Changes in legalisation

It’s not only consumers that want healthier products on the supermarket shelves. (non) governmental organisations are putting food manufacturers under increasing pressure to develop products with an improved nutritional profile.

The focus is firmly on reducing levels of salt, sugar and fat.

Recent EU legislation approves health claims for products, which meet a specific nutritional profile. The salt reduction programme in the UK, for example, sets clear guidelines for usage levels. Similar developments are taking place in the US and other European countries.

These developments reflect an increasingly global response to rapidly growing evidence of the link between fat, salt and sugar intake with widespread health problems throughout the world.