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The latest news from the natural and organic products industry.

Check out CHC’s latest newsletter

The latest quarterly newsletter from leading natural health campaign group Consumers for Health Choice is out now. The issue include details of the campaign launched...

Mixing it up

Mixologiste is predicted to be the next key beauty trend for 2014 according to Mintel, which says that manufacturers are creating new combinations which...

Vitamin E and selenium supplements raised prostate cancer risk

Taking vitamin E and selenium supplements may put men at significantly increased risk of developing life-threatening prostate cancer, US researchers have warned. “Men using these...

Made in Brixton

Newly launched from a studio in Brixton, south London, is the Hairy Jayne hair care range – hand-made hair products inspired by traditional remedies. The...

French Fruitology

Fresh from France, Pulpe De Vie is a certified organic skincare brand offering products based on fresh fruitology. When founder Julie Ducret moved to Provence,...

Mixing it up

Mixologiste is predicted to be the next key beauty trend for 2014 according to Mintel, which says that manufacturers are creating new combinations which...

Nutricentre experts to give ‘health tours’ to Tesco shoppers

Tesco is offering shoppers free ‘health tours’ in a new initiative designed to help its shoppers make “the right healthy food choices”. Trained nutritionists from...

The future for herbals and botanicals? – about as clear as...

“By May 1 2014 all unlicensed herbal medicines – those without a THR or Product Licence – must be removed from your shelves,” Penny...

Kinetica secures GNC listing

Ten products from the Kinetica range are now available in 57 GNC stores nationwide after the sports nutrition specialist secured an exclusive deal with...

Bring on the bean counters (no, really)!

The Eighth Day co-op has launched a Wall of Beans competition in which customers can guess how many of a particular bean the store...

Cardiovascular risk factor lowered by krill oil

In a study recently published in the journal Nutrition Research, researchers have found that supplementation with krill oil lowers serum triglycerides – a cardiovascular...

Alpro meets with ‘Save Our Soya’ campaign

Following the announcement that Alpro is to move production of its nut-based products in-house at the end of the year, necessitating, it says, a...

Riverford to launch recipe kit boxes

Leading veg box operator Riverford Organic is set to launch into the recipe kit market, reports The Grocer. Riverford MD Rob Haward told the food...

Kloos: Don’t strangle organic sector with red tape

Germany’s Permanent Secretary for Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection, Dr Robert Kloos, has urged the European Commission not to “strangle the organic sector with...

Kloos: Don’t strangle organic sector with red tape

Germany’s Permanent Secretary for Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection, Dr Robert Kloos, has urged the European Commission not to “strangle the organic sector with...

Analysts predict continued sustainable growth for organic

The market for organic food and drink in the European Union grew overall by 6% in 2012 (to €20.9 billion) according to data presented...

Pukka launches green tea range with a twist

Organic herb specialist Pukka is launching a new range of green teas comprising four “deliciously uplifting” new products – Supreme Matcha Green, Clean Green,...

Organic: Let’s expand the vision

The organic industry needs to expand its vision if it is to successfully position itself at the heart of the global debate on food...

ASA satisfied Vitabiotics is ‘UK’s number one vitamin company’

The ASA has agreed that a claim made by Vitabiotics in a radio ad that it is “the UK’s number one vitamin company” was...

The Organic Pharmacy to launch ‘ultimate chill pill’ at BRITS

The Organic Pharmacy will be previewing its new Holy Basil B Complex at the BRIT Awards’ Spa this week. Holy basil, also known as tulsi,...