Bite-size pieces of news from Natural Products News
- Toast has become the highest rated B Corp amongst UK breweries, following successful re-certification. Its newly published impact report also highlights that Toast is the first brewery to be carbon neutral and nature positive through its partnership with Soil Heroes.
- A total of 62 individual food and drink items registered with The Vegan Society’s Vegan Trademark took home prizes from the 2021 Free From Food Awards.
- JEPCO has launched its hydroponically produced own-label ‘Living Lettuce’ innovation into Co-op stores nationwide. An alternative to fresh bagged salad leaves, the whole head lettuce is packaged in sustainable, 100% recyclable and compostable paper bags and comes with a root system intact.
- Soil Association-certified skincare collection Wild Beauty from Rhug Estate has launched at Fortnum & Mason, London, as well as expanding into the Middle East with Harvey Nichols Doha and The Secret Skin (UAE, Kuwait and Oman).
- The latest launches from Puressentiel are: Muscles & Joints Bath Shower to relax sore muscles and each aches and pains; Muscle Relaxing Organic Massage Oil combining wintergreen, lemon eucalyptus and lavender with arnica, chilli and meadowsweet; and Muscles & Joints Arnica Rub.
- Wild Pharmacy Skincare has announced that its six-strong line of vegan and organic skincare is now listed on Love Lula and Wolfe & Badger.
- Madeleine Shaw’s collaboration with BetterYou has been awarded at the Loved by Parents Awards with the brand’s Pregnancy Oral Spray being crowned Best Maternity Innovation 2021.
- Berczy is set to launch its full range of 100% natural, no added sugar hard seltzers into Planet Organic’s ten retail stores across London from the end of June.
- Jurlique Blend Hand Cream is designed to replenish and moisturize with the brand’s exclusive Jurlique Blend – a unique fusion of rose, lavender, calendula and marshmallow made using a Bio-Intrinsic process.
- Soft drinks manufacturer Radnor has made the Anti-Bullying Alliance its Charity of the Year. The company is making a donation to the charity and encouraging its staff to fundraise during the course of the year-long partnership.
- Dairy-free drinks and cereals brand Rude Health has achieved B Corp status with a score of 84.1 out of 200 after 16 years of ‘doing business the bright way’.
- Smaller food and drink brands and businesses with products registered with The Vegan Society’s Vegan Trademark can now benefit from a new collaboration with Artos, a marketplace that works to match ethical brands with premium buyers.
