Food Industry

Good Mood Food - The Second Brain Residing in Our Stomachs

Dr Hilary Jones | Posted 20.03.2013 | UK Lifestyle
Dr Hilary Jones

So how is it that the food we eat can have such a significant impact on our mood?

'Worrying Time' As Dutch Food Company Sells UK Businesses

PA | Posted 19.11.2012 | UK

A Dutch food group is to sell its UK businesses which employ 13,000 people at 38 sites across the country. Vion NV said the sale was to allow it "t...

Business Opportunities in the Food Sector

Harry Freedman | Posted 16.12.2012 | UK
Harry Freedman

The food industry is going through the same sort of upheaval that the tobacco sector went through some years ago. Health campaigners and keepers of the public purse are deeply concerned about obesity; just as they once were about the effect of tobacco. But the difference between food and tobacco is that we need food. The food sector won't shrink like the tobacco sector did.

Government Must Do More To Tackle Obesity, Warns Watchdog

PA | Posted 15.05.2012 | UK Lifestyle

A government initiative to tackle obesity and improve public health is "overly reliant" on voluntary agreements with the food industry, a report has w...

I'm Not Scaremongering - Childhood Obesity Is a Very Big Problem

Maura Gillespie | Posted 17.01.2012 | UK Lifestyle
Maura Gillespie

Imagine your typical primary school classroom. It's probably filled with about thirty kids. Now, can you imagine how many would be overweight or obese?