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Market InsightsAustralia’s Healthy Life launches into e-commerce, opens new look stores
Australian health store chain Healthy Life this week announced its launch into e-commerce, and opened the first of its new look bricks and mortar stores in Victoria at Tooronga Shopping Centre.
EuropeSpain’s organic market grows 12.5%, enters global top ten
Spain’s market for organic products grew 12.5% in 2017 to be worth EUR1.68 billion, propelling it into the global top ten of national markets for organic for the first time. Once again, it is millennials who driving much of the growth in organic sales.
AgricultureNatural nitrogen-fixing tech set for North America launch
A natural nitrogen-fixing technology developed by UK based Azotic Technologies is set to be launched commercially in North America this autumn.
AgricultureIndia’s 15-year organic experiment pays triple dividend
India’s growing commitment to organic – in particular, its 15-year organic-only experiment in the tiny state of Sikkim – is paying multiple benefits, says the Indian government.
EuropeEmployee ownership will be ‘force for good’ says Riverford founder
One of the UK’s biggest organic businesses, Riverford Organic Farmers, this week formally passed into employee ownership in a move that its founder, Guy Singh-Watson, says will create a “force for good”.
Latest Headlines
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High level paper confirms K2 deficiency link fractures in children
A new pilot study evaluating vitamin D and K status in children with and without...
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Gee Lawson partners with Italy’s Nating
Nating, Italian manufacturer of Mediterranean extracts, has partnered with Gee Lawson, the nutritional division of...
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Functional oral health drink Swirlit hits shelves as new category emerges
Swirlit is the new functional beverage formulated by an Australian dentist Angie Lang to fill...
Food and Drink
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UK celebrates ‘biggest ever’ Wake Up To Organic promotion
The UK organic industry has been celebrating its biggest and most successful Wake Up To Organic promotion, with over 14,000 mini organic breakfasts served on the day (June 13th).
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Red Bull launches organic quartet into UK and North American markets
Red Bull is launching its four-product-strong Organics drink range in the UK and North American markets.
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Stake out: Vegan industry under growing pressure over meat and dairy names
The vegan food industry is under renewed pressure from the meat and dairy industry to stop using animal product derived names such ‘steak’, ‘fillet’, ‘sausage’, ‘cheese’ and ‘milk’.
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Spain’s organic market grows 12.5%, enters global top ten
Spain’s market for organic products grew 12.5% in 2017 to be worth EUR1.68 billion, propelling it into the global top ten of national markets for organic for the first time. Once again, it is millennials who driving much of the growth in organic sales.
Health and Nutrition
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High level paper confirms K2 deficiency link fractures in children
A new pilot study evaluating vitamin D and K status in children with and without low-energy fractures has published in Nutrients, an international, peer-reviewed journal for studies related to Human Nutrition.
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Gee Lawson partners with Italy’s Nating
Nating, Italian manufacturer of Mediterranean extracts, has partnered with Gee Lawson, the nutritional division of LEHVOSS Group to distribute its botanical ingredients across Europe.
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Functional oral health drink Swirlit hits shelves as new category emerges
Swirlit is the new functional beverage formulated by an Australian dentist Angie Lang to fill a gap in the market for a drink that wouldn’t contribute to dental problems.
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Danish drug store chain Matas launches Green concept stores
Leading Danish drug store chain Matas is opening two new stores under the sub-brand Matas Natur in September 2018. The new Grey concept stores will specialise in health foods and natural and beauty and personal care products.
Natural Beauty
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Study points to sunscreen and carotenoid synergy
Combining topical sunscreen with carotenoids may create a synergistic effect, scientific research by cartotenoid-based ingredients specialist Lycored shows.
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Neal’s Yard scores a treble in Sweden’s Organic Beauty Awards
British heritage brand Neal’s Yard Remedies has picked up a trio of awards at the 2018 edition of the Organic Beauty Awards.
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One to watch: Asian natural beauty market takes off
The Asia natural and organic beauty market is growing fast, reports analyst Ecovia Intelligence in this special commentary. The recent acquisition of New Zealand natural beauty brand Trilogy reflects the growing importance of Asia in the global market for natural and organic cosmetics. CITIC Capital China Partners, a Hong Kong-based private equity firm, has paid […]
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Biome-friendly beauty: Why we need to rethink skincare
Probiotics are a go-to product for gut problems in every health store, but their benefits are now starting to be introduced into the skincare sector, as Marie Drago highlighted at NPE in her session on the skin microbiome.
