Health Stores UK urges brands to flag up indie health stores
In a new initiative which aims to promote specialist retailers, Health Stores UK is urging natural and organic brands to clearly highlight in their advertising when products are available in…
Net Zero Now teams with L’Oréal to cut salon emissions
Net Zero Now has partnered with L’Oréal to launch the Net Zero Salons Programme – a set of guidelines designed to help hair salons calculate, track and reduce greenhouse gas…
HFMA praises ‘positive outcome’ for French probiotics
The Health Food Manufacturers’ Association (HFMA) says it welcomes ‘significant news from France’ where the term ‘probiotic’ has been authorized for use on food supplements. The authorization comes with some…
Cost-saving overtaking sustainability – Mintel
Sustainability is taking a backseat, believes Mintel, as the cost of living continues to bite and motivations for reducing meat consumption shift from environmental to financial. According to new Mintel…
The branded mangoes saving 50 million pieces of plastic
Under the name Nature & More, Dutch produce distributor Eosta has introduced a technique of laser branding on the skin of organic fruit and veg which eliminates the need for…
Vegan Society publishes first ever US beauty report
The first ever insights report by The Vegan Society into the US beauty market – Vegan Beauty Takeover: USA Edition – has found that over half of consumers want to…
BBC investigation highlights harmful PFAS in big brand make-up
An investigation by the BBC has found that make-up products by Urban Decay, Revolution and Inglot being sold in the UK contain harmful poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). Although these…
Danone ‘strongly refutes’ plastic allegations
French multi-national food and drink brand Danone is facing a lawsuit over global plastic pollution. The lawsuit has been filed with France’s high court by three environmental groups – Surfrider…
€25M funding to fuel sustainable protein research
Research and innovation programme Horizon Europe has announced €25 million in funding for its sustainable protein research programme. The Horizon Europe project – which will be in progress throughout 2023…
Natural & Organic Products Europe opens visitor registration for 2023
Health store owners, supermarket buyers, online retailers, wholesalers and distributors across the country can now book their ticket to Europe’s The post Natural & Organic Products Europe opens visitor registration…
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