Assessment of the Commitments and Performance of the European Food Industry to Improve Population Nutrition.

ABSTRACT: Objectives: Food companies could play an important role in improving population diets, but often escape accountability through unspecific commitments. This study evaluated nutrition-related commitments and estimated performance of the largest packaged food and non-alcoholic beverage manufacturers, supermarkets and quick-service restaurants (QSR) in Europe. Methods: To quantitatively assess companies' publicly available commitments in 2020, the "Business Impact Assessment on Obesity and Population Nutrition" was applied. The proportion of sales from ultra-processed and "unhealthy" food categories (product categories not-permitted to be marketed to children) and over time changes in the number of QSR transactions and QSR and supermarket outlets were calculated. Results:

SUBMITTER: Van Dam I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9198223 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature