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Packing a school lunchbox is a daily puzzle at the best of times. Add a nut-free rule to the mix, whether because of an allergy at home or a whole-school policy, and it can feel like your options shrink overnight. The good news is that a nut-free lunchbox can still be varied, filling and, crucially, one your child will actually eat. Here are ple...

Take a look inside a typical school lunchbox and you'll often find the same cast of characters: a bag of crisps, a shiny cereal bar, a fruit-flavoured yoghurt, maybe a packet of sweets dressed up as fruit. They're convenient, and children like them, but most are ultra-processed, and British children now get a striking share of their calories fro...

Every September, organic food and farming get their moment in the spotlight. Organic September is a nationwide campaign that runs throughout the month, encouraging people to give organic a go and to think a little more about where their food comes from. You don't need to overhaul your whole shop to take part. A few simple swaps are the whole ide...

Cayenne pepper is one of those spices that quietly earns its place at the front of the rack. A small jar delivers a lot of heat, a warm depth of flavour, and a splash of colour to all sorts of dishes. If you have a jar sitting unused, or you are wondering what all the fuss is about, here is a practical, evidence-based guide to organic cayenne pe...

Cutting down on sugar is one of the most common health goals, and the shelves are full of alternatives promising to help. But not all sweeteners are created equal, and some of the "healthy" ones are less different from sugar than the marketing suggests. Here is an evidence-based look at which sweeteners are worth considering, which are best limi...

Peanut and almond butter get all the attention, but there's a quieter spread that deserves a spot in your cupboard: sunflower seed butter. It's creamy, rich and satisfying, it works anywhere a nut butter would, and it has one big advantage the others can't match. It's completely nut-free. If you've never tried it, here's why it might just become...

Have you ever opened a bag of crisps, a chocolate bar or a box of cereal and felt sure it used to be bigger? You are probably right. The pack looks much the same, the price is much the same, but there is less inside. This quiet shrinking of products is common enough to have earned its own name: shrinkflation. Here is what it is, why it happens, ...

What you drink is shaped, more than we like to admit, by what happens to be in the cupboard. When the easiest thing to hand is a sugary fizzy drink, that's what gets poured. Stock the good stuff instead, and the healthy choice becomes the lazy one. Here are four kinds of drink worth keeping in permanently, so there's always something better than...