Snack brand uses Shazam to promote product
Artisan crisp brand Fairfields Farm has teamed up with mobile app Shazam to promote its new snacking concept, Heat & Eat.
Just confectionery
Matt Pye, vice president of trade relations and corporate affairs at Just Born Quality Confections, discusses distribution growth, packaging challenges and the so-called demonisation of sugar.
Business, Candy & Gum, Functional & Free-from, Packaging, Seasonal
Pulsin launches on the go porridge oat bars
UK-based, nutritional snack brand Pulsin is launching a new range of Porridge Oat Bars this September.
Search for sugar alternatives
It seems like only yesterday I wrote my blog about the fight against sugar, but it was in fact last month, and the issue is still not going away, particularly in the UK.
Savoury snack showcase
Some 155 exhibitors descended on Vienna, Austria, for the biennial Snackex trade show and conference from 21-22 June. Katie Smith reports.
Business, Candy & Gum, Functional & Free-from, Packaging, Savoury Snacks
Nom Foods announces Waitrose listing
Nom Foods has secured its first supermarket listing, launching in Waitrose.
CLIF Kid celebrates summer with Zbar Filled launch
Organic snack producer CLIF Kid has extended its product portfolio with the launch of Zbar Filled, a soft baked snack bar with a creamy nut butter filling.
Toosum Healthy Foods acquires health bar brand KUTOA
Toosum, a US gluten-free and vegan oatmeal bar company, has purchased health food company KUTOA for an undisclosed sum.
Nourish relaunches with new packaging, products
Nourish Snacks is undergoing a relaunch with vibrant new packaging, two new flavours and a new brand positioning.
Kellogg’s reduces sugar in cereal bars
Kellogg’s has become the latest company to cut the amount of sugar in its snack products sold in the UK, by changing the recipe for three of its cereal and milk bars.
Battle Oats launches first plant based protein cookie
UK based nutrition brand Battle Oats has announced that it is launching a new protein cookie product to complement its ‘free from’ range of high protein oat bars next week (15 May).
How brands can maximise Easter sales online
In the run-up to Easter, Cadbury and Grenade are the best-selling brands in the chocolate category on Amazon UK, new research shows.
Curbing sugar intake
Food and drink manufacturers are yet again being urged to reduce the amount of sugar in their products after a new report shows that children are consuming the same amount of sugar as 20 chocolate chip cookies a day.
Key trends for 2017
As we wave goodbye to Christmas and close the door on 2016, all eyes turn to 2017. With that, Euromonitor International has identified some of the key trends set to shape the global market next year.
Business, Candy & Gum, Functional & Free-from, Packaging, Seasonal