Year: 2015

Definition of ‘natural beauty’ open to interpretation in Asian market

Increased education is required to raise awareness amongst Asian consumers regarding what…

Jim Manson

Beauty must go beyond the ‘natural’ value, says Organic Monitor

Ninety per cent of UK consumers deem the avoidance of synthetic ingredients…

Jim Manson

Scientists call for herbal supplements certification system

Two prominent plant scientists are calling for a formal certification system for…

Jim Manson

FreeFrom Food Awards celebrate sector’s continued success

The winners of the seventh annual FreeFrom Food Awards were revealed at…

Jane Wolfe

Softly softly

With the summer sun (hopefully) on its way and a mass of…

Jane Wolfe

A healthy balance

Kate Miller looks at diet and detox and how important it is…

Jane Wolfe

Oil change

The nutritional oils category has reinvented itself in recent years – and…

Jane Wolfe

The guts of the matter

Matt Chittock finds out how natural health approaches can make gut problems…

Matt Chittock

Ready for Brekkie?

With numerous studies linking missing breakfast to poor health – including obesity,…

Jane Wolfe

You give me fever

Kate Miller takes a look at what’s behind the rise in allergies…

Jane Wolfe

Superfood me

There is no doubt that superfoods are here to stay, but what…

Jane Wolfe

Viva veggie!

As the plant food movement is gathering pace, the vegetarian and vegan…

Jane Wolfe

Summertime blues?

From sunburn to salmonella there are hundreds of ways holiday heaven can…

Matt Chittock

BioCare awarded the Queen’s Award for Enterprise


BioCare Ltd, along with its parent NutraHealth Plc, has been awarded the…

Jim Manson

Green & Black’s return to their Portobello Road roots

Green & Black’s Organic founders Craig Sams and Josephine Fairley yesterday returned…

Jim Manson

ExCeL show sees natural and organic sector taken to another level

Over 9,200 natural and organic industry professionals were out in force last…

Jim Manson

Holland & Barrett takes on the supermarkets with larger format ‘More’ stores

Holland & Barrett opens the first of its large format Holland &…

Jim Manson

Changing shopping habits offer health stores their biggest opportunity

Health food store owners say that changing shopping habits – shopping more…

Jim Manson

Press reports of ‘new’ negative vitamin study quote old research

The results of a two-year-old study conducted by Dr Tim Byers of…

Jane Wolfe

Retailers and wholesalers welcome organic indie initiatives

Natural products retailers have welcomed two new initiatives designed to help independents…

Jim Manson