In part, the growth is due to the £9 million spent on organic food through the Soil Association’s Food for Life Catering Mark, an increase of £2 million, and up 28% on last year.
The half day conference on the afternoon of 26th April 2016, chaired by Professor Alan Shenkin, will discuss ‘Nutrition science - past, present and future’.
The study, entitled ‘Short and sweet: why the Government should introduce a sugary drinks tax’, also predicts that the tax could save the NHS about £10 million in healthcare and social care costs i
The Prime Minister who appeared to be warming to the idea of a sugar tax of up to 20% has now rejected the idea in favour of forcing companies to reformulate their products to reduce sugar content,
And even fewer – 47% – felt confident that their knowledge and skills were sufficient to help people most at risk of malnutrition.
The Britain Imbalanced: Why now is the time to tackle obesity in Britain report published by think tank Policy Exchange, makes a number of recommendations prevent the rise of obesity and promote ph
The consultancy has collaborated with Bidvest Foodservice, to create the first ever Health & Vitality Foodservice Trends Report; an analysis of key social sustainability issues affecting the ho
Hunt said: "David Cameron has said that if it isn't a sugar tax then it needs to be something equally robust, but he has not taken a sugar tax off the table.
The top 20 ‘most influential’ people in public sector catering in 2015 were named by Cost Sector Catering in last month’s issue.
The government should strongly consider introducing a sugar tax and use 20% of the levy to fund a national programme of school holiday food provision, according to a new report by the All-Party Par