Thursday, 14 December 2023
The accuracy of nutrition declarations is important in order to accurately monitor food reformulation. The aim of this work was to examine the accuracy of the declared sugar and salt content on soups and sauces labels, and salt content on bread labels sampled in reformulation monitoring in 2022. Accuracy was defined as conformance with, European Commission (EC) guideline nutrition labelling tolerances.
In 2022, soups (n=28), sauces (n=35), and breads (n=71) were sampled from the Irish market, as part of the Food Reformulation Task Force’s sodium and sugar monitoring programmes. Samples were analysed in the Public Analyst’s Laboratory, Galway (GPAL) using accredited methods. See the results here.
