Food sector: Drive to cut sugar having good impact

The food and drinks’ industry says it will show efforts made to drive down sugar and saturated fats in processed foods are having a notable impact on people’s health.

Head of consumer foods at the Food and Drink Industry Ireland (FDII), Shane Dempsey said the industry had already made substantial progress in reducing sugar and saturated fat content.

“FDII intends to monitor the impact of reformulation over the past five years and on an ongoing basis over the next five years,” he said.