Nutrition

Tossed buys Vital Ingredient creating new healthy eating group

08-Mar-2018 By Sophie Witts

Salad bar group Tossed has acquired the Vital Ingredient chain for an undisclosed sum - months after it was bought out of administration.

National Adopt a School week returns with larger line-up this March

27-Feb-2018 By Georgia Bronte

Chefs and members of the Royal Academy of Culinary Arts (RACA) will visit schools next month, to deliver food and front of house education lessons for national ‘Adopt a School’ week.

Government is not “planning to put the whole country on a diet”

15-Jan-2018 By Joe Lutrario

Public Health England will not be telling restaurants to calorie cap their meals, as has been widely reported in the weekend press.

Green giants: new ways with vegetables

13-Oct-2017 By Restaurant

Chefs' attitudes to cooking with vegetables are changing as customers look to reduce the amount of meat and fish they consume.

Top chefs put vegetables centre-stage as diners eat less meat

07-Aug-2017 By Sophie Witts

Chefs including Josh Eggleton and Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall are backing a campaign to place vegetables centre stage on restaurant menus.

US vegan chain By Chloe is coming to London

03-Aug-2017 By Sophie Witts

Hip US vegan restaurant chain By Chloe is coming to London with the launch of its first international outpost this autumn.

Restaurants encouraged to offer more meat-free dishes

22-May-2017 By Sophie Witts

Restaurants are being encouraged to offer more creative vegetarian and vegan options to cater to a growing number of flexitarian diners.

Real Junk Food Manchester hits crowdfunding goal

06-Jan-2017 By Sophie Witts

A food waste restaurant headed up by a former Fat Duck chef is to open in Manchester after hitting its £20,000 crowdfunding target.

TRENDS

Six food and drink trends to watch in 2017

11-Nov-2016 By Emma Eversham

The food and drink product trends set to make an impact over the coming year have been revealed with ancient grains, plant-based products and calming ingredients predicted to make it big in 2017.

Leon to challenge 'Superfood Salad' name ban

26-Oct-2016 By Sophie Witts

Leon could be forced to change the name of its ‘Original Superfood Salad’ after the Advertising Standards Agency (ASA) ruled that the product broke marketing laws.

Government to 'name and shame' unhealthy restaurants

30-Sep-2016 By Sophie Witts

Restaurants, pubs and cafes face being named and shamed unless they take steps to make their food and drink healthier, the Government has said.

Half of millennials moving to healthier diet

30-Aug-2016 By James Wallin

New research has shown an increasing appetite for healthy eating – with 47 per cent of millennials saying they have changed their dining habits over the last year towards a healthier diet.

Jamie Oliver 'in shock' over sugar tax reforms

18-Aug-2016 By Sophie Witts

Jamie Oliver has criticised the ‘disappointing’ reforms in the Government’s Childhood Obesity Strategy, which has been announced today.

Pubs and restaurants oppose sugar tax over job loss fears

16-Aug-2016 By Sophie Witts

Hospitality and food trade bodies have teamed up to fight Government plans to impose a sugar tax on soft drinks.

‘Dude food’ competes with healthy dishes on eating out menus

03-Aug-2016 By Hannah Thompson

‘Dude food’ such as burgers and burritos are competing with healthy food dishes in the eating out sector, as salads surge in popularity and meat suffering a slight decline.

Rude Health Café could expand, as it develops 'balanced health' ethos

14-Jul-2016 By Hannah Thompson

Rude Health, the food and drink brand known for its healthy cereals, has launched the Rude Health Café in London’s Fulham, with hopes to expand if its ‘healthy balance’ message takes off.

Inception Group founders back treehouse restaurant concept

06-Jun-2016 By Mark Wingett

Charlie Gilkes and Duncan Stirling, founders of the London-­based restaurant, bar and nightclub operator, the Inception Group, are teaming up with their wives - marketeer Anneke Gilkes and nutritional therapist Zoe Stirling – to launch Squirrel, a new...

