Friday, 04 April 2025
A significant role of the Food Reformulation Task Force (FRT) is to monitor progress in reducing energy (calories) and target nutrient (salt, saturated fat, and sugar) content in the 40 food categories prioritised for food reformulation in Ireland, as outlined in the Food Reformulation Task Force: Priority Food Categories for Reformulation in Ireland report.
The monitoring approach includes annual market snapshots, laboratory analysis and label verification studies. To complement this, the FRT accesses pre-existing and/or commercial data to examine trends in food nutrient content over time. In addition, the FRT regularly collaborates with academic institutes and research bodies to inform the work of the task force.
For the purposes of this report, the 40 priority food categories have been classified into nine groups based on the category type. Where required, food categories have been subcategorised in order to complete in-depth analysis of nutrient trends. This report presents the results of the analysis of the various data types available for the priority food categories, and their subcategories, within these groupings.
