Food: Sugar

(asked on 25th March 2021) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to control the amount of sugar in food.


Answered by
Lord Bethell Portrait
Lord Bethell
This question was answered on 14th April 2021

Public Health England (PHE) oversees the voluntary sugar reduction programme on behalf of the Government. The programme challenges retailers, manufacturers and the eating out, takeaway and delivery sector to reduce the amount of sugar in foods that contribute the most to children’s intake by 20% by 2020.

PHE supports industry to achieve sugar reduction through a continued programme of engagement and provides regular reports on its progress. PHE will publish the fourth report on industry’s progress on sugar reduction later in 2021 and will provide further expert advice on measures to address excess sugar consumption to the Government so it can consider next steps.

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