Costa to reduce sugar in beverages by 25% by 2020

10-May-2016 By Hannah Thompson

Costa Coffee, the 2,800-site brand from Whitbread, has pledged to reduce the added sugar content in its beverage range by 25 per cent by 2020.

Leon boosts staff perks ahead of US expansion

09-May-2016 By Sophie Witts

Healthy fast food chain Leon is bucking the hospitality trend by boosting staff benefits ahead of plans to open in Amsterdam and the United States.

Global Wellness Day: Hospitality businesses urged to pledge their support

20-Apr-2016 By Emma Eversham

The UK representative for an international event designed to encourage health and well-being is rallying hotels and restaurants to get behind it and make the most of its promotional opportunities. 

Jamie Oliver named Raymond Blanc Sustainability Hero by the SRA

21-Mar-2016 By Emma Eversham

Jamie Oliver has been named Raymond Blanc's Sustainability Hero ahead of the Sustainable Restaurant Association's (SRA) Food Made Good Awards 2016.

Jamie Oliver welcomes 'profound' sugar tax

16-Mar-2016 By Sophie Witts

Jamie Oliver has welcomed the Government’s ‘bold’ move to introduce a tax on sugary drinks.

Zizzi launches vegan pizza and dessert menu

15-Mar-2016 By Sophie Witts

Zizzi has expanded its menu to include vegan pizza, desserts and wider gluten-free options.

Wetherspoon boss warns against 'fashionable' sugar tax

07-Mar-2016 By Sophie Witts

The Government should avoid introducing a sugary drinks tax just because the measure is seen as trendy, Wetherspoon’s founder Tim Martin has warned.

High street hot drinks contain 'scandalous' amounts of sugar

17-Feb-2016 By Michelle Perrett

There is a 'scandalous' amount of sugar in hot flavoured drinks served by the leading coffee shop chains, Action on Sugar has claimed.  

Restaurant chains 'should display calorie counts' to tackle childhood obesity

16-Feb-2016 By Sophie Witts

The Government should make it a requirement for restaurant and pub chains with more than 20 outlets to spell out calorie counts as part of its upcoming child obesity strategy, the Local Government Association has claimed (LGA). 

Jamie Oliver's sugar tax raises £50,000

15-Feb-2016 By Sophie Witts

Restaurants signed up to Jamie Oliver’s voluntary sugar tax have raised over £50,000 towards the opening of free public water fountains in some of the most deprived areas of the UK.

DJ and trader team up to open healthy eating concept SHOT

20-Jan-2016 By Emma Eversham

DJ Asad Naqvi and former trader Rahil Malik are opening a healthy food and cold press juice concept called SHOT in London this spring with plans to roll it out to further sites if successful. 

NHS to slap sugar tax on hospital cafes

18-Jan-2016 By Sophie Witts

The NHS is to become the first public body to impose a sugar tax on food sold in cafes and vending machines, the service’s head has revealed.

Michelin chef backs sugary drinks tax

15-Jan-2016 By Sophie Witts

Andrew Fairlie – chef at the eponymous two Michelin-starred restaurant at Gleneagles - has backed calls for a tax on sugary drinks in Scotland.

ALMR calls for ‘healthy options not harmful taxes’

01-Dec-2015 By Liam Garrahan

The Association of Licensed Multiple Retailers (ALMR) has asked the Government to consider the impact of the sugar tax on pubs and bars and that the tax alone is unlikely to tackle issues regarding obesity.

Sugar Tax: Report urges Government to ‘wake up’ and take action

30-Nov-2015 By Liam Garrahan

The Government Health Select Committee has urged MPs to take action and introduce a sugar tax on soft drinks, although it has expressed concerns that the hospitality industry could  ‘absorb’ the tax instead of passing it onto consumers. 

BHA report: FSM companies take big steps to improve public health

25-Nov-2015 By Emma Eversham

Food Service Management (FSM) companies are leading the way in offering healthier meals outside of the home, a report by the British Hospitality Association (BHA) has shown. 

