Health and Wellbeing publications
The aim of our FDF's Health and Wellbeing Steering Group is to work constructively with Government, regulators and others to help find solutions to the complex issues at the heart of the diet and health challenge here in the UK.
Key areas of work identified by the Steering Group this year include:
positioning FDF members as proactive partners for engagement and future work
with
Government (including devolved countries), robustly showcasing the progressive
actions
of FDF members to key stakeholders enabling consumers to lead healthier lives
and
delivering on a range of collaborative industry-wide projects, including
reformulation of products in support of public health goals and promoting best
practice
in workplace wellbeing.
Latest Publications
Feeding Change
This report summarises our continuing commitment to diet
and health policy issues. It sets out examples of the great
work that is going on in that field in countries across the UK.
It is a record of real achievement and one of which we are all
enormously proud.
View: Feeding change report
Reformulation guide - Spotlight on Sugars - for small to medium sized companies
A free reformulation guide for small and medium sized companies developed by
Leatherhead Food Research (LFR).
This new guidance sets out the regulatory framework covering the reduction of
sugars, key considerations when reducing sugars or using sugar replacers and
factors affecting the consumer acceptability of sugar replacers. The guide
covers the
different challenges and opportunities in reducing sugars in the soft drinks,
dairy and baked goods categories, and also discusses ingredient and labelling
considerations.
Download: Reformulation guide for small to medium sized companies
Health and Wellbeing report 2015
Published July 2015
FDF and its members have a commitment to help consumers achieve a balanced diet
within a healthy lifestyle informed by robust, up-to-date science. In this
brochure we bring together a handful of the achievements of food and drink
businesses
in the UK.
Download: Health and
Wellbeing report 2015 - PDF
FDF's Responsibility Deal Annual Update
Published May 2014
This report shows the work that FDF members have been undertaking to improve
public health under the Coalition Government's Responsibility Deal, part of its
long-term public health strategy.
View Public Health Responsibility Deal
Download the Responsibility Deal
Annual Update - pdf | 325kb
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Food and Drink Labelling: A tool to encourage healthier eating
Published November 2013
This publication is a resource for healthcare professionals about food and drink
labelling as a tool to encourage healthier eating.
Download the Food and Drink
Labelling: A tool to encourage healthier eating - pdf | 300Kb
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FDF's Responsibility Deal Annual Update
Published July 2013
This report shows the work that FDF members have been undertaking to improve
public health under the Coalition Government's Responsibility Deal, part of its
long-term public health strategy.
View Public Health Responsibility Deal
Download the Responsibility Deal Annual
Update - pdf | 2Mb
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Delivering Healthy Growth
Published January 2013
This report shows the progress the food industry has made in empowering
consumers to make healthier choices.
View Delivering Health Growth
Download the Delivering Healthy Growth
report - pdf | 2Mb
Download the SFDF
Delivering Healthy Growth report - pdf | 3Mb
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Salt reduction report: Evaluation of Technological Approaches to Salt Reduction
Published July 2012
This Leatherhead Food Reseach report reviews current options for salt reduction
and identifies new and emerging technologies and ingredients that may be
utilised.
Download the Salt Reduction
report - pdf | 2Mb
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Workplace Wellbeing Toolkit
Published April 2012
This toolkit provides practical guidance for employers on how to create, enhance
and promote your health and wellness programme in your workplace.
Download: Workplace
Wellbeing Toolkit - pdf | 4.65Mb
Workplace Wellbeing: Resources
Three posters for employers to download and use to promote healthy lifestyles at
work.
Download: Creating
your own programme - pdf
Download: GDAs
explained - pdf
Download: Get active and have fun! -
pdf
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Food labelling for healthy eating
Published September 2011
Understanding the labels is a presenter for Health Care Professionals.
Download: Food labelling for
healthy eating - pdf | 724kb
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Industry in action on public health: Stepping up to the plate
Published March 2011
FDF is pleased
to be a signatory of the Public Health Responsibility Deal and to
work in partnership with the Secretary of State and other stakeholders.
As this report highlights, members of the Food and Drink Federation have long
been 'stepping up to the plate' when it comes to the many different ways in
which
they have taken bold action in response to growing societal concerns about
complex public health issues such as obesity.
Download: Stepping up to the plate - pdf
|1.24Mb
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Workplace Wellbeing: The Food Industry in Action
Published May 2010
Leading members of the Food and Drink Federation have long recognised that a
healthy, committed workforce is vital to business success.
Download: Workplace Wellbeing: The Food Industry
in Action - pdf | 984kb
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GDA Labels: Improving the food literacy of consumers
Published: April 2010
GDA labelling is an objective way of providing nutritional information and
helping consumers construct a healthy, balanced diet. This brochure covers:
Download Leaflet: GDA Labels: Improving the food literacy of
consumers - pdf | 808kb
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Workplace Wellbeing: The Facts
Published: December 2009
People are at the heart of
every company. That's why the smartest businesses
have long recognised the importance of promoting the wellbeing of their
employees –
going
way beyond the traditional health and safety
agenda to develop initiatives in new areas such as diet and healthy lifestyles.
