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IN FEBRUARY 2019 WE PUBLISHED A HEALTH AND NUTRITION POLICY OUTLINING OUR STRATEGY FOR
REDUCING THE SUGAR AND SALT CONTENT IN OUR OWN-BRAND PRODUCTS IN RESPONSE TO ‘HEALTHY IRELAND’ – AN IRISH GOVERNMENT LED INITIATIVE.
Lidl Ireland/Northern Ireland | Sustainability Progress Report 2018/19
In particular The Obesity Action Plan and a response to customer demand for healthier food choices drove our policy decisions. The policy also outlines our stringent approach to ensuring high quality and safety of our products from farm to fork including pesticide residue levels and the use of additives and preservatives.
The reduction of sugar focuses primarily on foods that are popular with children. Therefore, the primary focus is on food categories such as breakfast cereals, spreads, sauces and sweet confectionery. The reduction of salt first focuses on food categories that are consumed on a regular basis and generally make up a large share of the daily salt intake including ready meals, soups, pizzas, crisps, cakes and meat products.
Salt and Sugar Commitments
Sugar: Reducing added sugar* by 20% by 2020, focusing primarily on foods that are popular with and consumed by children.
Salt: Reducing the salt content of products in line with the UK’s Food Standards Agency (FSA) 2017 salt targets by 2020.
Accommodating for Special Diets
We are also enhancing our product range and adapting it to address alternative diets such as vegan options and catering for intolerances such as lactose or gluten.
Our dairy range now includes products with a lower lactose content. We also added a number of gluten-free and vegan products to our everyday range. Our special weekly offers that focus on healthy eating and special diets are also met with a very positive response every time we run them.
* Added sugar is calculated by sales weighted average. ** Kantarvolumemarketsharethroughoutthefinancial
year of 2018.
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85% less sugar
Breakfast cereals are generally accepted as a healthy breakfast option to start the day off right but many breakfast cereals contain high levels of sugar and from a nutritional point of view are more like eating candy than a balanced breakfast. Lidl has already gradually reduced the sugar content of Crownfield Cornflakes by 85% from 8.5g/100g to 1.3g/100g.
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Did you know?
Lidl Ireland sells more fruit than any other retailer in Ireland! We make healthy fruit accessible at market leading prices.**
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