Confectionery marketing to kids taboo under WHO’s European Region Nutrient Profile model

By Oliver Nieburg

26-Feb-2015 Last updated on 26-Sep-2023 at 15:06 GMT

The World Health Organization (WHO) has proposed a nutrient profiling tool to help European member states that wish to restrict marketing of certain foods to children. Applying the nutrient profile model to confectionery would not allow its marketing to kids.

Children see, children do: Will Mexican kids slim down by watching less candy ads?

28-Jul-2014

By Annie Harrison-Dunn

Just a week after Mexico banned commercials for soda, snacks and confectionery products during cinema showings of children’s movies and during children’s TV programming, Mexican authorities say ads for Nestlé, PepsiCo, Coca-Cola, Hershey´s and...

Kellogg, Nestlé, Mondelēz et al. promise to stop certain kids' ads by 2018

19-Jun-2014

By Annie Harrison-Dunn

Over 20 major food firms have signed up to health and wellness pledges on advertisement to children, consistent product information, open access to formulation policies and employee wellbeing as part of their commitment to Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) targets.

What are you playing at? Kellogg, Coca-Cola and Cloetta accused of ‘sneaky’ advertising to kids

04-Jun-2014

By Annie Harrison-Dunn

Food and drink firms are using so called ‘advergames’ and social media to get around laws governing advertising to children, a Channel 4 Dispatches documentary has claimed.