Assessing the healthiness of UK food companies' product portfolios using food sales and nutrient composition data.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The provision and over-consumption of foods high in energy, saturated fat, free sugars or salt are important risk factors for poor diet and ill-health. In the UK, policies seek to drive improvement through voluntary reformulation of single nutrients in key food groups. There has been little consideration of the overall progress by individual companies. This study assesses recent changes in the nutrient profile of brands and products sold by the top 10 food and beverage companies in the UK.

Methods

The FSA/Ofcom nutrient profile model was applied to the nutrient composition data for all products manufactured by the top 10 food and beverage companies and weighted by volume sales. The mean nutrient profiling score, on a scale of 1-100 with thresholds for healthy prod

SUBMITTER: Bandy LK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8336824 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature