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ArticleNature food2026

Large nutritional and environmental improvements can be achieved across the product portfolios of major UK food and beverage manufacturers.

Eleanor Hammond, Lauren Bandy, E J Milner-Gulland, Rachel Pechey, Mike Rayner, Peter Scarborough, Shruti Jain, Michael Clark

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Article in Nature food, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Authors and funding

8 authors.

Eleanor HammondDepartment of Biology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Lauren BandyNuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5551-8390
E J Milner-GullandDepartment of Biology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Rachel PecheyNuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6558-388X
Mike RaynerNuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0479-6483
Peter ScarboroughNuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2378-2944
Shruti JainSchool of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8697-2673
Michael ClarkDepartment of Biology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK. michael.clark@smithschool.ox.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7161-7751

Funding

Oxford University | Oxford University Press (OUP) 0012756Wellcome TrustWellcome Trust (Wellcome) 227132/Z/23/ZWellcome Trust (Wellcome) 227140/Z/23/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Food and beverage (F&B) manufacturers can support or hinder the transition towards a more sustainable food system. Yet, there is limited evidence about their potential to improve the nutritiousness and reduce the environmental impact of the F&B sector. Here we develop an approach to estimate the nutritional quality and environmental impact of the product lines of 44 major F&B manufacturers in the UK. We find considerable variation in terms of nutritional quality and environmental impacts across manufacturers operating within the same food retail category and within existing F&B product portfolios. We identify how changing the types of product sold by these manufacturers offers potential for nutritional and environmental benefits. For some of the F&B manufacturers assessed, changes to 10% or less of their product line could deliver more than half of the potential gains in nutritional quality or sustainability.

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BeveragesEnvironmentFoodFood IndustryNutritive ValueFood SupplyHumansUnited Kingdom

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PMID42749870
PMCPMC13593567

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