Sugar tax could eat into unhealthy breakfast cereal sales, study finds
A sugar tax of 20% could discourage shoppers from buying unhealthier breakfast cereals, research has shown.
Archives for June 15, 2016
Revealed: How US manufacturers and retailers can tap summer snacking boom
Convenience stores should shake up their product ranges to make the most of summer snack sales, according to General Mills.
Snack Attack 2016
Good Health unveils new lines including brand's first tortilla chips
Vegetable-based snacks brand Good Health is rolling out three new products in the US this summer - including its first tortilla chips.
Heard of himanthalia? Dutch start-up aims to replace carb-heavy pasta with seaweed
Himanthalia - or sea spaghetti - may not be commonly known. But as a healthy like-for-like pasta replacement that boosts vegetable intake and is harvested in a sustainable way, it will be soon, says Dutch entrepreneur and founder of Seamore.
'The resources to tackle obesity are there. It's just the will that's lacking': Expert
The global discourse on obesity is full of people saying it's a complex problem but offering simple solutions - it's time we put in place a bottom-up and top-down approach, says food and health expert Dr Mike Gibney.