Yogurt has always had an enviable reputation as the ultimate health food, which is well-deserved. It’s brimming with nutrients, and there’s evidence that yogurt eaters may have an easier time staying at a healthy weight and have a lower risk of chronic diseases such as type 2 diabetes and hypertension. But not all yogurt is […]
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Sugar reformulation: Nestlé strips out billions of calories over three years in UK & Ireland
The amount of sugar in Nestlé’s UK and Irish products has been seriously slashed over the last three years with the equivalent of more than 2.6 billion teaspoons being taken out of products through innovative reformulation. As the demand for low and no-sugar products continues to rise, Nestlé UK and Ireland continue its mission to […]
A sweet challenge: 64 percent of industry finds sugar reduction in confectionery to be toughest
Sugar reduction is at the top of most NPD agendas and in just over a month (April 6, 2018), the much-debated sugar tax will come into effect in the UK. The market penetration of new food & beverages with sugar reduction claims continues to grow. Interestingly, a recent poll conducted in a live webinar and […]
Food labelled ‘snack’ leaves you hungrier than food labelled ‘meal’
Eating pasta labelled “snack” rather than “meal” made people eat more later on, our latest study found. We also found that participants ate more later on when the pasta was eaten as a snack, that is, standing up, from a plastic pot, rather than when it was eaten sitting down, from a ceramic plate. Those […]
Hershey cutting calories in classic chocolate bars
US Chocolate giant Hershey has pledged that all of its standard and king-size confectionary range will come complete with easy-to-read front-of-pack labels which show the amount of calories by the end of next year. And half of all Hershey standard and king-size confections will be 200 calories or less by 2022, as part of the […]