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The latest news from the natural and organic products industry.

ASA take butcher’s at Tesco ad

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has ordered that a television advert for Tesco’s Butcher’s Choice sausages be given the chop. The advert featured pigs wandering...

Erin O’Connor gives natural beauty boost to LFW

Former supermodel Erin O’Connor is bringing key natural brands to London Fashion Week, which takes place 16-20 September. As part of The Model Sanctuary, O’Connor’s...

Erin O’Connor brings natural look to London Fashion Week

Former supermodel Erin O’Connor is bringing key natural brands to London Fashion Week later this month. As part of a project to look after show-weary...

New look M&S stores to feature ‘real’ bakeries

Marks & Spencer says it will introduce ‘real’ bakeries into many of its larger stores as part of a three-year £600m investment plan. The bakeries...

Scots “Irn out” E number threat to iconic drink

Scotland’s other national drink — Irn Brun — will not have to have to be reformulate after an EU committee set a new maximum...

Festival launch pad for organic supplements brand

Last week’s Organic Food Festival provided a perfect launch pad for new ethical organic supplement brand Organic Burst. London-based Organic Burst specialises in producing superfood...

Food campaigners slate “Irresponsibility Deal”

The Children’s Food Campaign (CFC) has condemned the Government’s new Responsibility Deal, relabelling it an “irresponsibility Deal”.In a new report, CFC says the Responsibility...

Tree of Life win trade exclusive

Tree of Life UK Limited has announced an exclusive agreement with a British-owned natural skin treatment. Salcura Natural Skin Therapy creates natural products designed to...

Artisan bread highlighted by salt campaigners

Artisan and natural breads were shown to contain the highest salt levels of bread analysed recently by the campaign group Consensus Action on Salt...

New sales manager for Beyond the Bean

Laura Sherwood has been appointed as the new UK sales manager of industry at Beyond the Bean. Sherwood was previously senior national account manager at...

Daylesford launches online farm shop

Upmarket organic food brand Daylesford has launched an online farm store embedded in the Ocado website. Ocado shoppers can dip into the virtual store and...

Waterfront winner

The sun came out last weekend as thousands of people converged on Bristol Waterfront for the 2011 Soil Association Organic Food Festival. Visitors were able...

Stop characterising doctors as “uncaring” — Ernst

The alternative health sector is wrong to characterise doctors as “uncaring” and of failing to consider the psychological dimension of patients’ problems, says professor...

Lily’s Kitchen knows the way to a dog’s heart!

Holistic pet food company Lily’s Kitchen has launched a new addition to its growing range of ‘proper pet foods’ —  Venison and Wild Rabbit...

New cereal bars hit market

Wild Trail, the West Dorset-based artisan foods company, has launched a range of hand made popped corn cereal bars. The bars were invented by former...

Flu-fighting supplement released

A new natural food supplement designed to help consumers avoid colds and flu is now available through Vital Life. Immulina is built on a bioactive...

Essential Care debuts new website

Organic skincare pioneer Essential Care has re-launched its website at www.essential-care.co.uk. The site now aims to offer consumers more in-depth information about the brand,...

Best-selling US skincare range launches in UK

A natural skincare range renowned for tackling problem skin in the US has now launched on this side of the Atlantic. Derma e is designed...

‘Organic for everyone’ will be key Soil Association strategy aim

Making organic food accessible to everyone and encouraging policy makers to embrace organic’s contribution to sustainable food production will form two key planks of...

‘Artificial meat’ — it’s not natural, but could it be ethical?

News that the first laboratory created ‘meat’ could be available to eat within months has not been welcomed by farming bodies — but animal...