Bite-size pieces of news from Natural Products News

  • Yeo Valley Organic has relaunched its organic free-range Single Cream and Double Cream in a fully recyclable, practical bottle format. These ‘easy to pour, easy to store’ bottles are made from 50% recycled plastic and are 100% recyclable
  • Giovanni’s new Smoothing Castor Oil Hair Care Collection is designed to deeply hydrate dry hair and scalp with a rich blend of oils. The range contains Shampoo, Conditioner, Leave-In Conditioner and Smoothing Oil.
  • Divine Chocolate has unveiled two new vegan-friendly 90g eggs for its 2022 Easter range: Smooth Dark 70% Cocoa and Dark Chocolate with Raspberry. It has also removed the plastic tamper seal on all its egg boxes, making them 100% plastic-free.
  • Nairn’s Apple and Cinnamon Oats Your Way was awarded New Product of the Year 2021: Gluten Free in The Grocer’s annual celebration of innovation in FMCG.
  • Nutriburst has reformulated its sugar-free and vegan gummies which are enriched with a unique blend of vitamins, botanical extracts and minerals to give the body and mind a nutritious boost.
  • Love Hemp has launched on a trial basis with Deliveroo, offering customers within a 6km radius of the brand’s production facility in Croydon a full range of its products. The brand’s CBD-Infused Body Salve has been named Best CBD Skincare in this year’s Cannavist CBD & Wellbeing Awards.
  • To coincide with its ‘One Green Step’ sustainability research showing that 75% of Brits want to be sustainable, Garnier has launched the first mass-market No Rinse Hair Conditioner across Europe, saving 100 litres of water per tube.
  • Canned English sparkling wine pioneer The Uncommon has announced its certification as a B Corporation – the first UK winemaker to achieve this status, it says.
  • British eco-friendly dental brand Happier Beauty is developing the world’s first refillable toothpaste dispenser with biodegradable refill capsules, after receiving a Smart Innovate grant of £150,000.
  • Marking the launch of its first co-branded products, Eat Natural has teamed with Costa Coffee for three new bars – Dark Chocolate Protein, Chocolate Caramel Nut and Mixed Berry & Yoghurt ­– available at all UK Costa Coffee stores.
  • Bio&Me has introduced a new Strawberry Gut-Loving Prebiotic Yoghurt to its range. Packed with 700 billion live active cultures, each pot contains 18 different cultures, including BB-12 and LGG, two of the world’s most studied.
  • Luxury beauty brand Rituals Cosmetics has announced it is a Certified B Corporation. “I’m beyond proud to have earned the B Corp Certification as a brand that truly fosters a sustainable future,” says founder Raymond Cloosterman.
  • Borna Foods has created two new SKUs to its line of healthy snacks: Blueberry, Cashew, Banana & Toasted Coconut Trail Mix; and Sour Cherry, Almond, Tanzanian Chocolate & Jumbo Flame Raisins Trail Mix.
  • Commenting on UpCircle’s recent Leaping Bunny-certification, co-founder Anna Brightman says: “We always have been and always will be vegan and cruelty-free, so to be recognized by the global gold standard for cruelty-free cosmetics and personal care products is a big leap (forgive the pun) for!”
  • Women’s wellness tea brand HotTea Mama has joined over 40 companies, including Holland & Barrett, Boots and Marks & Spencer, as founding partners of GenM – an organization that helps brands recognize and respond to the needs of menopausal women.
  • New healthy snack brand Soul Fruit has secured its first retail deal to supply Selfridges. Its range of Soft Dried Dragon Fruit and Dragon Fruit Chips is 100% natural, vegan and packed with vitamins and antioxidants.
  • Wild Nutrition’s latest launch is a vegan lifestyle supplement, Vegan Protein + Superfood blend. The brand’s first protein blend, it contains a nutrient-rich combination of vegan protein, supergreens and adaptogenic mushrooms.
  • Pre-prepared meal and juice brand Tweakd has combined with holistic health and performance company Holos Performance, as part of a partnership that will focus on providing expert support across fitness and nutrition.