Making Sense of Sugar

Working with the
government and industry…

We continue to support the UK’s commitment to tackling obesity and recognise the challenges facing the public health agenda. Tackling obesity is a complex challenge, and there is no silver bullet.

We recognise our role in helping to educate consumers on the role of our ingredient and will continue to do this through our Making Sense of Sugar campaign. We will also continue to support our customers on the challenges and opportunities of reformulation.

We work together with industry and charities to support understanding of this area, for example the British Nutrition Foundation who work with us to draw upon the UK Government’s Eatwell Guide to aid consumer understanding. Guidance includes practical suggestions for estimate portion sizes that are easy to follow at home, as well as guidance on achieving a healthy, balanced diet.

Research and development...

In the UK, we together with ABF Sugar, have provided unrestricted educational grants in to support research such as:

• 2020 health research reports – research was carried out independently by the think tank, with the content, conclusions and views being those of the authors alone.
  • "Tackling Obesity - What the UK can learn from other countries" (April 2018)
  • "Fat Chance? Exploring the evidence on who is obese" (November 2015)
  • "Careless Eating Costs Lives" (October 2014).

• An impact assessment of the British Nutrition Foundation (BNF) education work in schools, resulting in the creation of an online food and nutrition training course for all UK primary school teachers.
• Sugar Nutrition UK – British Sugar supported Sugar Nutrition UK for over 50 years until 30 November 2016 when the not-for-profit organisation closed, following the decision by its members to withdraw funding.

British Sugar continues to monitor new developments in the areas of sugar and health and urges public health authorities and other experts to evaluate all current, relevant science when making public health recommendations.