The Access to Nutrition Initiative (ATNI) has published a report ranking the world’s nine largest infant formula companies on their compliance with the International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes, otherwise known as The Code. The Breast-milk Substitutes/Complementary Foods (BMS/CF) Marketing Index 2021 report is part of a...
When companies take responsibility for public health and are more ambitious in their attempts to improve it, they can have a positive impact As nutrition consultants working with food companies to improve the healthiness of the food environment, we’re encouraged to see a small but growing...
In the age of social media, many businesses have taken a hit as their once popular product has been deemed ‘unhealthy’ by influencers. The bakery industry, for example, took a downturn with the gluten-free craze and the popularity of low carb diets. Irrespective of their...
Each year the International Food Information Council (IFIC) surveys American consumers to understand their perceptions, beliefs, and behaviours around food and their purchasing decisions. Many of the findings are relevant to other developed markets and give insight into consumers’ current and evolving interests. The full...
Consumer interest in the environment, animal welfare and health has created a demand for alternatives to animal-based products. While food producers work hard to develop products that are similar in taste and texture to their animal counterparts, many new plant-based alternatives are nutritionally inferior. Many of these...
Regulations around health and nutrition messages are designed to help consumers make healthier food choices and stop them from being misled. However, a new study from Europe suggests consumers might not understand claims in the way regulators intend. The main findings were: Consumers don’t necessarily distinguish...
The Heath Star Rating (HSR) Scheme has recently undergone a comprehensive 5-year review to assess whether it is achieving what it set out to do, which was to enable consumers to make healthier food choices. Feedback is being compiled on 10 proposed recommendations to strengthen...
Promoting your product as ‘clean’ taps into a dietary fad that has no clear boundaries, making it hard to define. When you combine this with the fact that the meaning of ‘clean’ changes depending upon the person you’re talking to, or that it has no...
Have you ever felt like a fish out of water? It’s that terrifying feeling when you think you see things through a completely different lens from everyone else. “Am I wrong” is often the thought, “or even worse, mad?” So, it is a huge relief when...
You’ve heard the mantra. Businesses that fail to innovate, soon die. When it comes to innovation, it’s not a matter of simply churning out something new, but as Scott Anthony explains in The Little Black Book of Innovation, innovation is achieved when a business offers...