FDF and its members are proud of the positive actions our sector has taken to
promote the concept of workplace wellbeing. Our industry's pledge to establish
schemes that promoted healthier lifestyles was one of the commitments made in
FDF's
Food and Health Manifesto, published in 2004. Since then our
leading members have been delivering on that
ambition.
Download Leaflet: Workplace Wellbeing: The Facts - pdf
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Recipe for Change: Industry in action
Published: July 2009
The research is contained in this - 'Recipe for Change' - report published by
FDF, describes how food and drink manufacturers are developing new products,
and
refreshing old favourites, so that they are lower in calories, fat, or salt.
- Our
recipe for change - by Melanie Leech, FDF
- Working in
partnership - by Tim Smith, Food Standards Authority
- Health is good
business - by Dr Susan Jebb OBE
- There are
no simple changes - by Dr Steven Walker, Campden BRI
- Consumers are being well served - by
David Jago, Mintel
- Case Studies -
reformulation - featuring industry case studies from apetito, Baxters Food Group,
Britvic
Soft Drinks, Kellogg's, Kingsmill, Kraft Foods, Mars Food UK, McCain, Macphie
of
Glenbervie, Nairns, Nestlé, PepsiCo, Premier Foods, United Biscuits, Unilever
and
Young's Seafood.
Download the full PDF report: Recipe for Change - pdf | 994kb
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The Facts: Science behind Guideline Daily Amounts (GDAs)
Published: June 2009
Guideline Daily Amounts
(GDAs) are intended to translate science into consumer
friendly information and provide guidelines to help consumers put the nutrition
information they read on a food label into the context of their overall diet.
GDAs began life in 1996 as Daily Guideline Intakes for use by the Ministry of
Agriculture Fisheries and Food (MAFF).
Download Leaflet: The Facts: Science behind
Guideline Daily Amounts (GDAs) - pdf | 103kb
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Workplace Wellbeing: The food industry in action
Published: March 2009
Food and drink manufacturers have long recognised the importance of ensuring
the
wellbeing of the people who work in their manufacturing sites and offices,
which
is why FDF's leading members have pledged to develop workplace schemes that
promote
healthy diets and lifestyles.
The food industry wants to be an exemplar in this area. FDF's members are proud
of the
positive actions that we have already taken to promote workplace wellbeing -
and
you will
find some of our schemes showcased in this booklet.
Download Booklet: Workplace Wellbeing: The food
industry in action - pdf | 60kb
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Seven Voices: GDA Labels make a real difference
Published: January 2009
Three years ago,
there was little nutritional information carried on the front
of most food and drink products sold in the UK. Today, that has all changed.
The most widely adopted scheme in the UK is based on GDAs – Guideline Daily
Amounts – and our leadership in this market has prompted the European
Commission
to
propose a similar approach to nutritional labelling for its European-wide food
labelling regulation.
As well as outlining the progress being made to increase the use of GDA
information on the front of food and drink packs here in the UK, this report
(pdf,
1.6Mb) will explain why we believe adding traffic lights on top of GDA labels
is
unlikely to help shoppers further.
Download:
Seven Voices: GDA Labels make a real difference - pdf | 1.6Mb
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Health and Wellbeing: Our Ambition
Published: December 2008
Members of the Food and Drink Federation
share society's concerns about the health
of the nation, particularly in relation to rising
obesity levels, and are absolutely committed
to playing a positive role in responding to this
vital debate.
Our commitment is long-standing: we
published our first health and wellbeing
action plan way back in 2004. And in 2007 we
established a Health and Wellbeing Steering
Group to work constructively with Government,
regulators and others to help find solutions to
the complex issues at the heart of the diet and
health challenge here in the UK.
Download: Health and Wellbeing: Our
Ambition - pdf | 128kb
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Salt: The Facts
Published: August 2008
Salt
reduction has long been a priority for
members of the Food and Drink Federation
– with some sectors having started their
reformulation efforts way back in the 1980s.
Our work has accelerated since 2004,
when FDF and its members unveiled a health
and wellbeing action plan that emphasised
our industry's commitment to reducing the
levels of sugar, fat and salt in our products.
Download Leaflet: Salt:
The Facts - pdf | 235kb
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Nutritional Labelling: The Facts
Published: July 2008
UK food and drink
manufacturers have long
recognised the importance of providing
consumers with clear on-pack nutrition
information as a powerful tool for helping them
make better-informed choices and improving
their overall food literacy.
Since the launch of the UK industry's health and
wellbeing action plan in 2004, FDF has been
encouraging its members to provide a full
nutrition declaration on the back of their
packs. We estimate that more than 85% of
UK-produced, pre-packed foods now carry
detailed nutrition labelling.
Download: Nutritional Labelling: The Facts - pdf | 198kb
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Healthy Eating Toolkit
Published: July 2008
This Healthy Eating Toolkit provides practical guidance in promoting healthy
eating in companies as part of an integrated health and wellbeing programme.
The Food and Drink Federation (FDF) helped develop this Healthy Eating Toolkit
in response to the growing concerns of employers who wish to promote healthy
eating among their employees as part of an integrated health and wellbeing
programme. This practical guide incorporates
thought leadership, and examples of best practice, from members of the FDF
chaired Healthy Eating Steering Group as well as Business in the Community and
the
Food and Drink Federation.
Download: Health Eating Toolkit - pdf | 1Mb
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