Can you take the junk out of junk food?

UK company is using the doughnut in an attempt to widen the appeal of healthier options.

Urban Legend, which makes doughnuts, is among a crop of start-ups looking to displace household-name food brands with healthier options. PHOTO: URBAN LEGEND UK/FACEBOOK
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Anthony Fletcher, the former chief of snacks brand Graze and Innocent smoothies, was in search of a new healthy eating project when he landed on an unlikely category: doughnuts.

His fledgling brand Urban Legend, launched in 2021, is going head-to-head with Krispy Kreme in UK supermarkets as it seeks to persuade hungry consumers to switch to a lower sugar, lower calorie alternative.

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