Helen Lewis
Articles by Helen Lewis
Market is heating up for premium, natural, convenient and green ice cream
23 November 2006
Manufacturers are fighting back against retailers’ own labels with more premium and innovative ice cream ranges. This premiumisation and differentiation is essential in order to avoid the economisation of the sector following private label’s focus on traditional flavoured and low-price ice cream products. Helen Lewis reports.
Choosing health: Food industry battles with nutrition labelling
23 November 2005
A year after the health white paper we now have Jamie’s School Dinners and Sid the Slug, but have we made any real progress in tackling obesity? Helen Lewis reports.
Making sense of the labelling quagmire
6 June 2005
Traffic lights, GDAs, signposting – whatever format it takes in the end, front-of-pack nutritional labelling is something the UK’s Food Standards Agency is desperate to introduce in a bid to encourage healthy eating. While some manufacturers have been keen to introduce their own labelling schemes, others have been waiting for the FSA to decide on a format, as Helen Lewis reports.
