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Wednesday, 17 October, 2012
Nestlé tweaks cereal...too little, too late
Many breakfast cereals contain huge amounts of sugar and salt—but that is about to change. Swiss-based Nestlé together with U.S. manufacturer General Mills have announced they’ll be cutting the levels of sugar in 20 of their famous brands by an average of 24 percent over the next 3 years. Sodium levels will be dropped by 12 percent. It’s good news for consumers but why has it taken so long? And how worried should we be about the levels of sugar and salt in our food? WRS’s Dave Goodman speaks to Gemma Bischoff, who’s a dietician based in Zurich:
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