Poor results in the government's plan to reduce salt, sugar and fat in food diversity, with a clear objective that benefit health. After a year of its announcement by the PP, has now been the PSOE who has started it. However, only a few 398 companies, well below the desired claims. The expectation was in the subscription of 511.
Average 10% reduction in sugar and fat content
The idea is that food manufacturers, supermarkets, catering companies and also the so-called 'vending' decrease an average of 10% the content of these three components in each product. A measure framed in the context of reducing the amount of, above all, sugar and fat that end up leading to diseases.
Spain is one of the European countries with higher obesity rate in the population, with Spanish children among the most obese in Europe. The data is scary and says it all. Few are the solutions taken. This, given the subscriptions, remains scarce, also because it is a voluntary adherence agreement.
Thus, although the government describes it as "an important first step", the consumer associations and also nutritionists featured consider it insufficient. This is due, in addition to those companies that have not wanted to join, to the products included in the reduction. TO sweets, candies, pizzas, burgers, salty spreads, butters, cola-flavored soft drinks, or chocolate bars are not affected by this drop in sugar and fat.
Commitment of 20 associations
The signed document includes 20 sectoral associations for reduce salt, sugar, and saturated fat in about 4.000 references. All of them distributed in 57 product classes, within 13 categories superiors:
- Salty snacks
- Soft Drinks
- Pastries
- Cereals
- Creams
- Sausages
- Cookies
- Ice creams
- Nectars
- Packaged bread
- Ready meals
- Dairy
- Sauces
However, the goals are very specific in those 102 quantitative measures that affect the industry and private labels of distribution. No chains attached like Aldi or Burger King. On the other hand, they will reduce the size of the small envelopes of sugar and salt between 33 and 50%, recognized restaurant chains as McDonald's, Telepizza or 100 Montaditos, among many others. Likewise, the objective happens because it is used low-fat skim milk.
On the other hand, in the collective catering, they intend to reduce between 7 and 20% the supply of food such as croquettes, dumplings or 'saladitos'. That, in public places such as hospital cafeterias, residences, schools or other centers. Last are the marks of 'vending' (who sell products with vending machines). They have pledged to sell twice as much food as can be included in a diet healthy. As with increasing the amount of Bottles of water and sodas without sugars.
It will be necessary to see if you are measures its over
