ArticleEuropean journal of clinical nutrition2025
Assessing the impact of voluntary food reformulation targets: Mid-point assessment of Australia's voluntary sodium and saturated fat reduction policy.
Article in European journal of clinical nutrition, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.
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- Joint Expert Consensus on the Sodium Reduction Policy in Taiwan: A Collaborative Declaration by the Taiwan Hypertension Society (THS), Taiwan Society of Cardiology (TSOC), International Life Sciences Institute (ILSI), and Nutrition Society of Taiwan (NST).Acta Cardiologica Sinica · 2026Article
- Trends in Sodium Content of Meat-Based Versus Meat-Free Menu Items in 75 Large Chain Restaurants in the U.S., 2013-2021.American journal of preventive medicine · 2026Article
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Abstract
BACKGROUND/
objectivesMost reformulation initiatives worldwide are implemented through voluntary measures. Despite the reliance on voluntary targets, there is limited evidence of their effectiveness. This study aimed to assess the impact of Australia's voluntary sodium and saturated fat reformulation policy halfway through its four-year implementation period. SUBJECTS/
methodsThe 2019 and 2022 FoodSwitch databases provided data on the nutritional composition of packaged foods sold by major Australian supermarket retailers. For the food categories targeted by the policy, we assessed changes between 2019 and 2022 in (i) the overall proportions of products that met the sodium and saturated fat targets and (ii) changes in the proportion of products meeting the targets across the top 10 leading food manufacturers.
resultsBetween 2019 and 2022, there was a small increase in the proportion of products meeting the sodium targets (50.0% in 2019 versus 57.5% in 2022, p < 0.001). Across the top 10 manufacturers that sold products subject to a sodium target, seven made progress towards meeting the targets (ranging from +1.6% to +30.2%). For saturated fat, the proportion of products meeting the targets didn't change (61.1% in 2019 versus 60.2% in 2022, p = 0.74) and nine of the 10 top manufacturers did not make any progress towards meeting the targets.
conclusionMidway through the implementation period of Australia's voluntary sodium and saturated fat targets, food manufacturers have made minimal progress towards meeting the targets, especially for saturated fat.
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