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Natural BeautyMama & Baby Award winners announced
This year’s winners of the Beauty Shortlist Mama & Baby Awards 2019 have been announced today.
NewsMary-Jane’s Coffee opens its first CBD café
The man behind Mary-Jane’s Coffee, Jon Antoniou, has opened the South West’s first CBD cafe in Bristol’s Whiteladies Road in a bid to provide ‘a quality, affordable and great-tasting way to take CBD daily’.
Industry NewsGovernment pressed to ban cartoons on unhealthy food for kids
Campaign groups are calling on the UK Government to ban the use of cartoon characters on the packaging of unhealthy products aimed at children, and to mandate traffic light nutrition labelling to facilitate parents to make healthier choices.
NewsSummer opening for latest Planet Organic store
London-based health and wellbeing retailer Planet Organic is set to open a new store in the north-west of the city later this summer. The development comes just months after specialist consumer brands investor Inverleith LLP announced that it taken a majority stake in the pioneer organic retail chain, signalling its intention to double the current […]
NewsNatural Products Retailing in 2018-2019
At the start of 2019 Natural Products News conducted its sixth annual ‘Health Check’ survey of independent health food retailers in the UK. The findings offer valuable insights for independent retailers and uncover some of the trends which are affecting sales on the shop floor. Here, we pick out some of the highlights of this […]
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Andalou Naturals brings CannaCell to UK
Natural bodycare brand Andalou Naturals has launched its botanical product line CannaCell onto the UK...
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News in brief
Chunky Chocolate and Chunky Orange Chocolate with Baobab are the first bars from Prodigy Snacks,...
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BetterYou reveals new-look website
Natural health brand BetterYou has unveiled its updated website, betteryou.com, with a fresh new look...
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Formula Botanica launches new Diploma in Beauty Brand Management
International organic cosmetic formulation school Formula Botanica launches its biggest ever online training course on...
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Food and Drink
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New hope for coeliac sufferers?
The development of new technology which detoxifies gluten proteins could bring new hope to gluten-intolerant consumers.
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Clipper pops up for a tea swap
Ethical tea brand Clipper held a pop-up tea swap in Shoreditch today where consumers were able to swap their usual tea for a box of the brand’s Fairtrade tea and learn about the difference Fairtrade can make to the lives of tea estate workers.
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Primrose’s Kitchen acquired by former Cadbury Schweppes execs
Dorset-based Primrose’s Kitchen has been purchased for an undisclosed amount by PK Ventures, headed by three former Cadbury Schweppes executives.
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BOOM Awards finalists announced
The shortlist for this year’s BOOM Awards has been published by the Soil Association, ahead of a ceremony due to be hosted on 26 June.
Health & Nutrition
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IADSA launches online VMS resource
The London-based International Alliance of Dietary/Food Supplement Associations (IADSA) has introduced a new online information resource, Mind the Gap, designed to facilitate more effective communication about the benefits of dietary supplements.
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Canadian CBD brand Kanabia launches in the UK
Kanabia CBD products are now available to the UK market through Kinetic Natural Product Distributor.
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Power Health expands operations
Family-run health and wellbeing product manufacturer Power Health is eyeing future growth with a major facilities expansion.
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GeoSilica Iceland launches in UK
Now available to the UK market through Ecobrands Ltd comes geoSilica, a range of award-winning silica supplements from Iceland.
Natural Beauty
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Mama & Baby Award winners announced
This year’s winners of the Beauty Shortlist Mama & Baby Awards 2019 have been announced today.
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Andalou Naturals brings CannaCell to UK
Natural bodycare brand Andalou Naturals has launched its botanical product line CannaCell onto the UK market.
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Formula Botanica launches new Diploma in Beauty Brand Management
International organic cosmetic formulation school Formula Botanica launches its biggest ever online training course on the 25 June, when it will welcome its first student intake of indie beauty entrepreneurs.
