The UK government has announced changes to its soda tax. Business are going back to the lab: reformulation and R&D is complex ...

A rare “natural experiment” from 1950s UK sugar rationing reveals that lower sugar exposure in the first 1,000 days of life may lead to healthier hearts and fewer cardiovascular events decades later.

The first artificial sweetener was discovered by accident. In 1879 Russian chemist Constantin Fahlberg was working with coal tar, a sticky black by-product of coal processing, when he licked his ...

Did you know that sugar babies can make upwards of £500 per date? And that’s not including any extra “benefits”! So if you’re looking to get in on this action, then you’ll need to know where to find ...

Food, ingredient and retail company Associated British Foods yesterday (4 July) announced proposals to close two UK sugar plants in York and Allscott and consolidate its remaining four UK factories.

Adds details on deal in paragraph 2, competition concerns in paragraph 3& 4 March 8 (Reuters) - Britain's antitrust regulator said on Friday that T&L Sugars's purchase of Tereos UK & Ireland's assets ...

The cry from campaigners in the UK is neither government nor industry is doing enough to reduce sugar consumption. Here, Ben Cooper compares the measures proposed in last week's report from Public ...

The government is consulting on proposals to extend the sugar tax to milk-based products (Image credit: Pixabay) The government is consulting on proposals to extend sugar tax to milk-based drinks, ...

A new study has concluded that children who consume sugar-sweetened beverages are no more likely to have a higher body mass index (BMI) than children who do not. This is in contrast to previous ...

The UK Government has set out sugar limits for popular foods with the aim of improving children's health by removing 200,000 tonnes of sugar from the UK market by 2020. The report, compiled by Public ...

Oat, nut and fruit bars, branded as healthy snacks, can contain more sugar than a Krispy Kreme doughnut, a damning audit has revealed. The probe, by campaign group Action on Salt and Sugar, looked at ...

March 8 (Reuters) - Britain's antitrust regulator said on Friday that T&L Sugars' purchase of Tereos UK & Ireland's assets could result in higher sugar prices for UK shoppers. T&L Sugars, which ...