Commitment

Meet maximum salt content targets 2025 and 2030

Private sector food business / Switzerland

January 2022 — December 2029

Description

Each International Food & Beverage Alliance (IFBA) company will reformulate and innovate products as needed to meet its commitment under the framework IFBA commitment.

Overarching commitment (for commitments submitted pre-2025)

Title

IFBA global sodium reduction commitment

Description

The IFBA has developed a common set of global targets that set maximum salt content levels in 40 sub-categories of packaged food products for 2025 and 2030. Each IFBA member company will individually commit to the sodium reduction targets across key categories that collectively comprise at least 75% of the total sales volume of the company’s relevant product portfolio. Within each committed category, 90% of the aggregated sales volume of the member’s products will comply with the set category targets by 2025. For the 2030 targets, the aggregate compliance threshold will be 75% to account for the market dynamics associated with a longer timeline. The 2030 targets will be re-evaluated in 2025.

GNR assessment

Verification status
Verified
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SMARTness index
Lower moderate
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Details

Global nutrition target(s)
Raised blood pressure
Salt/sodium intake
Nutrition Action Classification(s)
Policy > Food supply chain
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Linked event(s)
  • 2021 Tokyo N4G Summit
N4G Summit theme(s)
  • Food systems

Measurement

Key indicator Percentage of relevant products per signatory company meeting the sodium targets
Measurement plan Collect own data
Value Measurement date
Baseline 0% 2021
Target 100% December 2029

Progress

Value Measurement date Status
Progress report 83.3% September 2023 On Course
The reported progress indicates that the expected level thus far had been achieved, though must be maintained until the end date is reached.
Progress report None Unknown

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