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With mounting research emphasizing the crucial part the microbiome plays in preventing and fighting disease, Jane Wolfe takes a look at the best ways...

A new initiative from the Sustainable Beauty Coalition (SBC), The Great British Beauty Clean Up will revolutionise our retail environment, professional services, use of...

The dairy-free category is being spurred on by innovation and the growing trend towards a plant-based diet. But amid the growth of dairy-free, independent...

New mums and dads can be some of the best customers you’ll ever have. And if you can help make their pressured lives a...

Men are now outspending women in the quest for optimum health, reports Matt Chittock – so how should health stores adapt?

There is much to fend off this season with soaring energy costs and the ‘immune deficit’ of colds, flu and COVID-19, writes Denise Barrett.

Rosie Greenaway catalogues some of the latest solid beauty superhero products which have come to market and caught her eye.

With anxious times stressing out even the most chilled consumers, there’s plenty of products on the health store shelves to help them relax. For even...

Globetrotting may be off limits, but Rosie Greenaway tours the Foods of the World sector to see which foreign influences are on shelves. 

Whether replicating the coffee shop experience at home, or hooking up on Zoom for a cuppa, hot drinks this year are all about home comforts.

In the absence of a freeze on food prices, the freezer aisle itself is attracting new customers, Rosie Greenaway reports.

Kate Miller takes a look at the increasingly common problem of allergies and the need for continued consumer education The news in January that Cambridge...

Plates of lifeless veg and soggy ‘fishless fingers’ are a thing of the past. Rosie Greenaway orders the vegan catch of the day, explores...

Women’s health is a key area for the natural products industry. General wellbeing, hormonal health and pregnancy continue to draw women into health food...

The green cleaning sector is defying the doldrums on the high street and offering retailers more and better products than ever With the high street...

Fairtrade spirits, organic wines and allergy-free beers are the order of the day in the alcoholic drinks sector, writes Julia Brandon A new year, a...

With Organic September around the corner, Jane Wolfe gets some early bird insights into the focus of this year’s campaign.

Taking care of those little grey cells can be a synch thanks to the latest advances in natural health and nutrition Say what you like...

Emily McCoy dons her chef’s hat and does an inventory of the health store ingredients and products helping turn novice home cooks into Masterchef...

Jim Manson discovers that maintaining strong bones and supple joints – thus avoiding becoming an NHS statistic – means supplementing early.