Industry News

The latest news from the natural and organic products industry.

US natural food retailers galvanised into action on GMOs

Next month (October) more than 580 natural food retailers across the US will take part in the first ever Non-GMO Month. The event, aimed...

Brands making push on eco-packaging messages

Food brands are increasingly using eco-packaging messages to strengthen their green credentials, reports The Grocer. New research carried out for the magazine shows that over...

Top speakers lined up for popular organic conference

The full programme for this year’s Selling Organic conference is now in place. This year’s event, hosted again by Organic Farmers & Growers, will explore...

Top speakers lined up for popular organic conference

The full programme for this year’s Selling Organic conference is now in place. This year’s event, hosted again by Organic Farmers & Growers, will explore...

Maltesers set to go Fairtrade in 2012

Mars Chocolate and Fairtrade International today announced an agreement to introduce the first Fairtrade labelled Mars product — Maltesers. The move, which will appear in...

Soil Association signposts The Road to 2020

The Soil Association today published The Road to 2020, its “refreshed” strategy document setting out priorities for the next five years. The organic charity says...

Natural brands fight breast cancer

With Breast Cancer Awareness Month coming up this October, well-known natural brands are busy doing their bit to support people living with the disease. Throughout October, Giovanni...

Hear, hear — taking industry’s message straight to MPs

Viridian Nutrition has taken out a full page advertisement in House magazine, the official ‘trade mag’ for MPs and members of the House of...

Flaxseeds cut cancer risk by 40%

New research published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology suggests that eating flaxseeds could cut the risk of dying from breast cancer by forty...

Pukka scores skincare first

Herbal pioneer Pukka has launched the UK’s first exclusive collection of Ayurvedic skincare. Pukka Ayurveda Skincare offers consumers a Soil Association-certified organic beauty system that...

ASA take butcher’s at Tesco ad

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has ordered that a television advert for Tesco’s Butcher’s Choice sausages be given the chop. The advert featured pigs wandering...

Erin O’Connor gives natural beauty boost to LFW

Former supermodel Erin O’Connor is bringing key natural brands to London Fashion Week, which takes place 16-20 September. As part of The Model Sanctuary, O’Connor’s...

Erin O’Connor brings natural look to London Fashion Week

Former supermodel Erin O’Connor is bringing key natural brands to London Fashion Week later this month. As part of a project to look after show-weary...

Scots “Irn out” E number threat to iconic drink

Scotland’s other national drink — Irn Brun — will not have to have to be reformulate after an EU committee set a new maximum...

Food campaigners slate “Irresponsibility Deal”

The Children’s Food Campaign (CFC) has condemned the Government’s new Responsibility Deal, relabelling it an “irresponsibility Deal”.In a new report, CFC says the Responsibility...

Tree of Life win trade exclusive

Tree of Life UK Limited has announced an exclusive agreement with a British-owned natural skin treatment. Salcura Natural Skin Therapy creates natural products designed to...

Artisan bread highlighted by salt campaigners

Artisan and natural breads were shown to contain the highest salt levels of bread analysed recently by the campaign group Consensus Action on Salt...

Waterfront winner

The sun came out last weekend as thousands of people converged on Bristol Waterfront for the 2011 Soil Association Organic Food Festival. Visitors were able...

Stop characterising doctors as “uncaring” — Ernst

The alternative health sector is wrong to characterise doctors as “uncaring” and of failing to consider the psychological dimension of patients’ problems, says professor...

‘Organic for everyone’ will be key Soil Association strategy aim

Making organic food accessible to everyone and encouraging policy makers to embrace organic’s contribution to sustainable food production will form two key planks of...