Chefs donate recipes for Farm Africa #GivingTuesday campaign

16-Nov-2015 By Emma Eversham

Chefs Kevin McFadden, James Whetlor and Rosie Sykes have donated recipes to Farm Africa's #GivingTuesday campaign to help raise funds for the charity's urban veg garden appeal. 

Turkey restaurant Strut & Cluck planned for Shoreditch

11-Nov-2015 By Emma Eversham

A restaurant which puts turkey at the heart of its menu is scheduled to open in Shoreditch next spring. 

Jamie Oliver: Government must be 'brave' over sugar tax

20-Oct-2015 By Sophie Witts

Jamie Oliver has urged the Government to be ‘brave’ by introducing a sugar tax on fizzy drinks.

Government rejects Jamie Oliver's sugar tax

24-Sep-2015 By Sophie Witts

The Government has rejected Jamie Oliver’s calls to impose a tax on sugary drinks.

Jamie Oliver and Leon call on restaurants to impose sugary drinks tax

04-Sep-2015 By Sophie Witts

Jamie Oliver and campaign group Sustain have today (4 September) launched a Children’s Health Fund to encourage restaurants and cafes to impose a tax on sugary drinks.

Healthy eating chain launches crowdfund towards northern expansion

04-Jun-2015 By Sophie Witts

Independent healthy eating chain Filmore & Union has launched a crowdfunding campaign to expand the business in the North of England.

Apothecary inspired restaurant opening at M by Montcalm hotel in London

16-Mar-2015 By Sophie Witts

A restaurant inspired by the apothecary history of Shoreditch is opening at the M by Montcalm hotel in London.

No scientific basis for dietary fat guidelines, claims study

10-Feb-2015 By Carina Perkins

Dietary guidelines recommending that we eat less fat had no scientific basis and should never have been introduced, a new study has claimed.

PRODUCT NEWS

Tetley offers food pairing advice with Mood Infusions range

07-Jan-2015 By Helen Gilbert

Tetley has launched a new caffeine-free Mood Infusions range of teabags, a selection of blends inspired by popular fruit and herbal flavours but with a unique twist, for foodservice operators. 

Restaurants should boost meat-free offer, claims alliance

03-Dec-2014 By Carina Perkins

Campaigners have called on restaurants and pubs to offer more low meat and meat-free options as new research suggests that British consumers are eating less meat.

Paleo and gluten-free restaurant to open in London

15-Oct-2014 By Carina Perkins

The UK’s first gluten-free and paleo restaurant Pure Taste will open in West London after securing the site of the former El Pirata Deptapas on Westbourne Grove.

Consumers ditch healthy choices when eating out

11-Sep-2014 By Melodie Michel

The healthy eating trend observed in recent years experienced strong decline in Q2 2014, with almost half of consumers seeing eating out as a treat, according to the latest Eating Out Report by Allegra Foodservice.

BFree products now available to food service outlets and caterers

05-Aug-2014 By Lauren Houghton

Gluten free brand BFree will now be supplying Multigrain Wraps and Ovenable Soft White Rolls to hospitality operators through frozen food distributors Central Foods.

Foodilic eyes 30 London restaurants in five years

07-Mar-2014 By Luke Nicholls

Restaurateur Peter Ilic is looking to take the London grab-and-go market by storm, with plans to open at least 30 outlets for his healthy fast food brand Foodilic over the next five years.

Japanese fast-casual restaurant brand Hai Street Kitchen & Co to launch in UK

12-Feb-2014 By Emma Eversham

US-based Japanese food producer Peace Dining Corporation will launch Japanese fast-casual restaurant brand Hai Street Kitchen & Co in London next month with plans to open up to 20 sites in the UK by the end of 2020.

UK restaurants capitalise on healthy eating trend

28-Jan-2014 By Carina Perkins

Mediterranean chain Mezze Restaurants has reported surging January sales on the back of demand for healthy food.

Diners influenced by health and lifestyle choices, says Horizons

24-Jan-2014 By Carina Perkins

Restaurants, pubs and hotels must make more of an effort to meet diners’ health and lifestyle demands, according to market analysts Horizons.