Health and Vitality

  • Balancing the nutrition, health and wellness equation

    THE MAJORITY of consumers today are well aware of the benefits of leading a healthy lifestyle but, when it comes to the question of nutrition and health, one has to wonder whether we are equally cognisant of just how important…

  • Healthy dishes are tasteless, say consumers

    MORE THAN half of consumers would prefer healthy options when eating out of home, but just as many think these dishes are tasteless, un-filling and overpriced, according to Unilever Food Solutions’ latest World Menu Report.          …

  • New pledges for RD

    THREE NEW salt pledges, specifically focused on the catering sector, have been announced by the Department of Health (DH).   The pledges, which are part of the Government’s much-hyped Responsibility Deal on health, will encourage more companies to make their…

  • Stealth successes

    NEVER WORK with animals or children. Those involved in school catering would certainly agree with the latter after a rollercoaster month which has placed school dinners firmly back on the political and media agendas.   Jamie Oliver got the ball…

  • ‘The Obesity Games’

    JUNK FOOD brands should be excluded from sponsoring sporting events, according to the Children’s Food Campaign.     London 2012 sponsors attacked in new report   In a hard-hitting new report, the campaigning group claims that the power of corporate…

  • Shrinking wallets producing expanding waistlines

    WITH FOOD prices on the rise and the UK in tough economic times, consumers have turned to low cost, processed foods, according to a new study.   Britain’s Changing Diet in Difficult Times, compiled by Waste Watch, shows how this…

  • Steve Quinn, MD – Cucina Restaurants

    I HAVE to say that Jamie Oliver’s recent attack on Michael Gove over non-mandatory nutritional standards in academies made me a bit cross.                             You may think…

  • Higher welfare animals produce more nutritious food

    COMPASSION IN WORLD FARMING’S new nutrition report reveals that meat, dairy and eggs from higher welfare farming contain higher levels of key nutrients than animal products from factory farm systems. Products from animals reared in higher welfare environments tend to…

  • Smart phones helping smart nutrition

    QR CODES have been added to a new food brand to help customers find out more about the food they are eating.                         Codes on Vacherin’s ‘Nutritious & Delicious’…

  • Salt reduction at standstill

    FOOD MANUFACTURERS and retailers have announced that they are approaching “the limit of what’s possible” in terms of removing salt from their products.   New research, commissioned by the British Retail Consortium (BRC) and the Food and Drink Federation (FDF)…