For several years, the Government have committed to making our food environment healthier so that everyone in the UK can make and enjoy healthier choices, by proposing measures in their Childhood Obesity Plan (Chapter 1 was released in 2016, Chapter 2 in 2018 and Chapter 3 in 2019 and their recent Tackling obesity: empowering adults and children to live healthier lives policy paper. The measures include:  

• Commitments to introducing the Sugar Reduction Programme 
• the Soft Drinks Industry Levy  
• Continuation of the salt reduction programme with a new set of salt targets 

We strongly support these measures as they will lead to reformulation of products to make them healthier for all.  

There are several other measures which, if put in place, could help companies progress with reformulation too. These include:

• Advertising and marketing restrictions 
• Price and location promotion restrictions 
• Nutrition labelling