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Welcome to Foodspin the project dedicated to exposing and reporting on the spin and lobbying efforts of the food industry.
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'''Foodspin is a project dedicated to exposing and reporting on the spin and lobbying efforts of the food industry. It is part of [[Powerbase:About|Powerbase]]&mdash;your guide to networks of power, lobbying and deceptive PR.'''
  
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We track the activities of food companies, front groups and PR agencies who put out misleading information about issues such as nutrition, obesity and the food supply chain.  <br>
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{{Template:Foodspin badge}}Powerbase has a policy of [[Powerbase: A Guide to Referencing|strict referencing]] and is overseen by a [[User:Melissa Jones|Managing editor]] and a [[User:David|Sysop]] and several associate portal editors.
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'''PRIORITY FOOD PAGES''' <br/>
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'''UK level'''
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*[[British Nutrition Foundation]] - How active is the BNF today?
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*[[Westminster Diet and Health Forum]] - What does it do?
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*[[National Obesity Forum]], is it just a front group?
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* How are the [[Associate Parliamentary Health Group]] and [[Policy Connect]] related?
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*[[Mediasmart]] - what is its function?
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*[[Change4Life]] and [[Business4Life]] how do they work?
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*[[Save Kids TV]] - Front group or genuine campaigning organisation?
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*[[Advertising Education Forum]] and [[Food Advertising Unit]] - needs expanding
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*[[Sugar Nutrition UK]]
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*[[Save Our Sugar]]
  
*[http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Category:Food_Industry_lobby_groups Food Industry lobby groups]
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*[http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Category:Foodspin_Front_Groups Foodspin Front Groups]
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*[http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Category:Food_and_Agriculture_Industry Food and Agriculture Industry]
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*[http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php/Category:Foodspin_Government_Agencies Foodspin Government Agencies]
 
*[http://www.spinprofiles.org/index.php?title=Category:Food_lobbyists_and_PR_consultants Food_lobbyists_and_PR_consultants]
 
  
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'''EU and Global level'''
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*[[World Sugar Research Organisation]] (WSRO) - Needs expanding
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*[[European Sugar Users Association]] (CIUS)
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*[[International Sugar Organisation]]
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*[[Association of Chocolate, Biscuit and Confectionery Industries Europe]](Caobisco)
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*[[International Obesity Taskforce]] - Is it a front group?
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*European Parliament [[Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety]]
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*[[International Food Information Council]]
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*[[International Life Sciences Institute]]
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*[[European Food Information Council]]
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*[[EU Platform for Action on Diet, Physical Activity & Health]]
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*[[Codex Alimentarius]]
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*[[Phunky Foods]] http://www.phunkyfoods.co.uk/ linked to them are [[Purely Nutrition]] http://www.purelynutrition.com/home.html
 
*[[Save Kids TV]]. http://www.savekidstv.org.uk/
 
*[[BACC]]
 
*[[BAFTA Children's Committee]]
 
*[[British Dental Association]]
 
*[[The British Dietetic Association]]
 
*[[British Heart Foundation]]
 
*[[British Medical Association]]
 
*The [[British Psychological Society]]
 
*[[The Caroline Walker Trust]]
 
*[[Cheshire and Merseyside Public Health Network]]
 
*[[Children's Food Bill coalition]]
 
*[[Co-operative Group]]
 
*[[Consensus Action on Salt and Health]]
 
*[[The Consumer Council for Northern Ireland]]
 
*[[Ferrero UK Limited]]
 
*[[Five]]
 
*[[Flextech Television]]
 
