Celebrities become Evil Veg in Brand New TV Advert to Launch Third Year of Eat Them To Defeat Them' Campaign for ITV and Veg Power
Dame Emma Thompson, Amanda Holden, Jamie Oliver, Stephen Mulhern, Giovanna Fletcher and Ranvir Singh voice evil veg characters in the latest advert to get children to eat their veg
Prepare for Battle' is the theme of the latest ad in the award-winning campaign from Veg Power and ITV, supported by STV, Channel 4 and Sky and sponsored by an alliance of supermarkets and food brands
Campaign is proven to get children eating their greens, driving additional sales of over 500 million portions of vegetables since launch
A New Report, Veg Facts 2021, shows that almost a third (29%) of children aged 5-10 years old eat less than one portion of veg a day
89% of children aged 5-10 years eat less than the Government's Eat Well Guide recommendations for veg
An army of warrior kids vows to vanquish a legion of evil vegetables in the brand new TV advert for ITV and Veg Power's highly effective Eat Them To Defeat Them campaign, created by adam&eveDDB, supported by a multi-million media alliance between ITV, STV, Channel 4 and Sky, and funded by 10 food and retail brands.
The cackles, grunts and groans of the evil attacking vegetables have been hilariously voiced by top celebrities including Dame Emma Thompson, Amanda Holden, Jamie Oliver, Stephen Mulhern, Giovanna Fletcher and Ranvir Singh in a bid to build on previous successes in getting children to eat more vegetables. One in three children leaves primary school overweight or obese, and eating vegetables is core to a healthy diet.
This comes with a new report from the Food Foundation showing almost a third (29%) of children aged 5 to 10 years old eat less than one portion of vegetables a day.
Called Prepare for Battle', the campaign carries on the successful strategy of positioning the evil vegetables as an enemy where the children become the heroes and have to Eat Them To Defeat Them. This counter-intuitive approach has already proven to be very effective with kids, parents and schools all confirming it actually gets kids to eat more vegetables. 81% of school staff stated that the campaign was more popular than other healthy eating initiatives. 76% of kids in schools said the campaign made eating veg more fun.
Since the campaign debuted in January 2019, it has led to sales of over 517 million additional children's portions of vegetables worth £63m.
The new hero 60-second spot starts with the news that evil veg are back. We then see kids from across Britain pledging to make their foes wish they were never grown'. In a montage, the kids undertake intense training using everyday kitchen utensils, eventually squaring up against the veg on the battlefield. The first shot is fired, in the form of a fork piercing a terrifying tomato, before all hell breaks loose. As the army charges forth, one of the warriors turns to camera, demanding of her fellow children: Will you just sit there? Or are you with us?
Prepare for Battle' launches on Saturday 29 May including in ITV's new show, The Masked Dancer. The Masked Dancer includes a Beetroot character, inspired by the campaign. The new Eat Them To Defeat them ads will also run in major shows on Sky, Channel 4 and STV, and feature in editorial including Martin and Roman's Weekend Best, James Martin's Saturday Morning, Alan Titchmarsh's Spring into Summer, and ITV Daytime.
The campaign is set to reach 5.2 million households with children, thanks to donated media from ITV, Channel 4 and Sky, as part of their £10 million commitment to promoting healthy lifestyles for children.
The campaign is funded by 10 major food retailers and brands - Aldi, Asda, Birds Eye, Co-op, Lidl, Total Produce, Ocado, Sainsbury's, Tesco and Waitrose. Media agency Essence have planned the off-air media for the campaign, securing pro-bono contributions from advertising and media partners, including Pearl and Dean, News UK, Mail Metro Media, The Guardian, The Telegraph, Verizon, Spotify, Mail Online, Mumsnet, LadBible, Snapchat, Twitter, Acast, JCDecaux, First News, Clear Channel and Ocean Outdoor in a huge drive to encourage children to feel more enthusiastic about eating vegetables.
This year the campaign is rolling out into 1,900 primary schools with veg tasting sessions, posters, teaching aids and games, and into the homes as 500,000 children will be given a vegetable reward chart and sticker pack, alongside a puzzle book co-created and funded by Public Health England's Change4Life campaign.
A new report, Veg Facts 2021', being released by The Food Foundation and Peas Please Partnership, reveals that almost a third of children between 5-10 years old eat less than one portion of veg a day. The Eat Them To Defeat Them campaign shows how advertising can be used to inspire kids to eat a healthier diet. The situation does not improve with teenagers with only 6% of teenagers aged 11-16 years old currently eating enough veg to hit the recommendations in the Government's Eatwell Guide.
Research conducted by YouGov, commissioned by ITV and Veg Power for the campaign found that 35% of parents worried about their children's diets during the pandemic.
Evil Vegetable Cast List
Carrot - Jamie Oliver
Broccoli - Giovanna Fletcher
Pepper 1 - Emma Thompson
Pepper 2 - Ranvir Singh
Sweetcorn - Stephen Mulhern
Tomato - Amanda Holden
Baroness Rosie Boycott, Chair of Veg Power Board, said: We are delighted that Eat Them To Defeat Them has returned for its third year and is set to reach even more children across the UK. As our mission is to get the UK eating more veg, engaging with children on this topic is crucial as not only will it improve their health but encourage life-long eating habits.
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Celebrities become Evil Veg in Brand New TV Advert to Launch Third Year of Eat Them To Defeat Them' Campaign for ITV and Veg Power
