ESSNA wants public to report ‘dodgy’ sports nutrition products
A new campaign to educate the public on all things sports nutrition has been launched by the industry trade association to ensure consumer safety and good health.
The food-to-go sector is ‘Out at lunch!’
The doors open on 21 September at Excel London for a special 10th anniversary show of lunch! with over 6,000 attendees set to attend.
Healthy living store LIV temporarily closes
Natural and organic retailer LIV shut its doors this month following a routine food hygiene inspection by Liverpool Council’s Environmental Health Officers.
Online vegan supermarket goes live
Notfrom.com is a new online supermarket offering solely natural, cruelty-free, plant-based and planet-friendly products to customers in the UK and EU.
Better Food celebrates a quarter of a century
Bristol-based organic and health food retailer Better Food is celebrating its 25th birthday this year, with a series of in-store tastings.
Unilever acquires organic pioneer Pukka Herbs
Unilever has announced that it has acquired organic herbal tea and supplements specialist Pukka Herbs for an undisclosed sum.
‘Organic. Feed Your Happy’ campaign launches
The Organic Trade Board has begun a three year campaign entitled Organic. Feed Your Happy. featuring radio DJ Sara Cox and chef Rosie Birkett.
45 years on: Radio 4’s Today programme looks at the impact...
Aired on 22 August 2017, the Radio 4 news and current affairs programme Today recently ran a feature on the impact of organic food on the farming industry.
Plant-based diets could reduce heart disease, confirms a new study
The authors of a new report are linking vegetarian and vegan diets with reduced levels of low density lipoprotein cholesterol and total cholesterol.
123 pesticides found in school fruit and veg
Children in England are exposed to a ‘cocktail of pesticide residues’ in the produce they consume through the School Fruit and Vegetable Scheme (SFVS).
Suma chalks up 40 years
Suma Wholefoods worker cooperative is celebrating 40 years in business this month.
Natural personal care sector sees growth slow in UK
A new report by Ecovia Intelligence shows that sales revenues in the natural and organic personal care market have risen by nearly 30% since...
Natural personal care sector sees growth slow in UK
A new report by Ecovia Intelligence shows that sales revenues in the natural and organic personal care market have risen by nearly 30% since...
lunch! 2017: more natural than ever
The UK’s leading food-to-go trade show returns on 21 and 22 September 2017, featuring more natural products than ever before.
Freshly pressed: ‘Guilt-free’ dry-cleaning comes to London
A new chemical free dry-cleaning shop opened its doors in London this week.
Zero waste organic store opens in Totnes
Earlier this year saw the launch of Earth.Love.Food, a 100% organic store in Totnes, Devon, which operates a blanket ‘no packaging’ policy.
Holland & Barrett and Crussh collaborate on Oxford Street
Crussh launches Fit Food & Juice Bar concept within Holland & Barrett, giving customers a ‘boost’ whilst shopping.
Price cuts all round as Amazon signals ‘affordability’ vision for Whole...
Shoppers will know straight away that things are going to be different at Whole Foods Market, when Amazon completes its $14 billion acquisition of the natural food retailer on Monday (18 August).
UK researchers warn of plant milk risk to IQ of unborn...
Researchers a the University of Surrey in the UK will issue a warning next month that babies born to mothers who drink cow’s milk alternatives – such as soya, almond and coconut – could have lower IQs, reports The Times.
Creative Nature turns down Dragon investment
In the new series of Dragons’ Den, Julianne Ponan, founder of Creative Nature, left triumphant, but later rejected a £75,000 investment from Deborah Meaden.