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Research by scientists in Iran has found that patients with MS experience an improvement in symptoms when supplementing with probiotics.

Natural products wholesaler Essential Trading has warned the Fairtrade Foundation that its decision to allow Cadbury to use the Fairtrade name, despite leaving the scheme, may signal an end to its relevance as an ethical certifier.

A new paper by Future Market Insights reports that the vitamin gummies market value is projected to grow at a ‘healthy’ CAGR of 5.1% between 2019-2029.

The International Fishmeal and Fish Oil Organization (IFFO) has warned that the levels of fish oil in fish feed are falling and that this...

The Prince of Wales has dismissed as “nonsense” the mantra that ‘organic won’t feed the world’. The Prince’s comment came in a speech he made...

Pointless choice: Riverford Organic founder Guy Singh-Watson on 'how brilliantly the market excels at turning us all into passive consumers'. 

The booming allergy-free market is being driven by growing numbers of people buying for “lifestyle reasons”, a new survey shows According to the survey by...

Coca Cola is distorting the debate on sugar, a hard-hitting editorial in The Times today alleges. The newspaper also publishes the findings of its own...

Last week, to coincide with the finishing of several team members’ Ramadan, Kinetic Natural Products Distributor held a ‘Taste of Harmony’ lunch. Kinetic's multicultural team...

Planet Organic is partnering with upscale London-based delivery service SUPPER to offer hot food deliveries for the first time. The new service will be offered...

According to the Soil Association’s Organic Beauty & Wellbeing Market Report 2018, the organic and natural beauty product sector saw its seventh consecutive year of growth in 2017, with certified sales up 24% to reach £75.9 million in the UK.

Health food retailers were honoured at the 2017 Health Food Institute Luncheon & Lecture, which took place at the Royal Overseas League in London on 9 March.

On 8 May, the European Commission announced it would delay a vote to implement new bee-friendly pesticide testing standards and would instead conduct a review.

A new peer-reviewed study has found that exposure to an ultra-low dose of Roundup herbicide in rats causes non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.

Food supplement trade association EHPM says that many of the negative opinions on claims delivered by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) have been...

The real experts in the natural beauty world are the retailers who sell and promote the category every single day. With this in mind...

Britain’s worsening obesity crisis will be the subject of a major panel discussion at this year’s camexpo event. One of the big name speakers lined...

A study conducted by researchers from the Czech Republic, Germany, Switzerland and the UK has found that A. Vogel’s Echinaforce Hot Drink syrup produces...

An ambitious new organic action plan for Scotland, funded by the Scottish Government and produced by the Scottish Organic Forum, was launched last week. Created...

Ecover says it has put on hold commercial trials of algal oil while it debates with NGOs and scientists on the biotech process used...