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The complex nature of defining “Healthy”

Retailers are under constant pressure to diversify and emphasise their product offering through a health lens. However, differentiating “healthier” products is highly complex, requiring data-led nutrition and demanding attention from regulatory framework, nutritional guidelines, and product label knowledge.

Are you confident in the results and coverage of your product search? Think again.

One of the most important aspects of a food retailer’s site is its search functionality. Without a robust system in place, you inhibit your customers’ ability to shop for the products they need. With the correct indexing customers can find what they’re looking for with ease.

From Prescription to Plate: GLP-1s and the Future of Food Retail

GLP-1 medications have dramatically changed the weight management landscape, and retailers have a unique opportunity to play a key role in supporting those using it.

Transforming Health: The Role of Nutrition and Technology in Maximising GLP-1 Treatment Outcomes

GLP-1 medications are not magic bullets. Their efficacy is amplified when combined with evidence-based nutritional advice and sustained behavioural changes. Without these elements, patients may not fully benefit from the metabolic and appetite-regulating advantages of GLP-1 treatments. Digital tools and credible Nutrition AI solutions have the potential to bridge the gap between patients and experts, offering scalable, personalized support that enhances the effectiveness of GLP-1 treatments.

Turning the tide against nutritional misinformation in the digital age

With accurate nutrition tools for digital creators & end users, scalable impact across both digital and physical food environments can be realised.

Social media influences on what we buy and eat

Is it possible to make healthier foods, like vegetables, more appealing by applying visual characteristics associated with fattier foods?

Child obesity has a new enemy – the pandemic

Like many adults, kids are snacking more and moving less. The problem is of epidemic proportions and my concern is that with this behavior, their immunity will become even weaker and whether its during the next flu season, or worse – another pandemic, even more lives will be at risk.

Are retailers doing enough to make our food healthier? Spoon Guru’s chairman, Andy Clarke, weighs in on Sky News

This week The Financial Times reported on leaked internal documents from Nestle stating that 60% of their food portfolio would be classified as ‘unhealthy’. In light of this, Sky’s Emma Crosby spoke to the chairman of Spoon Guru, Andy Clarke, about whether or not big retailers are doing enough to make our food healthier.

The race to bring healthy foods to Britain’s front door

While the new UK’s HFSS legislation may be new, the call to help improve people’s health and quality of life by reducing instances of obesity is not.