Natural Living
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Onyx + Green makes stationery ‘eco-logical’
With its motto ‘The Greener the Better’, Canadian based Onyx + Green has established itself as a world leader in ecologically friendly and sustainable stationery, school and office supplies with over 45 unique items across a number of categories.
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Whole Foods trials home lifestyle store Plant & Plate
Whole Foods Market has opened a new lifestyle store-within-a-store, at its Bridgewater (New Jersey) outlet.
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Nordic affordable fashion chain KappAhl joins Sustainable Apparel Coalition
Scandinavian affordable fashion chain KappAhl is further strengthening its sustainability credentials by signing up to Sustainable Apparel Coalition.
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New Ecover campaign sets out to “reclaim rebellious heritage”
Ecoverhas launched a new positioning to “drive reappraisal of the brand amongst today’s conscious consumers”. The brand is says it is aiming to reclaim its “rebellious and pioneering heritage”.
Opinion
... our industry is rife with bio-availability claims. Some are well substantiated but there are many that are not. If we were to be judged against the same stringent parameters as a pharmaceutical product many nutritional health supplements available within our industry would be found severely wanting.
Andrew Thomas
Founder and Managing Director, BetterYou
Bogus bio-availability claims discredit our industry
Going forward, I believe we will see a wave of consumer brands facing increasing scrutiny for their pesticide use as the awareness of the side-effects increases. As consumer brand, one way forward is to launch an organic version to offer the consumers a simple choice
Karina Kaae Hermansen
Founder, Sustainable Lead
4 key challenges to attract health and sustainability conscious consumers
Interviews
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Interview: Sir Tim Smit on expanding the Eden Project into China, and his hopes for organic
Sir Tim Smit founder of the UK’s Eden Project, one of the world’s best known ecological tourist attraction, has been invited to expand the Eden Project brand into China, wines Michael Wale.
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Interview: “It’s all about the research”
Horphag Research, the company that has been manufacturing the French maritime pine bark extract Pycnogenol for 40 years, has been defined over that time by a commitment to continuous scientific research.
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A ‘natural grower’ making the desert work for him
NPG reporter Michael Wale travelled deep into the desert of the United Arab Emirates to meet with an extraordinary ‘natural grower’
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The disruptor
A prominent natural food retailer told us recently that CLF Distribution had “transformed” his business – and the wider health food trade. For CLF’s founder, Robin Holiday, that was always the plan. Robin Holiday and his UK company CLF Distribution have come a long way since 1998, the year he first set up in business. In […]
Video
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Watch: Natural & Organic Products Europe in pictures
The ‘official’ photos are all in from last weekend’s action-packed and effortlessly upbeat Natural & Organic Products Europe in London. We’ve edited the cream of the crop into a snappy 60-second video. If you couldn’t get along to the show, here’s what you missed!
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Interview: Natural beauty sector needs to tune into what the customer wants
Understanding what the consumer wants, and delivering on that, should be the natural beauty sector’s single biggest priority. That’s the very clear view of Holland & Barrett’s head of beauty, Lucy Pottinger, who talked exclusively with Natural Products Global in a special video interview recently.
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Interview: ‘Natural – it’s the biggest beauty trend out there
Natural and organic beauty brands need to be every bit as good as their top-selling non-natural counterparts says Mark Steele, men’s toiletries and haircare buyer at UK supermarket chain Waitrose.
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Interview: Let’s keep natural and organic beauty messaging positive
Could the future of natural beauty be genderless? That was one of the questions raised by two participants from last month’s Natural Beauty Roundtable discussion, hosted by Natural Beauty News at NPG’s Brighton (UK) offices.
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Biofach 2018
In addition to current trends, BIOFACH, the World’s Leading Trade Fair for Organic Food, will be offering an insight into “the next generation of the organic industry” when it takes place again from 14 to 17 February 2018. Even more exhibitors than in 2017 will be present to help showcase the diversity of the global […]
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Mineral-rich New Zealand volcanic mud delivers instant illumination for your skin
It may seem counter-intuitive to apply mud to your skin in order to cleanse it, but the skin-enhancing benefits of mineral-rich mud have been harnessed for beauty treatments all over the world for centuries. Antipodes® uses white volcanic mud sourced from central New Zealand’s dramatic central plateau in its new Halo Skin-Brightening Facial Mud Mask […]
