Industry News

Natural Products is preparing a special feature on this year's annual celebration of all things organic — Soil Association Organic September. We love to know...

Zelens, the luxury skincare brand renowned for its groundbreaking formulas, has announced the appointment of Mark Whysall as its new General Manager, effective immediately....

A new American study suggests that shoppers that choose organic are less likely to show kindness to others. The study, which was reported with...

A long-term study by the Swiss Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL) in Kenya has shown clearly that organic agriculture not only generates comparable yields, but produces more income for farmers...

The Soil Association has launched a new Low Carbon Farming Project to help farmers reduce carbon emissions and improve the resource efficiency of their...

The Rainforest Alliance has enhanced its sustainability certification, with the publication of a new programme embracing more robust criteria.

The makers of Chupa Chups lollipops have been declared winners of the ‘Dodgiest Junk Food Claim’ of 2011, receiving more than twice the number...

The Vegetarian Society is challenging home cooks and chefs across the UK to come up with a Big Veggie Breakfast Butty “that is such...

In a move said to ‘undermine’ Michael Gove’s animal welfare pledges, MPs have voted against the inclusion of animal sentience in the EU (Withdrawal) Bill.

The Irish Association of Health Stores (IAHS) has launched a campaign to overturn Government plans to levy 23% VAT on a range of natural...

Solgar has launched a selected range of 55 products into Holland & Barrett stores in Ireland. Solgar says the move is part of a pilot...

Your Skin is a new campaign being launched on 24 February by Mediaplanet. Running for six months, it will focus on raising awareness of skin...

This year’s Speciality & Fine Food Fair will return to Olympia London from Sunday 2 to Tuesday 4 September.

The Organic Trade Board says it is "surprised and disappointed" at the decision of the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) to ban a high profile...

Mary ‘Queen of Shops’ Portas will present her review ‘The Future of Our High Streets’ to the Government today (December 13) The retail guru was...

Diversified Communications has announced that the Natural Beauty & Spa zone at Natural & Organic Products Europe is now sold out. The last five stands...

We all know that consumers love being offered ever more exotic natural ingredients in their beauty products. But what is the industry’s addiction to...

Breast cancer sufferers are being treated with newly developed broccoli-based medicines that suppress tumours, reports the Daily Mail. The new treatment harnesses the cancer-preventative compound...

People’s Supermarket pioneer Arthur Potts Dawson and Planet Organic founder Renée Elliot are among an impressive speaker line-up for this year’s ‘Selling Organic’ conference hosted...

Delegates at the Royal Society of Medicine have heard that the true extent of pesticide use is at odds with the claims of the pesticide industry.