Industry News

The latest news from the natural and organic products industry.

Latest Industry News News

H&B staff qualified to give nutritional advice says regulator

A complaint from a consumer that Holland & Barrett staff are not qualified to give customers…

Jane Wolfe

The Organic Herb Trading Company pioneers FairWild supply

The Organic Herb Trading Company (OHTC) has become UK’s first processor and…

Jim Manson

Time to cut the crap: Tory MP’s verdict on the junk food lobby

Conservative MP Sarah Wollaston is calling for supermarkets to be banned from…

Jim Manson

Europe sees mineral market boom driven by premium supplements

According to a report by Micro Market Monitor (MMM), the European mineral…

Jane Wolfe

As you like it

Next month Stratford-upon-Avon will see the opening of a new natural and…

Jane Wolfe

Natural and organic brands feature strongly at 2014 lunch! show

Natural and organic brands will feature strongly at this year's lunch! show,…

Jane Wolfe

Non-GMO sales “skyrocket” in the US

Non-GMO sales in the US “skyrocketed” last year, according to data gathered…

Jim Manson

Inexperienced MEPs could nod through low MPLs, CHC warns

Consumers for Health Choice has warned that a new crop of inexperienced…

Jim Manson

Don’t allow US hormones and pesticides into our food, Oliver warns

Jamie Oliver has warned that a controversial trade deal between the EU…

Jane Wolfe

SOS! We need your donations – US retailer’s expansion plea

You’ve got a thriving local natural products store with a tribe of…

Jim Manson

Gluten-free beauty claims on the increase

Gluten-free credentials are increasingly finding their way into the UK beauty sector,…

Jane Wolfe

Soil Association Conference steams in!

This year’s Soil Association Conference will take place at STEAM, the Museum…

Jim Manson

Gluten-free beauty claims on the increase

Gluten-free credentials are increasingly finding their way into the UK beauty sector,…

Jane Wolfe

Severe vitamin D deficiency doubles dementia risk, study finds

Vitamin D deficiency is associated with a substantially increased risk of dementia…

Jim Manson

GMO OMG! – it’s time to spell it out

Whole Food Action – the recently formed nertwork of wholefood stores –…

Jim Manson

More independents join the virtual high street

Growing numbers of independent retailers are selling on the virtual high street…

Jim Manson

MPI releases labelling guidelines for manuka honey

The New Zealand Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) has released an interim…

Jane Wolfe

Get ready for Organic Beauty Week

One of the main fixtures of the Organic September events calendar is…

Jane Wolfe

Organic has become preserve of well off says Raymond Blanc

The organic movement’s original aim of making good food available to all…

Jim Manson

Diversify plant foods to boost health benefits say Harvard researchers

Diversifying plant foods – adding in more wholegrains, nuts and pulses –…

Jim Manson