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Natural Beauty Retail Awards winners announced at West End Yearbook launch

The UK’s best natural beauty retailers have been revealed today at the…

Jim Manson

Low-fat diet no better than other dietary interventions for long-term weight loss

A study published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology has looked at…

Jane Wolfe

Inaugural Natural Beauty Retail Awards winners announced

The UK’s best natural beauty retailers have been revealed today at the…

Jane Wolfe

Future bright for novel foods following Strasbourg vote

Last week MEPs adopted proposals that will enable novel foods to be…

Jane Wolfe

Natural Products Scandinavia 2015 opens in Malmö this weekend

This weekend thousands of natural and organic buyers, retailers, wholesalers and distributors…

Jane Wolfe

McDonald’s introduces organic burger in Germany

McDonald’s in Germany is offering a 100% organic burger for a limited…

Jane Wolfe

Organic September hits the mark

This year’s Organic September achieved a fantastic reach both through social media,…

Jane Wolfe

Organic September: a retailer’s perspective

This year’s Organic September was a great success but there’s always room…

Jane Wolfe

Soil Association targets fast-growing Nordic organic market

The Soil Association has its sights set on the fast-growing Scandinavian market…

Jim Manson

46% of UK millennials use food ingredients to make beauty treatments at home

In a SONAR survey conducted for a new report by The Innovation…

Jane Wolfe

Local produce trumps organic for German consumers

A survey carried out in eight supermarkets across Germany has found that…

Jane Wolfe

NZ research claims calcium doesn’t benefit bone density

Research published on the British Medical Journal’s website, has concluded that “for…

Jane Wolfe

Sugar tax: Public Health England heaps pressure on Government

Public Health England – England’s official health protection body – says that…

Jim Manson

Mintel’s top trends for 2016 fit health stores’ remit

Mintel has just published its report Global Food and Drink Trends 2016,…

Jane Wolfe

“Nothing serious” ­– industry’s verdict on US supplement study highlighting hospital visits

Industry and nutrition figures on both sides of the Atlantic have vouched…

Jim Manson

First beauty brands display Real Beauty Manifesto logo on-pack

Three British natural skincare brands have become the first to display the…

Jane Wolfe

The Soil Association’s 12 sustainable days of Christmas

The Soil Association has unveiled 12 tips to have a more sustainable,…

Jane Wolfe

Have yourself a very merry (organic) Christmas

In November the Soil Association launches its Online Christmas Market to link…

Jane Wolfe

Additives top consumers’ food black list

Additives – including artificial colourants, sweeteners and preservatives – have come top…

Jim Manson

Eating organic lowers pesticides levels in children, US researchers show

Researchers in America have shown that when children eat organic fruits and…

Jim Manson