  
*[[Food Commission]]
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*[[Food Ethics Council]]
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*[[Foodaware]]
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*[[IASO International Obesity TaskForce]]
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*[[Irish Heart Foundation]]
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*[[ISBA]]
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*[[ITV]]
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Obesity has already reached epidemic proportions in many Western countries. We ask whether organisations such as [[Association for the Study of Obesity]] and [[National Obesity Forum]] are playing a constructive role in the debate on obesity, or whether they simply promote the interests of companies with a stake in obesity-related policy.  The portal looks at how obesity-related groups have often been funded by companies such as [[LighterLife]], [[GlaxoSmithKline]] and [[Kelloggs]]
*[[Jetix, Nickelodeon and Turner Broadcasting]]
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*[[Kids Inc]]
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*[[Kraft Foods UK and Ireland]]
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*[[Masterfoods]]
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*[[McDonald's Restaurants Limited]]
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*[[MediaVest Manchester Limited]]
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*[[Medical Research Council Human Nutrition Research]]
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*[[MindShare Media UK Ltd]]
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Major players in the food industry have consistently acted collectively to influence public views of food to their advantage. Spending vast sums of money on advertising, the food industry also has created various front groups which, despite innocuous-sounding names, are little more than spokespeople for the industry. 
*[[National Children's Bureau]]
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Groups such as the [[International Life Sciences Institute]] and the [[British Nutrition Foundation]] appear at first to be professional, neutral organisations.  Such organisations are, however, little more than cleverly disguised industry-backed front groups promoting a one-sided agenda for industry.  Claims of independence and neutrality amount to little more than window-dressing.
*[[National Consumer Council]]
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*[[National Federation of Women's Institute]]
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*[[National Heart Alliance]]
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*[[Northern Ireland Chest Heart Stoke]]
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*[[The Nutrition Society]]
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*[[Ofcom Advisory Committee for England]]
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*[[Ofcom Advisory Committee for Northern Ireland]]
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*[[Office of the Children's Commissioner]]
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*[[Public Voice]]
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*[http://www.powerbase.info/index.php/Category:Foodspin Foodspin]
*[[Royal College of Nursing]]
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*[http://www.powerbase.info/index.php/Category:Food_Industry_lobby_groups Food Industry lobby groups]
*[[Royal College of Physicians]]
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*[http://www.powerbase.info/index.php/Category:Foodspin_Front_Groups Foodspin Front Groups]
*[[Royal Society of Health]]
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*[http://www.powerbase.info/index.php/Category:Food_and_Agriculture_Industry Food and Agriculture Industry]
*[[Safefood]]
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*[http://www.powerbase.info/index.php/Category:Foodspin_Government_Agencies Foodspin Government Agencies]
*[[School Food Trust]]
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*[http://www.powerbase.info/index.php?title=Category:Food_lobbyists_and_PR_consultants Food lobbyists and PR consultants]  
*[[Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition]]
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*[http://www.powerbase.info/index.php/Category:Foodspin_Policy_Groups Foodspin Policy Groups]
*[[Scotland's Commissioner for Children and Young People]]
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*[[Trading Standards Institute]]
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*[[University of Liverpool]]
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*[[Voice of the Listener and Viewer]]
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*[[Welsh Consumer Council]]
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*[[Wiltshire Farm Foods ]]
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*[[Women’s Institute]]/[[Sustain]] Postcard campaign, 328 postcards were received in respect of the Food Advertising of Food and Drink to Children Consultation
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*[[Wrigley Company Ltd]]
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*[[ZenithOptimedia]]
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[[Category:Foodspin]]

Latest revision as of 00:25, 27 July 2017

Welcome to the Foodspin Portal on Powerbase

Foodspin is a project dedicated to exposing and reporting on the spin and lobbying efforts of the food industry. It is part of Powerbase—your guide to networks of power, lobbying and deceptive PR.

We track the activities of food companies, front groups and PR agencies who put out misleading information about issues such as nutrition, obesity and the food supply chain.

High Fat Foods NCI Visuals.jpg


Foodspin badge.png This article is part of the Foodspin project of Spinwatch.
Powerbase has a policy of strict referencing and is overseen by a Managing editor and a Sysop and several associate portal editors.

PRIORITY FOOD PAGES
UK level


EU and Global level

Obesity

Obesity has already reached epidemic proportions in many Western countries. We ask whether organisations such as Association for the Study of Obesity and National Obesity Forum are playing a constructive role in the debate on obesity, or whether they simply promote the interests of companies with a stake in obesity-related policy. The portal looks at how obesity-related groups have often been funded by companies such as LighterLife, GlaxoSmithKline and Kelloggs.

Food front groups

Major players in the food industry have consistently acted collectively to influence public views of food to their advantage. Spending vast sums of money on advertising, the food industry also has created various front groups which, despite innocuous-sounding names, are little more than spokespeople for the industry. Groups such as the International Life Sciences Institute and the British Nutrition Foundation appear at first to be professional, neutral organisations. Such organisations are, however, little more than cleverly disguised industry-backed front groups promoting a one-sided agenda for industry. Claims of independence and neutrality amount to little more than window-dressing.

Categories

Categories associated with this page:

References and Resources


Getting Started

Looking for somewhere to start?

To learn how you can edit any article right now, visit Powerbase:About, Welcome, newcomers, our Help page, Frequently Asked Questions, A quick guide to editing or experiment in the sandbox.

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Research and Writing Tips

How to research front groups | Resources for studying propaganda | Research using the web

Can you help?

Powerbase can be made more effective if more people join the project. If you have research or writing skills or just spare time, you can help.

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There is an automatically updated page which includes the pages which have been signalled by Powerbase users as most wanted. In addition there is a page which includes a list of Things you can do to help.

Or if you would like some other suggestions closer to your interests you could drop Powerbase editor, David Miller an email. His address is editor AT powerbase.info

Start Here


Powerbase history

Powerbase is a collaborative venture initiated by Spinwatch in collaboration with Lobbywatch, GM Watch Red Star Research and Corporate Watch, but put into effect by a wide variety of volunteers and independent researchers.

Contributors are now working on 19,431 articles.

Disclaimer: Powerbase is an encyclopedia of people, issues and groups shaping the public agenda. It is a project of the Powerbase—email editor AT powerbase.info.

Antispam note: To avoid attracting spam email robots, email addresses on Powerbase are written with AT in place of the usual symbol, and we have removed "mail to" links. Replace AT with the correct symbol to get a valid address. We regret the inconvenience this entails. Campaign for more effective antispam regulations.


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