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.
Aim-listed speciality baker Finsbury Food Group has acquired free-from producer Ultrapharm for a possible £25m ($32.2m) to capitalize on the burgeoning popularity of gluten-free.
Lucinda Bruce-Gardyne of Genius Gluten Free believes that – overall – UK consumers eat too much bread, which opens opportunities for nutritious non-wheat alternatives.
US-based healthy snack producer Kind Snacks has further cemented its UK presence by securing a nationwide deal with one of the country’s leading coffee shop chains.
Popcorn company Savoury & Sweet – acquired by Burts Chips in January – has reported a healthy pre-tax profit for its latest financial year, up from a £6.4m ($8.5m) loss in 2016.
The Kettle Chips maker is investing £2.7m ($3.5m) to upgrade the manufacturing capabilities of its Norwich factory as it celebrates its 30th anniversary.
The 2017 Food and Drink Federation (FDF) Awards recognized some of the UK’s most outstanding individuals, companies and campaigns, with many winners coming from the bakery and snacks arenas.
General Mills is reintroducing its artificially colored and flavored cereal after consumers complained its natural version did not make the grade – a daring move as the trend towards clean, natural foods gains momentum worldwide. Aligned with this though,...
Bakery ingredients supplier Puratos UK has launched three new baking mixes to enable high street and industrial bakers to personalize on-trend bread varieties.
Coca-Cola, Mars, Mondelez, Nestlé, PepsiCo and Unilever will add nutrition logos modelled on the UK’s traffic light label to their European portfolios. However, critics have slammed the use of portion size as a reference.
Crisp Sensation Holding SA has developed five crumb coating flavors for frozen and chilled snacks it claims give deep-fried crispiness without a deep fryer.
New product development has played a key role in growing the UK popcorn category while some other parts of the snacks market have struggled, according to analysts.
Food and beverage (F&B) manufacturers are slow to meet the rising demand in digitalization and adapt their machines to customized packaging, according to Siemens.
The UK government has confirmed that it will introduce “clearer visual labelling” in relation to free sugars on packaged food and drinks - but it will be voluntary.
Almost 60% of BakeryandSnacks readers believe the cost of ingredients will rise should the UK leave the European Union – while almost three quarters feel Brexit will push up retail food prices.
Industries on both sides of the English Channel are already feeling the impact of the uncertainty brought about by the Brexit referendum result. No-one will be immune, but Vince Bamford suggests the UK bread industry may be more insulated than some food...
Sweet and savory snacks will be among the hardest hit UK food categories as a result of the Brexit vote, according to analysts Euromonitor International.
To date 75 countries globally have implemented mandatory fortification programmes for folic acid with the aim of preventing neural tube defects (NTDs) in babies. Yet despite growing calls from NGOs, health experts and researchers, the 28 EU member countries...
Britain's baking industry is set to come under further pressure following this week's announcement by Walmart subsidiary Asda that it is to invest a further £500m ($720m) in retail price cuts.
Teenagers and younger adults in the UK are falling far short of international targets for whole grain consumption – with 15% of teenagers consuming no whole grain foods at all, according to a study in the British Journal of Nutrition.
A team of plant breeders from Aberystwyth University will work closely with the UK’s oat milling sector to develop nutritious oat varieties that remain economically viable for millers and farmers.
The demand for hot cereals like porridge has continued to experience a dramatic resurgence and will continue an upward trajectory for the next four years, according to a Key Note report.
The EU nutrition and health claims regulation (NHCR) put many health-related product marketeers noses out of joint. But having survived two years since legislative enforcement, are we now witnessing a positive and unpredicted consequence? argues Pegasus's...
Unhealthy foods are being promoted to children in everyday children’s television programmes, new research published in the British Medical Journal suggests.
Ardent Mills venture OK with divestment, UK wheat harvest recovering, Drip irrigation revival in South West France, Major’s to fund Canadian research, Pakistan cement bag controversy.
