Health and Vitality

Ikea has revealed some of the new products being created in its test kitchen to “inspire people” to try more sustainable ingredients. This includes the “dogless hotdog”, made with baby carrots, beet and berry ketchup and roasted onions. The bun…

Almost three quarters (73%) of the public want all cafés, restaurants and takeaways to use the same food labelling system on their products and menus. The survey, conducted for Diabetes UK, also found that 71% of diners feel they don’t…

Food at McDonald’s is higher in calories, salt and sugar than it was 30 years ago, according to a report in the Sun newspaper. Fries, cheeseburgers and quarter-pounders all have more calories today compared to 1989, based on a leaflet…

An analysis of Chinese takeaway meals purchased from six independent restaurants in London’s famous Chinatown district has revealed that 97% contained a 2g of salt or more per dish. Over half (58%) contained more than 3g – or half an…

School based programmes aimed at preventing obesity in children are “are unlikely to halt the childhood obesity epidemic”, according to research published by the BMJ this week. The findings could have serious implications for the government’s childhood obesity plan and…

The Vegan Society has commissioned research to explore what prevents people moving to animal-free diets. The Vegan Society believes that more than half of British adults now “adopt began buying behaviour”, according to a report in the Guardian. Supermarkets also…

The tonic water has been on ice for some time, but the Scottish government has finally been given the go-ahead to introduce minimum unit pricing for alcohol. The UK Supreme Court this week ruled that the measure – passed overwhelmingly…

McDonald’s has made a splash on social-media recently by trialling its first vegan burger, the McVegan. The initial results are “very promising” a spokeswoman told the BBC, and the product could be rolled out nationwide – albeit in Finland. Still,…