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heart foundation steps in on salt reduction targets
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the national heart foundation of australia yesterday announced that it has been asked by the gillard government to help set targets for salt and saturated fat reduction in sauces. “we’re providing nutrition information on a range of important food categories such as bread, breakfast cereal, simmer sauces, processed meat and more recently we provided data on soups,” said dr lyn roberts, national ceo of the heart foundation. “the heart foundation, through our tick program, has more than 22 years experience in monitoring the food industry. “we’re very pleased to be a part of the food and health dialogue – a coalition comprising food industry, supermarket retailers, health groups and government who are working together to bring about nutrient improvements to the foods australians eat most often,” said roberts. “foods will be improved by key companies reaching agreed targets and timelines for reducing salt and saturated fat in the foods we eat. “by working together we can achieve the sort of widespread nutrition improvements, required to make australians healthier, that cannot be achieved by one group in isolation,” said roberts. although the health group was positive about the moves made towards product reformulation by the food and health dialogue, roberts said that more could be done. “while we’re very pleased to use our expertise with this work, we’d also like to see the government do more to make our food healthier. “specifically, we’d like to see the food and health dialogue be better resourced and do more active monitoring of food available in our supermarkets. “diets high in salt and saturated fat can lead to high blood pressure and high blood cholesterol both risk factors for heart disease, which is australia’s number one killer. as part of the food and health dialogue, australian food companies have recently agreed to reduce the salt in pasta sauces, indian-style sauces and other simmer sauces by 15% by 2014. “cooking sauces are an important category to target for reformulation. australia’s households are very busy and families are always looking for quick and tasty ways to get nutritious foods on the table, which is why these types of sauces are so popular,” said roberts. “but with sauces providing up to 70% of your day’s sodium in just one meal, this popular and simple option can easily lead to salt overload. that’s why it’s so important that gradual salt reduction is phased in right across the category.” food companies participating in the dialogue will provide the government with annual reports of sales data and product composition to enable ongoing monitoring of progress towards the commitments and reporting of the actual amount (tonnes) of salt and saturated fat removed from our foods each year. “we know that food innovation and reformulation works. similar strategies in the uk, where the government is working with the food industry and retailers, have shown impressive results,” roberts said. “in britain the overall amount of salt consumed by adults has fallen by approximately 10%, a reduction that experts have found could save more than 6,000 lives a year. companies in the dialogue recognise that salt is widely used across the food supply and are committed to reducing australian salt intakes.” “some companies have been reducing the salt and saturated fat content of some of their products for years through reformulation. now wider commitments are being made to build on these efforts to improve the nutritional health of all australians,” said roberts. “the heart foundation has seen the dramatic improvements that are possible to the foods we eat through its work with the tick program and participating food companies reducing the salt, saturated and trans fat and energy and increasing the amount of fibre, wholegrain, fruit and vegetable content. “we are excited to see some parts of this work applied more broadly to the foods we buy in the supermarket and while there is much more to be done, we remain very optimistic about the potential for success of this australian-first collaboration,” roberts said. -->
Source :ausfoodnews.com.au
Date :
19
July
2011
Category :
Codiments,Desserts,food additi
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both of australia’s major supermarket chains, coles and woolworths, have slashed prices on their own-brand milk offerings, in a move which they claim will not affect farmgate prices for their milk suppliers, but which has nevertheless caused consternation throughout the dairy industry. coles led the move when it reduced the price of a 2 litre bottle of own-brand milk by 47c to just $2 - which was immediately matched by its competitor, woolworth’s - in a ‘loss leader’ move aimed at reeling shoppers in from other supermarkets, such as aldi and iga.
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a new private member’s bill to be tabled this week to australian parliament would, if passed, require australia’s major supermarkets to reveal what percentage of the retail price of their fresh produce goes to the farmers. the farm gate pricing bill, drafted by independent senator nick xenophon and house of representatives independent bob katter, would need the support of a major party, in order to be passed.
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supermarket giants coles and woolworths have been taken to task over dodgy origin labelling, after an investigation by the nsw food authority revealed that two stores were selling mislabelled fruit the incident marks the first time coles and woolworths have been fined for country of origin labelling breaches, and both have been placed on the nsw food authority’s name and shame register. woolworths at newington in sydney has been fined $1540 for advertising lemons for sale as being the “product of australia” when the individual products were actually from the usa.
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the number of grocery products on promotion at tesco, asda, sainsbury\'s and ocado fell during december as the volume of promotions throughout the year made it difficult for the uk retailers to increase the level in the run-up to christmas. according to the latest data from just-food\'s promo tracker, all four retailers had less items on promotion in december, seen as one of the key selling periods in the uk grocery calendar.
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the australian competition and consumer commission yesterday announced that it will oppose the sale of supermarket chain franklins to wholesale giant metcash, on the grounds that it would create a monopoly in wholesale supermarket supply in nsw, and make it more difficult for another wholesaler to enter the nsw market. metcash had announced its intention to purchase the 88 franklins stores for $215 million, and then onsell them to independent retailers under the iga brand, retaining supply rights.
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woolworths limited, australia’s largest supermarket operator, has reported a 7.5% surge in full year sales to $49.6 billion. chief executive officer, michael luscombe, said their results highlighted the resilience of the australian economy. “despite the global economic turmoil, 2009 has been a successful year with solid results across our business overall,” he said. “continued solid sales growth in food retailing and especially in discretionary areas like apparel, consumer electronics and homewares, highlights the underlying strength of the australian economy in these times.
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transport giant eddie stobart has warned that the supermarket demand for two-for-one offers is placing a strain on logistics firms, and increasing the number of miles the company’s fleet runs empty. a stobart group spokesman told foodmanufacture.co.uk that the comments, initially made back in may when ceo andrew tinkler gave a lengthy interview to a journalist – were “not meant to cause a storm” and were mentioned alongside other pressures.
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quote, unquote: just-food\'s week in words by: just-food.com | 10 june 2011 wal-mart president and ceo mike duke is looking to emerging markets for growthtwo of the world\'s leading grocery retailers this week outlined the scope of their ambitions - wal-mart through emerging markets and tesco through its online operations. meanwhile, just-food interviewed milk link\'s ceo neil kennedy about its expansion strategy.
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rising commodity prices: should we be concerned? that is a key question facing the food industry. again this week there was much comment on the issue and the possible impact on the sector. sainsbury\'s boss justin king, for instance, warned suppliers they would have to work hard to justify price increases. meanwhile, the uk retailer, widely seen to have outperformed its rivals over christmas, issued its festive numbers this week, alongside the likes of tesco, marks and spencer and morrisons.
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