Goal

70% of our portfolio to meet WHO-aligned nutritional standards by 2022

FROM Commitment: Reduce calories, salt and sugar

Private sector - food business / United Kingdom

Unilever

Date made: 27 Oct 2021
Related event: 2021 Tokyo N4G Summit
Verification status Verified Find out more
NAF SMARTness index High Find out more
Targeted location Global - This commitment is global and applies to all Unilever (including JV with PepsiCo) products in all countries
Targeted population Overall population (all ages, both sexes)
Primary indicator The percentage of annual sales volume (tons sold) of Unilever's food and refreshment products meeting the criteria for highest nutritional standards
Primary indicator baseline 61%
Primary indicator target 70%
Duration October, 2020 - September, 2022

Goal action plan

Consumer understanding is at the heart of our innovation and renovation agenda to be able to deliver food and beverage products that are appealing and tasty to our consumers, and with a better nutritional quality. This goes hand-in-hand with continuous investment in new technologies, together with 3rd parties, that allow us to develop these products, now and in the future.

Unilever's nutritional commitments are embedded in the innovation and reformulation roadmaps of our brands, where specific guardrails are set for our product categories, with clear governance.

The WHO-aligned nutrition standards refer to product levels of salt, saturated fat, trans fats, added or total sugar and kilocalories that are aligned with WHO international dietary guidelines and are therefore the strict Unilever's highest nutritional standards. We evaluate the content of these nutrients in our food and beverage products based on the nutritional specifications. These specifications are the basis for nutrient levels disclosure on our product packaging or websites

All Unilever products worldwide, so all brands in all countires, are in scope for this commitment as well as the products marketed under our joint venture of Lipton with PepsiCo.

Nutrition Action Classification

Enabling

  • Financial
  • Operational
  • Leadership and governance
  • Research monitoring and data

Policy

  • Food environment
  • Food supply chain
  • Consumer knowledge
  • Nutrition care services

Impact

  • Undernutrition
  • Diet
  • Obesity and diet-related NCDs
  • Food and nutrition security

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