With obesity at the forefront of many consumers’ minds, they are looking for healthier snacking options. In response, snack and beverage brands are implementing new strategies, including reducing portion sizes, ‘premiumising’ their products and using clearer labelling.

Mickey Mouse and pals have long been used to get kids nagging their parents for treats. Packaged fruit brand Dole wants to replicate that effect with healthier snacks, by partnering with Disney and adorning bananas, pineapples and more withStar Warscharacters.

Cooking healthy food for children in time for their early-bird dinner schedule is a stressful task for working parents. Little Dish, a UK-based company offering all-natural ready meals, already feeds 200,000 kids a week, and is expanding distribution of its time-saving dishes to the US.

For mums and dads, getting dinner on the table after an eight-hour day at the office is a complicated task. It’s even more difficult to ensure that they’re giving their children healthy and nutritious food that they will actually enjoy. So how are busy parents feeding their kids?