Study shows less Irish people are eating fat, salt and sugar through reformulation

Significant reductions in fat, sugar, salt, and calories have been achieved through reformulation that included changing the recipes of some of Ireland’s most popular foods and drinks.

A report, described as a world-first on changes to a nation’s diet, examined data on 600 products from 14 of the country’s major food and drink companies.

Compiled by analysts Creme Global for the Ibec-affiliated Food and Drink Industry Ireland (FDII), it showed reductions achieved between 2005 and 2012 in the products analysed: