Verification status | Verified Find out more |
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NAF SMARTness index | High Find out more |
Targeted location | Global - All Unilever Food & Refreshment product worldwide, so all brands in all countries, are in scope for this commitment as well as the products marketed under the joint venture of Lipton with PepsiCo |
Targeted population | Overall population (all ages, both sexes) |
Primary indicator | The percentage of Unilever's Food and Refreshment product sales, by volume, that meet Unilever's Standards for Positive Nutrition |
Primary indicator baseline | 26% |
Primary indicator target | 52% by 2025 |
Duration | October, 2019 - September, 2025 |
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.
We drive up the nutritional density of our products by including more ingredients and nutrients we should eat more of. This can be achieved by using high quality ingredients delivering more nutrition or via fortification. We count products as delivering more positive nutrition when ingredients, macronutrients or micronutrients meeting at least one of the threshold values is considered to deliver Positive Nutrition. The threshold values will be published on Unilever.com and are based on dietary guidance (e.g. WHO recommendation to eat at least 400g/day for fruit and vegetables) or existing regulations (e.g., protein, fibre and micronutrient content to make a 'source of' claim). The selected ingredients are fruits, vegetables, legumes and fungi, wholegrains, nuts, and seeds. Macronutrients include unsaturated fatty acids, protein and fiber. And micronutrients include 5 critical that are at risk of deficiency: iron, iodine, zinc, Vit A and Vit D, and micronutrients that are associated with plant-based diets: Vit B2, folate, B12, C, E, Ca, Mg, K
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