Food compliance and formulation, in plain English.
Built for everyone working in food, whatever your background. Whether you’ve spent twenty years in R&D or you’re developing your first product, the rules and the science should be readable. Anna-Sophie and the Nibblr team unpack what’s changing in the food ecosystem, what it means, and what to do about it.
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What AI actually does in food formulation: a practical guide for UK food brands
AI in food formulation is real and accelerating. But for UK SME food brands, the gap between what tools promise and what's actually useful today is still large. Here's the honest version.
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HFSS compliant or nutrient-dense: why the NPM 2018 finally rewards both
NPM 2018 changes how fibre and free sugars score. Here's what it means for reformulation strategy, and why the HFSS compliance/nutrient density trade-off is shifting.
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Sunrise 2027: the barcode change that is really a product data problem
GS1 Sunrise 2027 replaces legacy barcodes with 2D codes by October 2027. For food brands, the real challenge is not the label. It is having clean product data to power it.
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Sugar reduction: What to replace when you cut sucrose
Sugar does six jobs in food formulation, only one of which is sweetness. A UK NPD guide to what to actually replace, written for the 2026 HFSS reformulation cycle.