Speaking at the British Retail Consortium’s Retail Symposium 2016 event, Leendert den Hollander, VP and general manager of Coca-Cola Enterprises, said that the British soft drink industry had achieved a 14% calorie reduction over the last four years and contributed £11bn annually to the economy. He was also keen to highlight that Coca-Cola has been […]
Public Health England (PHE) has launched its first hackathon in Manchester, inviting developers to come up with apps and other digital services to encourage healthy living in children. The initiative follows the success of PHE’s Change4Life campaign in January, centring on an app which measures how much sugar is contained in day-to-day products. Four months […]
Asia and the Pacific’s drive for food security has focused too narrowly on quantity, with a surge in obesity and still high levels of malnutrition in some countries highlighting the need for a new approach, says a new Asian Development Bank (ADB) study. “Many developing countries in the region face the twin burdens of both […]
In light of The American Medical Association’s (AMA) recent announcement that obesity has now been classified as a disease, the way in which obesity is measured has come under fire. Body Mass Index (BMI), the national standard for measuring obesity, is an antiquated and highly inaccurate system invented in 1835 that does not consider gender […]
A consistent ‘traffic light’ system for providing nutritional food labelling is finally rolling out, following several years of development. The system will combine red, amber and green colour-coding and nutritional information to show how much fat, saturated fat, salt and sugar and calories are in foods. The system is based on ‘traffic light’ designs that […]
The Coca-Cola Company announced four global business commitments to further contribute to healthier, happier, and more active communities. These commitments, which apply to the more than 200 countries where we do business, are to: Offer low- or no- calorie beverage options in every market; Provide transparent nutrition information, featuring calories on the front of all […]
In a move that demonstrates its ongoing commitment to reducing calories in its soft drinks range, Coca-Cola Enterprises Ltd (CCE) is introducing stevia to Sprite this March. The reformulation has enabled the number of calories in the brand to be lowered by 30%. Sprite’s use of stevia extract also enables the brand to provide its […]
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg was dealt a stinging blow on Monday when a state Supreme Court Judge quashed his plan to ban the sale of large sugary drinks in the city’s restaurants and other venues. The ruling by State Supreme Court Justice Milton Tingling in Manhattan came down just one day before the ban […]
A little over a week after Coca-Cola announced their plan to tackle obesity, another corporate heavy weight has now joined the fight. ‘Nestlé/Newark Now!’, which was launched in 2012 with Newark’s Mayor Cory A. Booker, aims to reach twice as many families in year two. Some of the mothers and other women who went through […]
Coca-Cola beverages have launched a new advertising campaign addressing, for the first time, the problem of obesity and their part in it. A two-minute video titled ‘Coming Together’ aired on US television earlier this week, reminding viewers that all calories count in weight management, including those that come from the company. The ad then goes […]