Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Environment

Health & Wellbeing


Environment FAQs

What is the food industry doing about waste?

Reducing the amount of waste sent to landfill is a priority for FDF. In particular FDF's Five-Fold Environmental Ambition includes an aspiration for FDF members to send zero food and packaging waste from their sites to landfill from 2015.

More information on waste reduction.

View our Five-Fold Environmental Ambition: Waste: promoting resource efficiency

Health & Wellbeing FAQs

How are you making products healthier?

Our members have been voluntarily embracing this particular challenge for a number of years, and they are now leading the way when it comes to the reformulation of popular products – meeting consumer concerns about health in a way that doesn't make any compromises on taste.

Read more in our report: Our recipe for change.

What does GDA stand for?

GDA stands for Guideline Daily Amount (GDAs)and is the recommended amount of specific nutrients an adult should consume each day.

More information about GDAs and GDA labels is available from www.gdalabel.org.uk.