Tag: UK
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Advocacy Group Calls for a Ban on “Freakshakes”
According to the BBC, advocacy group Action on Sugar has called for restaurants to stop serving “freakshakes,” milkshakes with added “chocolates, sweets, cake, cream and sauce.” The group reportedly surveyed restaurants for nutritional information on their freakshakes and found that some contained as many as 1,280 calories, or “more than half the daily recommended amount…
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FSA Finds One-Fifth of Meat Samples Contain Unspecified DNA
The U.K. Food Standards Agency (FSA) has reportedly found that one-fifth of meat samples tested contained DNA not attributable to the animal source indicated on the label. FSA conducted 665 tests from 487 businesses suspected of “compliance issues,” including restaurants and supermarkets, and purportedly found that some samples contained DNA from as many as four…
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England May Ban Energy Drink Sales to Minors
England’s Department of Health and Social Care has opened a consultation on whether the country should ban the sale of energy drinks to children. The consultation requests comments on (i) “what products should be included in any restrictions,” (ii) “what age limit a ban should apply to,” (iii) “whether sales of energy drinks from vending machines…
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ASA Upholds Complaints Against Ads Targeting Children
The U.K. Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has upheld the Obesity Health Alliance’s complaints against advertisements for Kellogg Coco Pops Granola and a KFC milkshake. The organization asserted that both companies targeted ads for a product high in fat, salt or sugar (HFSS) to an audience under 16. The ad for Kellogg’s Coco Pops Granola ran…
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U.K. SSB Tax Produces “Minimal Impact” on Consumer Behavior, Survey Finds
Nielsen has announced the results of a survey of U.K. consumers comparing opinions about sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) before and after the country’s SSB tax took effect in April 2018, finding “minimal impact on consumer behaviour.” The survey reportedly found that 62 percent of consumers “claim to have not changed their consumption behaviour in any way…
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ASA Upholds Challenge to Ad Linking Milk Consumption to Cancer
The U.K. Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has upheld a challenge to a bus poster sponsored by Viva, a vegan-advocacy group, that claimed the hormones in cow’s milk have been “linked to cancer.” Viva asserted that consumers interpret the words “linked to” as a phrase “commonly used to express an association between two factors when there…
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ASA Upholds Challenge to Pret A Manger’s “Natural” Claims
The U.K. Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has upheld an advocacy group’s challenge to the use of the term “natural” by Pret A Manger but rejected a challenge to the company’s advertising claim that its breads are fresh-baked at each location. Ads on Pret A Manger’s website and Facebook page claimed that the chain makes “handmade natural…
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U.K. to Ban Plastic Straws, Stirrers
The United Kingdom has announced plans to ban the sale of plastic straws and drink stirrers in an effort to combat plastic waste in oceans. Previous initiatives to further that goal have included a ban on microbeads in personal care products, fees for single-use plastic bags and a proposal for a deposit-return process for single-use…