Available from September is Pukka Herbs new Christmas Calendar containing 24 of the brand’s herbal teas.
Pukka Herbs counts down Christmas
August 15, 2018 Continue Reading
Organic
Bringing the natural and organic products industry the latest organic food news from around the UK and Ireland.
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NewsMelissa Hemsley adds to an ‘unmissable line-up’ at GO! Organic
Dubbed ‘the queen of the kitchen’ by Marie Claire, celebrity cook Melissa Hemsley – one half of the Hemsley + Hemsley sisters – has been confirmed to be filling the final Organic Kitchen slot at GO! Organic, closing the festival with an interactive session at 4pm on Sunday 9 September.
NewsChefs challenged to ‘step up to the plate’
As part of the Soil Association’s annual autumn campaign, chefs are being urged to take up the Organic September Menu Challenge and ‘step up to the plate’ by putting more organic on the menu.
NewsNew group claims to have exposed weaknesses in organic protection
A survey by a previously unknown organization, the Organics Council, is being used to warn that current organic regulations are failing to protect organic food from becoming contaminated by harmful substances.
NewsThe day the nation ‘woke up to organic’
The Organic Trade Board calls Wake up to Organic 2018 its ‘biggest and most successful event yet’, with engagement on all levels up from last year.
NewsEmployee ownership will be ‘force for good’ says Riverford founder
Riverford Organic Farmers has formally passed into employee ownership in a move that its founder, Guy Singh-Watson, says will create a ‘force for good’.
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Little Freddie claims UK baby food first
Organic baby food brand Little Freddie has added five new products to its range in the form of two complete meals, two savoury pouches and a lactose-free yoghurt pouch.
August 2, 2018 Continue Reading
Melissa Hemsley adds to an ‘unmissable line-up’ at GO! Organic
Dubbed ‘the queen of the kitchen’ by Marie Claire, celebrity cook Melissa Hemsley – one half of the Hemsley + Hemsley sisters – has been confirmed to be filling the final Organic Kitchen slot at GO! Organic, closing the festival with an interactive session at 4pm on Sunday 9 September.
July 19, 2018 Continue Reading
Bring on the Baby Cübes
Organic ice lolly brand Lickalix has entered the frozen baby food market with a range of Baby Cübes, – frozen cubes of pureed organic fruit and vegetables for little ones.
July 17, 2018 Continue Reading
Chefs challenged to ‘step up to the plate’
As part of the Soil Association’s annual autumn campaign, chefs are being urged to take up the Organic September Menu Challenge and ‘step up to the plate’ by putting more organic on the menu.
July 10, 2018 Continue Reading
New group claims to have exposed weaknesses in organic protection
A survey by a previously unknown organization, the Organics Council, is being used to warn that current organic regulations are failing to protect organic food from becoming contaminated by harmful substances.
June 29, 2018 Continue Reading
The day the nation ‘woke up to organic’
The Organic Trade Board calls Wake up to Organic 2018 its ‘biggest and most successful event yet’, with engagement on all levels up from last year.
June 25, 2018 Continue Reading
More Goodies from Organix
Children’s organic food brand Organix has created a range of Goodies Fruit & Seed Bites, designed as a fun alternative to dried fruits.
June 15, 2018 Continue Reading
Spice Root launches organic offer in UK
Spice Root has launched a range of sustainably grown spices, herbs, pulses and Ayurvedic ingredients sourced from certified organic bio-intensive farms.
June 15, 2018 Continue Reading
Summer flavours from Tideford
Tideford Organics has cooked up two new special edition summer soups: Cucumber, Lemon + Ancient Grains and Gazpacho Andaluz with Cucumber + Red Pepper.
June 13, 2018 Continue Reading
Employee ownership will be ‘force for good’ says Riverford founder
Riverford Organic Farmers has formally passed into employee ownership in a move that its founder, Guy Singh-Watson, says will create a ‘force for good’.
June 11, 2018 Continue Reading
Fruity bites for on-the-go
New to the healthy grab and go snacking category are Instinct Bites, bite-size pieces of freeze-dried organically sourced fruit, with nothing else added.
June 6, 2018 Continue Reading
Scientists investigate alternatives to plastic mulch
A team at Coventry University’s Centre for Agroecology, Water and Resilience (CAWR) is exploring environmentally-friendly alternatives to the potentially damaging plastic soil mulch used worldwide by farmers.