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Maharishi AyurVeda creates ayurvedic face and bodycare line
New from Maharishi AyurVeda comes a seven-strong range of COSMOS-certified natural face and bodycare products made using authentic ayurvedic herbs.
Natural Living
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Waitrose tells Oxford customers to BYO
A location in Oxford has become the first store to trial Waitrose’s new refill station, providing customers with a facility where they can shop for unpackaged everyday basics such as rice, pasta, cereals, lentils, seeds and coffee, using their own containers from home.
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Consumers cotton on to organic and ethical clothing
Organic cotton, says the Soil Association (SA) is not only good for the environment, but good for business too, as consumer spend within the category rises.
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Natracare ‘proves industry wrong’ in NPD first
Growing concern about the presence of fatbergs in the UK’s sewers, along with mounting plastic pollution in the world’s oceans, has led organic personal hygiene brand Natracare to develop and launch what it says is Europe’s ‘first truly flushable’ moist tissue wipe.
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Store Brighton brings sustainable shopping to Fiveways
Last weekend a new sustainable shop opened in the Fiveways area of Brighton, to cater for the plastic-free shopping needs of local residents.
Opinion
With such a list of dedicated, pioneering beauty brands, it’s unsurprising that once again, the Nordic countries have come out on top in 2017 as being the happiest countries in the world.
Julia ZaltzmanFreelance features writer & columnist
Give yourself a hygge
An area that I will be watching with interest going forward is the space where food and technology meet. Whether it is farmers investing in drones, the ever-growing market share held by online and app grocery shopping, or organic’s booming presence on social media, digital is set to become an increasingly powerful tool in raising awareness and trust for UK organic.
Lee HoldstockThe Soil Assocation
Organic tidings we bring
News
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Mary-Jane’s Coffee opens its first CBD café
The man behind Mary-Jane’s Coffee, Jon Antoniou, has opened the South West’s first CBD cafe in Bristol’s Whiteladies Road in a bid to provide ‘a quality, affordable and great-tasting way to take CBD daily’.
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News in brief
Chunky Chocolate and Chunky Orange Chocolate with Baobab are the first bars from Prodigy Snacks, a start-up which uses clean, natural ingredients with nutritional benefits to reimagine classic chocolate favourites. Bells & Whistles has launched a new vegan cake line in three flavours: Berry & Cashew, Nut Truffle and Ginger & Apricot. The gluten-, milk- […]
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BetterYou reveals new-look website
Natural health brand BetterYou has unveiled its updated website, betteryou.com, with a fresh new look and feel as well as some added initiatives designed to enhance performance and delivery.
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Government pressed to ban cartoons on unhealthy food for kids
Campaign groups are calling on the UK Government to ban the use of cartoon characters on the packaging of unhealthy products aimed at children, and to mandate traffic light nutrition labelling to facilitate parents to make healthier choices.
Features
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Beyond the little bottles
From the yoghurt drinks of the ‘90s to Unilever’s recent investment in ‘happy bacteria’ skincare, probiotics are still a hot topic – but consumer confusion is rife, discovers Kate Miller, and puzzling legislation isn’t helping (more…)
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The carbon pawprint
A far cry from the proverbial dogs’ dinner, the pet industry is now booming with healthier and greener options. From zero waste shampoo bars to premium natural and organic foods, Sharna Waid finds out what retailers are stocking to meet the demands of a growing community of eco-conscious pet parents (more…)
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Soft sell?
As more consumers seek alcohol-free, low-sugar and sustainably produced beverages, Jane Wolfe speaks with some natural and organic soft drinks brands to discover how they are ticking all the boxes (more…)
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The heart of the matter
Dr Decker Weiss is a naturopathic cardiologist with an important message about inflammation. Here, Rosie Greenaway relays some of the key messages conveyed during his 2018 retailer roadshow, and discovers why ignoring the red flags could be catastrophic for cardiovascular health
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