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Support received from companies and organisations in advance of the launch of the Agency's consultation on the draft Saturated Fat and Energy Intake Programme.
The Co-operative Group welcomes the FSA's initiatives to widen the debate about diet, stimulating discussions about energy intake and the need to reduce saturated fat. We are committed to improving the nutritional profile of our own brand products, having a fat reduction policy and providing a wide range of healthier alternatives for our customers.
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We look forward to responding to the Food Standards Agency's consultation on its draft Saturated Fat and Energy Intake Programme. These are complex areas and it's important for the food industry, along with other interested parties, to work in collaboration with the FSA. As a company, we've been working hard to reduce levels of saturated fat across product ranges, that
contribute significantly to the saturated fat content of our customers diets.
Sue Bell Technical Manager for Policy and Health
As a responsible food manufacturer, McCain Foods (GB) Ltd believes that the food industry has an important role to play with the government and other key stakeholder groups in providing solutions to the current debates regarding health and nutrition, particularly the intake of saturated fats. For the past five years we have been constantly innovating and reformulating our products to ensure they are as healthy and tasty as possible. We welcome the opportunity this debate provides us to highlight the great work we, and our peers, have been undertaking over the years, to ensure consumers are able to balance taste and convenience with the need to eat more healthily.
Back to topIt is incubment on the food industry, along with other interested parties, to work in collaboration with the FSA during its consultation on saturated fat and energy intake. As a company, we at Walkers have been working hard to reduce levels of saturated fat in our products. Since 2005 we have reduced the level of saturated fat by over 80% in our snacks and crisps, by cooking them in a healthier oil which is lower in saturates. By making this change, we will have removed over 20,000 tonnes of saturated fat from the British diet by the end of 2007.
Back to topThe Medical Research Council welcomes the FSA's consultation on saturated fat and energy balance as a key element in the wider public health nutrition strategy. Failure to match energy intake to the low energy needs of sedentary populations, like the UK, leads directly to increases in obesity while reductions in saturated fat will bring health benefits independent of body weight. There is a real opportunity to improve the health of the nation if we can develop an integrated approach to refine the nutrient content of food, together with changes in consumer purchasing habits. We look forward to responding to the consultation and assisting the Agency in this next phase of their work to improve the nutritional balance of the diet.
Back to topThe National Heart Forum very much welcomes the FSA public consultation. On average, in the UK we consume too much saturated fat and calories with health damaging consequences such as obesity andcardiovascular disease. The consultation builds on the FSA's highly successful-world-leading work on salt reductions in foods.
Back to topH.E.A.R.T UK (The Cholesterol Charity) welcomes the publication of the Food Standards Agency�s draft saturated fat and energy programme for consultation. H.E.A.R.T UK aims to help families with a high risk of premature cardiovascular disease (CVD), especially those with inherited high cholesterol. The charity also recognises that the average blood cholesterol in the general population is raised owing to the background diet which is high in saturated fat.
Professor Tom Sanders, H.E.A.R.T UK�s Honorary Director of Nutrition said 'Lowering the intake of saturated fat is key to controlling blood cholesterol in the general population not just those with elevated blood cholesterol levels. This will produce dividends in terms of reduced risk of heart disease for future generations.'
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