder Pieter Totté has resigned from the company, a week after issuing a profits warning as the company’s shares fell to their lowest value since 2010.
Food manufacturers should consider the full sensory impact of replacing sugar as they strive to meet Public Health England’s reduction guidelines, a research body has claimed.
Questions about snacking trends, healthy ingredients, sustainable production and evolution were among the topics raised by delegates to Food Manufacture Group’s free, one-hour webinar on June 15.
Plans to build a sugar beet processing plant that would create more than 300 jobs in North Yorkshire have raised concerns from campaigners, over the damage development could cause to the landscape and environment.
The ban on adverts for foods high in fat, sugar and salt (HFSS) was only the first step in reducing childhood obesity, claimed pressure group Sustain, while doctors have called for health warnings on sugary food packaging.
A modified starch claimed to replace everyday ingredients such as oil and egg while helping reduce recipe costs by as much as 15% has been introduced by Ingredion.
Lucozade Ribena Suntory has committed itself to reformulating all of its UK soft drink brands this year to ensure they will not be hit by the sugar tax that comes into force in April next year.
The tax on soft drinks, which comes into force in April 2018, needs to be changed to give manufacturers more incentive to reduce the sugar in their products, the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has argued.
