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30th July 2021
Happi Free From has unveiled a new range of Oat Drinks that will go on sale in 459 Holland & Barrett stores across the UK, Ireland and the Netherlands from the beginning of August.
The new vegan-friendly Happi Oat Drinks will launch with two flavours – Chocolate and Strawberry. They are trumpeted as being a natural, gluten and dairy-free oat milk drink that will appeal to vegans, flexitarians, and dairy-reducers. There are also no added sugars in the strawberry flavour and no refined sugars in the chocolate variant and both are enriched with vitamins A, B6, B9, B12, C and D.
Easter 2021 confectionery roundup In the weeks leading up to Easter, shoppers move into what Mars calls ‘the late season’, where purchases are often planned and intended to fulfil an Easter ritual such as egg hunts, baking and gifting.
With fewer social gatherings to exchange gifting, the confectionery industry is expecting these rituals to evolve for Easter 2021 with more egg hunt events hosted at home and Easter activities such as baking and crafting becoming more popular. Here’s our round-up of what is on offer in stores this year, from the giants like Mars and Ferrero to small free-from companies including HiP and Happi.