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The latest news from the natural and organic products industry.

Virtue serves up low cal ice tea

The Virtue brand has launched as the UK’s lowest calorie ice tea (19 calories per 100ml) and the only one enriched with vitamins and...

Natural heroes fly to UK

Fruit bar brand Fruit Heroes has arrived in the UK from Denmark where 36 million of the bars are consumed each year. With no added...

HayMax gets set to celebrate 10th anniversary

Award-winning allergen barrier balm HayMax is getting ready to mark its tenth anniversary with a celebratory ad campaign and POS material along with a...

Northampton Health Store celebrates launch

Following the closure of Health Quest in October, retailer Carol Faulkner has opened her new venture, Northampton Health Store, kicking off with a launch...

Alorée nurtures plant power in UK natural beauty market

Pravera has joined forces with award-winning French natural and organic brand Alorée to bring its chlorophyll-based anti-ageing skincare range to the UK market. “My experience...

Get refreshed with B.Fresh farm-pressed juices

Shropshire farmer Philip Maddocks has launched a new drinks brand B.Fresh which offers a range of cold-pressed pure vegetable and fruit juices, wherever possible...

Yorkshire Provender serves up saucy favourites

Following the recent launch of its Family Favourite Soups, Yorkshire Provender has extended the range to incorporate sauces. The new range of Favourite Sauces currently...

Essential fruit and veg on-the-go

Vegesentials has launched the first 3/5 a day raw vegetable and fruit drinks in Whole Foods Market stores in the UK. An extension of its...

Irish regulator “out of order” on herbal supplements – ANH

A draft Guide from Ireland’s medicine regulator telling retailers which herbal products they should or shouldn’t sell would effectively ban food supplements containing many...

“Massive herbal scam” or the wrong kind of test? – the...

This week the New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman instructed four of America’s biggest retailers – GNC, Target, Walgreens and Wal-Mart – to...

Feel the love with inSpiral Vision

In time for Valentine's Day, a new powerblend has been launched by inSpiral Vision which aims to put a sparkle in the eye and...

Quality Health Foods shows store apps are viable for indies

Quality Health Foods in Harrogate, which has been serving the town for over 30 years, recently introduced a smartphone app in a bid to...

Warning: Excessive wellness can be unhealthy

Modern society has a wellness obsession that is producing some distinctly unhealthy effects, claim the authors of new book. André Spicer, a professor of organizational...

Catch-up with foxy Beetroot

The Foraging Fox has added a ruby red twist to table top sauces with the launch of its Beetroot Ketchup. Beetroot has become known for...

Protexin gets the thumbs up from staff

Probiotics International Ltd (Protexin), which manufactures the probiotic ranges Bio-Kult and Lepicol, has been voted as a ‘Best Company’ to work for in 2015...

Meridian goes nuts in spring

A new print and online ad campaign for Meridian Foods’ nut butter brand has been launched this month with the slogan ‘Meridian: nuts about...

Spirulina goodness gets the gourmet treatment

Gourmet Spirulina, the first spirulina food range, has launched in the UK in a bid to take spirulina from dietary supplement to tasty superfood. The...

Common OTC medicines linked to raised dementia risk

A study by US researchers has linked prolonged use of certain widely available over-the-counter medicines with an increased risk of dementia. The medicines implicated –...

Natural skincare goes Beyond

From the Beyond Organic label comes Beyond Naturals, a new range of 100% natural or naturally-derived skincare products. The company says this new non-organic range...

Hair feels full of beans with Recoffee

Carbon-neutral cosmetics brand O’right has launched a revolutionary hair care brand, Recoffee, made with recycled coffee grounds. The grounds are collected from cafes and stores...