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The latest news from the natural and organic products industry.

Little Big Shot adds two new flavours

Award-wining healthy energy drink Little Big Shot is launching two new flavours. From October, the original mixed berry flavour will be joined by orange &...

Ready-to-drink matcha hits shelves

A NEW ready-to-drink matcha range called Vivid is being launched into the specialist retail sector, including Whole Foods Market and Planet Organic stores. Vivid, founded...

Lepicol puts the seat down on poverty!

Healthy bowels company Lepicol is offering natural health professionals the chance to own a piece of decorative toilet seat art – and donate money...

Vitabiotics launches male skincare range

Leading VMS brand Vitabiotics is entering the lucrative male grooming category. Its Wellman Skin Technology sub-brand sees the addition an Anti-Ageing Moisturiser, Under Eye Serum,...

Blooming marvellous – Herbfarmacy celebrates 30th anniversary with a blaze of...

Nearly 300 visitors joined Herbfarmacy founders Paul and Carol Richards last month at a special Open Farm Weekend to celebrate the organic skincare company’s...

Verdict’s in on that ‘lab-burger’: Leave food production to farmers

The natural and organic community has been giving its verdict on the lab-grown burger created by Dutch scientist Dr Mark Post and presented to...

Whole industry gets behind Organic September

Support for this year’s Organic September is coming from the full width of the organic sector – from independent retailers to supermarket chains, farmers...

Who you gonna call?

It’s a question Whitstable Nutrition store manager Michelle Newbold might well have asked when a colleague replayed some spooky CCTV footage. Footage recorded in the...

Ella’s launches tray format children’s ready-meals

Organic baby food specialist Ella’s Kitchen is making a push into the children’s ready-meal arena with the launch of its six-strong My Little Big...

Government review acknowledges case for UK solutions for MPLs and botanicals

A major new Government review has acknowledged the case for UK-led solutions to issues such as the setting of maximum levels for vitamins and...

“I had a burning desire to start a health food store...

When Janet Barnett told friends she was starting a health food store in a gritty small town on the northern edge of Liverpool they...

Mission incognito! – new TV ad for top anti-mozzie brand

A new Mission Impossible-styled TV ad for leading anti-mozzie brand incognito has just started hitting screens. The new incognito TV commercial was made by LookinVideo...

Brands leading organic back to growth

Mainstream organic brands are leading the wider organic category back to sustained growth, reports The Grocer. Citing new market data from Kantar, the food industry...

German vegan chain has ambitious expansion plans

German vegan food chain Veganz has opened a fourth store in the country and plans to open another eight branches in Europe – including...

Liberation shelves Harry to focus on own brand

Harry's Nuts – the Fairtrade bagged nuts range with comedian Harry Hill at the helm – has been shelved as Liberation concentrates on a...

Prince Charles in talks with Hunt on homeopathy

The Times and Daily Mail report that Prince Charles met privately with the health secretary Jeremy Hunt at Clarence House last week to discuss...

Opportunity of a lunchtime: Former Pret MD will reveal how to...

Retail consultant Andrew Walker – former managing director of Pret A Manger – will share his observations and expertise on the highly competitive lunchtime...

Cautious welcome for Monsanto’s abandoned GM crop applications

Monsanto is withdrawing its current applications to cultivate genetically modified crops in Europe following years of frustration at EU approval systems. But despite a flurry...

Who’s who in Natural Beauty back for 2014

The Natural Beauty Yearbook’s Top 25 hotlist has always been a high point of the industry year – and now we need your help...

Bio-Health launches new female-friendly THR lines

Bio-Health has launched new THR-registered herbal products aimed at soothing the health issues facing many women. The range includes Periagna, Salvian, Valdrian and Good Night...