Lawsuits Claim “100% Natural” Label On Nature Valley Granola Bars Is Deceptive Consumerist Mary Beth Quirk What exactly constitutes a “100% natural” food is a matter of much debate, but four new lawsuits argue that granola shouldn’t claim to be...
READ MOREDropping the plan to ban junk food ads in prime time was a bad move – the UK will regret it The Conversation Gillian Hopkinson The government’s Childhood Obesity Plan has been met with widespread anger from numerous health organisations. This was...
READ MORECoke and McDonalds Host Carnival of Junk Food Marketing At Rio Olympics Corp Watch Pratap Chatterjee Every four years, billions tune in to watch the Olympics on television. And every four years, major corporations pay millions for prime...
READ MORECoke Is Using the Rio Olympics to Target Latinos — And It’s a Huge Problem Food Mic Alex Orlov Food advertisers are thirsty for attention during the Olympic Games, and a recent interview with a Coca-Cola spokesperson reveals that the brand...
READ MOREKids’ food choices influenced heavily by advertisements Consumer Affairs Christopher Maynard A new study conducted by the University of Kansas Medical Center and University of Missouri-Kansas City has found that children’s food choices are...
READ MOREFood industry under fire over Olympic sponsorship deals Food Navigator David Burrows The Olympic Games in Rio has been branded a “carnival of junk food marketing” as campaigners published new research on advertising tactics used by Coca-Cola...
READ MORECoca-Cola Breaks Pledge Not to Advertise to Kids (Again) Union of Concerned Scientists Genna Reed Coca-Cola has pledged globally not to advertise to children under 12 since 2013 and has even included its pledge in the headlines of its own press...
READ MORECoalition battles to ban all food and drink advertising to kids in Canada Metro David P. Ball They’re calling junk food the “new tobacco” war. Some of Canada’s largest and most influential health charities — led by the...
READ MOREPokémon Go criticised for ‘luring’ kids to McDonald’s Apps Playground Stuart Dredge Pokémon Go is a bona-fide mobile games craze, with more than 75m downloads so far. But a new partnership in Japan between the game and McDonald is proving...
READ MOREPokémon Go Shouldn’t Be Used To Sell Fast Food To Kids, Say Advocates Consumerist Ashlee Kieler Last week, Niantic, the company behind the wildly popular Pokémon Go app, unveiled its first sponsored partnership with McDonald’s in Japan, turning...
READ MOREWith more men in the kitchen, marketing may shift Food Dive Carolyn Heneghan Women had been the primary home cooks and household grocery shoppers for decades, but men are increasingly assuming these roles. Another report last year found that men...
READ MORECoca-Cola to use Olympics sponsorship to push non-fizzy drinks The Drum Seb Joseph Coca-Cola will use its sponsorship of the Olympic Games to raise awareness of its non-fizzy drink brands in North America as part of its wider efforts to counter...
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