Industry News

The latest news from the natural and organic products industry.

Dr Chris Steele calls for action on coeliac disease

ITV This Morning doctor and complementary health supporter, Dr Chris Steele MBE,has handed in a petition to 10 Downing Street, calling on the Government...

Vitality Expo 2018 is on its way

Vitality Expo 2018, organized by Health Stores Ireland, is taking place at Dublin’s RD on 8-9 September this year.

Buyout offer supported by The Health Store

The MD of The Health Store has pledged his support for the proposed buyout offer pitched by the Health Made Easy Group, which owns Tree of Life.

And the winners are ….

The Natural and Organic Awards 2011 took place at a packed Awards ceremony in London this weekend (April 3). Around 450 natural and organic professionals...

Kellogg’s: Acting responsibly, or seizing marketing opportunity?

Kellogg’s is adding vitamin D to many of its kid’s breakfast cereal lines in response to deepening concerns about the rise in number of...

Meat-free gains momentum at Natural Food Show

Whether it’s down to cost, health, animal welfare, environmental factors, or, more recently, labelling and contamination concerns, the meat-free market is continuing to gain...

Veggie Pret set to stay, Pret CEO reveals

Pret A Manger says its ‘pop up’ Veggie Pret store in Soho is to become a permanent fixture, and that further vegetarian-only Pret cafés are in the pipeline.

“You’d be a great brand if you weren’t organic” (and other...

Nick Barnard, managing director of Organic breakfast cereal brand Rude Health knows exactly where the biggest demand lies in the mass breakfast market: Sweet...

Who’s who in natural beauty 2012 announced

Leading lights of the natural beauty industry gathered at Melvita’s Covent Garden store to discover if they’d made the Who’s who in natural beauty...

‘Billboard of bananas’ highlights human cost of supermarket price wars

A giant billboard made from over 5,000 bananas was unveiled on Clapham Common, London, this week to mark the start of the Fairtrade Fortnight...

Higher welfare goals set by organic textile standard

Significant worker welfare and environment provisions are included in changes to the Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS). Version 3 of the GOTS organic fibre processing...

Morrisons delivers organic veg box offer

Morrisons has launched a slate of value veg boxes – including an organic option – in what it says is a bid to make fresh veg affordable for all UK families.

Natural Products Scandinavia starts today!

Natural Products Scandinavia 2013, the Nordic trade show for natural health, nutrition, beauty, and self care opens, in Malmö, Sweden, today.   Natural Products Scandinavia is set to welcome thousands...

Local produce trumps organic for German consumers

A survey carried out in eight supermarkets across Germany has found that organically-minded consumers prefer locally produced food to organic food that originates from...

‘Humane milk is a myth’ ad cleared in ‘landmark ruling’

An ad stating that “Humane milk is a myth” has been cleared by the UK’s Advertising Standards Authority following complaints from members of the dairy industry that it was inaccurate and misleading.

Channel 4 announces 8-part ‘Food Hospital’ series

Channel 4 has announced it is making an eight part new TV series called The Food Hospital. In scientifically controlled experiments patients suffering from a...

Jayney loves goes live at Olympia

Natural beauty ambassador Jayney Lee Grace picked her favourite products from the show floor at Natural & Organic Products Europe as part...

New audit scheme prepares Chinese medicine firms for stricter standards

An initiative to improve the quality of Chinese medicine in the UK has been launched. Under the Approved Suppliers Scheme, companies which supply herbal ingredients...