Evidence shows sugary drinks taxes are working to reduce sugar consumption, claims Simon Stevens, CEO of the UK’s National Health System (NHS), who is now calling on Prime Minister Boris Johnson to extend the tax to other sweetened items to reduce obesity,...
Chain and independent bakeshops have a chance to compete with sandwich retailers, supermarkets and quick-service restaurants for a bigger slice of to-go business, according to NPD data.
Bags of Walkers Oven Baked Core chips, Sunbites Grainwaves range and Snack-A-Jacks rice crisps will feature a banner that reads, ‘Great taste guaranteed, or your money back.’
The founder of Rebel Mylk acquired London-based Ape Snacks, which produces rice-based puffs and coconut snacks, and fruit and vegetable chips startup Emily Crisps, creating a new snacking company.
The free-to-use program will accept all of KP’s line of nuts, popcorn, crisps and pretzels; however, it excludes potato chip tubes and packages that contained seeds, nutrient powder, dried fruit or meat snacks.
The family-owned UK crisp producer has acquired Yorkshire-based Bite UK to launch a new joint venture with a view to become a leader in the UK’s £200m ($256m) healthy snacks sector.
The Federation of Bakers (FOB) has welcomed the government’s announcement that it will consult on the mandatory fortification of flour with folic acid in a bid to tackle fetal abnormalities.
Downing Street is expected to introduce a new policy that all flour is to be fortified with folic acid in an effort to reduce the number of babies born in the UK with neural tube defects (NTDs).
A poll commissioned by diet and supplements brand Protein World has found that the UK is a nation of cake lovers, with most respondents consuming a slice on average three times a week.
Sweet bakery product supplier Rich Products is opening a new production site in Andover, Hampshire, as part of a major restructure of all its manufacturing in the UK.
