Many of the leading global food and health authorities have recognized the importance of shifting towards a diet that positively impacts both human and planetary health. Facilitating the transition towards healthy, sustainable diets requires a multi-disciplinary approach, in which the public and private sectors work together to develop and support food policy. Through our ambition to offer essential nutrition and support healthy, balanced diets, we are contributing to global objectives such as the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, World Health Organization (WHO) Global Protection Plan for the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases 2013-2030 and WHO REPLACE initiative. We aim to contribute to these objectives through our products, through education and communication, through collaboration in scientific research and by ensuring that our programmes are all based on the best available science. Read our Nutrition Policy for more information.

Based on international scientific standards (i.e. WHO, FAO) and dietary guidelines for healthy eating patterns, our Nutrition Benchmarking Programme ensures that the products will deliver on the desired nutrition composition and contribute to improving health through the provision of nutrients that target the world’s greatest public health areas of concern such as heart health and healthy growth and development for children. As part of our sustainability framework, we actively seek to improve recipes to meet or exceed nutrition benchmarks for saturated fat; beneficial nutrients and contain no trans-fats from partially hydrogenated vegetable oils. Our first annual Nutrition Milestone Report highlights key initiatives related to healthy and nutritious foods.