June 1, 2018 Continue Reading
Eat your grains
Just launched in the UK is a three-strong range of gluten-free Quinola Mothergrain Kids Meals in pouches featuring organic vegetables and Fairtrade Peruvian quinoa.
May 31, 2018 Continue Reading
Bread baked from the heart
The Heart of Nature has created a six-strong range of organic and gluten-free pure grain breads.
May 31, 2018 Continue Reading
Organic farmland on the up
The number of British producers farming organically has increased by almost 2%, according to the latest figures released by Defra.
May 31, 2018 Continue Reading
Little Freddie aims to shake up UK baby food market
After initially launching in Asia, British organic baby and toddler food brand Little Freddie is now available in its home market.
May 23, 2018 Continue Reading
Gaia Pulses launches Greek vegan classics
In what the brand says is a UK first, Gaia Pulses has launched a four-strong range of Soil Association-certified organic ready meals in compostable packaging.
May 17, 2018 Continue Reading
For Green Brexit delivery, organic must be ‘front and centre’
Government plans for a ‘Green Brexit’ must include an organic farming scheme that ‘takes the pressure off the market to deliver for organic farmers’, the chief executive of the Soil Association said during a special discussion at NPE.
April 25, 2018 Continue Reading
Luscombe sparkles for summer
Devon-based Luscombe Drinks has created a new range of organic Sparkling Fruit Waters in response, it says, to increasing consumer demand for no added sugar products.
April 19, 2018 Continue Reading
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PhD gets active
PhD Nutrition has been chosen to become the official sports nutrition partner of David Lloyd Leisure.
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Get scrubbing with Delhicious
New skincare company Delhicious has launched with a Black Tea Body Scrub, said to be a UK first.
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NHS demands £120K reimbursement from homeopathic group
Following the NHS’ decision to exclude homeopathy from public-funded drugs being upheld by a High Court judge, it is now calling for the homeopathic groups which challenged its decision to pay back all legal costs incurred.
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Letter to the editor
In a letter to the editor, John Brear, national sales director at Bio-Nature, takes a moment to share his thoughts on his friend and colleague Diane Suddell, who passed away on 25 July.
Features
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Igniting a new era of healthy oils
In a category abounding with innovation and choice, it’s the brands combining the obvious health credentials with sustainability and provenance that are top of the healthy oils menu for 2018. Sharna Waid reports (more…)
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Mushroom for improvement?
Although medicinal mushrooms are becoming more widely appreciated, there are some hurdles to get over if they’re to really come into their own says Jane Wolfe (more…)
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Organic September
The UK’s biggest campaign to grow the organic market is almost upon us. Hayley Coristine talks to the experts to unearth helpful hints and learnings when it comes to getting consumers excited about organic, and find out what’s happening this year (more…)
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The rising tide of conscious beauty
In July the Love Natural, Love You show at Olympia, London, saw a panel of experts discuss the significance of conscious beauty from their own perspective and look at how consumers can make changes for the good of their health and the environment.
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Setting Industry standards for Golden quality CBD Products
Over the past few years Hemp and its CBD-rich extracts have made a stunning entrance to the nutraceutical business. More and more people are now commenting on the wonderful health benefits of supplementing their diet with natural phytocannabinoids and new CBD oil brands pop-up regularly as a result.
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As Europe braces itself for a winter flu outbreak, protect yourself with Sambucol and the power of black elderberry.
Experts across Europe have warned the EU to brace itself for a bad flu season this winter. A new vaccine has been produced which is effective in fighting H3N2, the flu strain likely to hit the region this year; however, the vaccine is generally available for free to over 65s, pregnant women, those with an […]
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Mineral-rich New Zealand volcanic mud delivers instant illumination for your skin
It may seem counter-intuitive to apply mud to your skin in order to cleanse it, but the skin-enhancing benefits of mineral-rich mud have been harnessed for beauty treatments all over the world for centuries. Antipodes® uses white volcanic mud sourced from central New Zealand’s dramatic central plateau in its new Halo Skin-Brightening Facial Mud Mask […]
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AQUA Carpatica, the only naturally nitrate-free & lowest sodium water
AQUA Carpatica, a premium quality natural mineral water, dedicated to the most demanding health conscious people, babies and expectant mothers, organic food lovers and active lifestylers. AQUA Carpatica is nature’s most perfect mineral water, naturally Nitrate-free and the lowest Sodium level of any bottled natural mineral water on earth; the first of its kind in […]
