All HFSS articles
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Feature SynopsisFocus On Chocolate: 12 September
Innovation is booming in the chocolate category; so what’s driving it?
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Comment & OpinionEditor’s picks: dry spells, cold treats & the RTD gold rush
From crop stress to rocketing ice cream sales and a £11m RTD funding round, here’s what caught our eye this week
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Analysis & FeaturesHenry Dimbleby on how to grow as appetites shrink
Former health tsar Henry Dimbleby is now ‘completely focused on the commercial’ – and believes brands must prioritise health to survive
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Comment & OpinionWhy the war on UPFs has hit an evidence-based roadblock
Will Andy Burnham and Yvette Cooper crack down on ultra-processed foods? That question is very much up for debate
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Comment & OpinionRegulation can give food businesses the level playing field they need
A year on from the Health and Social Care Committee’s promise of clearer food standards, it is the delay, not the regulation itself, that is costing businesses, says Katharine Jenner, executive director of the Obesity Health Alliance
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Comment & OpinionThe junk food ‘clampdown’ isn’t failing, it’s working
Campaign called the ASA’s recent rulings proof that regulation had failed, but they actually prove the opposite, says Mike Coppen-Gardner, founder and CEO of WeAreSPQR
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News‘Insufficient evidence’ for ultra-processed foods review, say government advisers
SACN scientists recommended the government should focus on encouraging consumers to reduce their consumption of HFSS foods
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NewsMcDonald’s cleared by ad watchdog after ‘junk food’ probe
Fast food giant McDonald’s is the latest operator to have its advertising cleared under the government’s controversial new junk food ad restrictions
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Comment & OpinionThe Health Select Committee has listened to young people. Now Andy Burnham must act
Parliament has finally listened to young people on junk food marketing, now the new prime minister needs to follow through, says Alice, a campaigner at Bite Back
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NewsEagle lands at Defra again as Burnham announces new cabinet
Angela Eagle has been named environment secretary at Defra, taking over from her former boss Emma Reynolds
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NewsKallø launches Popped Corn Cakes to tap clean label snacking trend
The range will launch in Waitrose this month and Tesco from August
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Comment & OpinionIf Andy Burnham wants a fast win, the Good Food Cycle awaits
There is huge speculation about what former Manchester mayor Andy Burnham may do when it comes to food strategy and health
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InterviewsHow Alex Whitehouse revived Premier Foods
Whitehouse is the man who took Premier Foods from the debt-stricken doldrums to the forward-thinking, innovative brand leadership of today
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NewsKellogg’s launches caramelised biscuit-flavoured Crunchy Nut cereal
Crunchy Nut’s caramelised biscuit variant follows January’s hot honey launch as Kellogg’s doubles down on non-HFSS NPD
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Comment & OpinionWill Andy Burnham’s new health agenda clash with big food?
Burnham has previously attacked the Tories for being ‘too close to commercial interests’ and, as Mayor of Manchester, was spearheading efforts to ban all ‘junk food’ ads from the city’s transport network. But will he take a similar stance as PM?
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NewsMPs demand FSA-led crackdown on HFSS loopholes
Ministers should close ‘glaring loopholes’ in the new junk food advertising ban, which MPs said allow junk food brands to continue advertising unchecked
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NewsFDF fibre campaign reports vast improvement in servings
The FDF today revealed its Action on Fibre campaign had seen big improvements in fibre across products such as bread, yoghurts and snacks
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Comment & OpinionWhat the latest ASA HFSS rulings mean for brands
What do a winking yellow M&M and an almond croissant have in common? Both have helped shape the ASA’s emerging approach to HFSS advertising rules, says Katrina Anderson, partner at Mills & Reeve
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NewsTata Consumer Products tries again in food with Wok’d instant noodles
It marks the second time Tata has launched a food brand in the UK retail, having trialled a muesli brand called Joyfull Millets in 2023
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Analysis & FeaturesWhat will PM Andy Burnham mean for food & drink policy?
Burnham’s intentions – so far – include a ‘high street renaissance’ and employment reforms