National Food Strategy Part 2: sugar and salt tax plans The National Food Strategy Part 2 has been published, revealing proposals for a sugar and salt tax on all processed products, except ingredients for home cooking, and on foods sold through foodservice channels.
The report, which is written by Henry Dimbleby with input from an army of advisers, leads with the sugar and salt reformulation tax as its number one recommendation in a bid to combat obesity and health problems such as heart disease. Part 1 was published
In total, the report makes 14 recommendations. They include proposing a £1bn investment in innovation, incorporating £125m spent on researching and developing alternative proteins, defining minimum standards for trade, and ways to protect them and mandatory reporting for large food companies.