@ActionSaltSugar

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We are proud to join over 100 other food businesses, NGOs and academics in calling for a Good Food Bill to fix our failing food system and #FixFoodForGood Learn more 👀 sustainweb.org/news/feb26-go…
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🚨 Reminder - only 2 weeks to go until our exciting art event!! 🚨 Limited tickets available so sign up now: tinyurl.com/4wxdhmef Curious about what to expect? Read more in the @LDNdailynews 👇 tinyurl.com/47dm3y8n
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We're delighted to invite you to ‘Beneath Sweetness’, a free art and networking event with @QMUL_WIPH @QMUL to explore how sugar shapes our everyday lives ✨ 📅 5 – 8pm on 5th March 📍 Neuron Pod, London Book tickets now! tinyurl.com/4wxdhmef
Image: Event poster - "Beneath Sweetness: Sugar, hidden in plain sight. Thursday 5th March, 5-8pm"

ALT Image: Event poster - "Beneath Sweetness: Sugar, hidden in plain sight. Thursday 5th March, 5-8pm"

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👀 Fascinating new @wearefoodrise blog - with the Autumn Budget quietly boosting the UK's access to cheap sugar, its become clear that if we're serious about protecting health then trade and public health policies must better align. Read the full blog: tinyurl.com/ms2u8vm5

A tax break for imported sugar isn’t sweet for the public health or the environment

This post is by Ali Hines, sugar campaigner at Foodrise A significant decision passed largely unnoticed in Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ hotly anticipated autumn budget. She announced that the autonomo…

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A single pack of soup can contain more salt than two McDonald’s cheeseburgers! 🚨 Soup is often viewed as a healthy, convenient lunch option - but how much salt are some soups hiding? 📑 Find out in our latest report: tinyurl.com/8nwmtdf4
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In the report we found: 🔹Nearly 1 in 4 supermarket soups exceed the Governments maximum salt target. 🔹Almost 1 in 6 would receive a red front-of-pack warning label for high salt. 🔹Some tins contain almost an entire adult’s daily salt limit in one go!
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With excess salt a major driver of high blood pressure, consumers can’t simply “opt out” when so much is added before food is even purchased. Responsibility sits with government and the food industry, not individuals alone. 🔎 Learn more: tinyurl.com/8nwmtdf4
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We're delighted to invite you to ‘Beneath Sweetness’, a free art and networking event with @QMUL_WIPH @QMUL to explore how sugar shapes our everyday lives ✨ 📅 5 – 8pm on 5th March 📍 Neuron Pod, London Book tickets now! tinyurl.com/4wxdhmef
Image: Event poster - "Beneath Sweetness: Sugar, hidden in plain sight. Thursday 5th March, 5-8pm"

ALT Image: Event poster - "Beneath Sweetness: Sugar, hidden in plain sight. Thursday 5th March, 5-8pm"

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Science, food environments, and public health needs have all moved. But what hasn’t moved since 2004 is the Nutrient Profile Model... …up until this week! We joined the OHA to discuss why this model needed a revamp and what it means for health 👇 tinyurl.com/yck6jkja

Blog: 5 reasons why we needed to update the Nutrient Profiling Model - Obesity Health Alliance

Sonia Pombo, Head of Research and Impact, and Natalie Brabben, Communications Officer at Action on Salt and Sugar, based at Queen Mary University of London. With so much recent discussion about the...

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At last, the Nutrient Profile Model (NPM) has been updated 🎉 The updated model brings in some important changes that set better food standards and aligns more strongly with scientific evidence, encouraging healthier options for all. Read more: tinyurl.com/4xwvsn6m
Quote tile: "We welcome the government’s long-awaited update to the Nutrient Profile Model, which represents a clear improvement on the outdated 2004 model and better reflects current evidence on free sugars. Now's the time to close those loopholes, apply the model consistently, and let the product speak for itself, not the marketing. - Sonia Pombo Head of Research and Impact at Action on Salt & Sugar"

ALT Quote tile: "We welcome the government’s long-awaited update to the Nutrient Profile Model, which represents a clear improvement on the outdated 2004 model and better reflects current evidence on free sugars. Now's the time to close those loopholes, apply the model consistently, and let the product speak for itself, not the marketing. - Sonia Pombo Head of Research and Impact at Action on Salt & Sugar"

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Would you like to help shape our new website? 🙋‍♂️ We’re refreshing our charity website and would love your feedback to help us improve it! Please take this short survey to share your thoughts and help us build a better platform. 📝 Complete survey: forms.gle/fSDePjyRXBc49bBv8
Give us your feedback! Help us improve our website by completing our quick survey.

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🗣️ "Swapping alcohol for excessive sugar is not a health win. The rise of these high-sugar drinks risks undermining public health efforts and confusing consumers who are trying to make better choices." Read our full quote in @DailyMirror below: mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/dr…

Dry January drinkers warning as tipples are full of sugar

Health campaigners are warning about drinks’ sugar content as an estimated 17.5 million Brits are shunning booze this month

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⚠️ Brits are eating the equivalence of 22 packets of crisps worth of salt a day! ⚠️ Latest @TheBHF polling has revealed a critical lack of awareness and urgency around salt reduction for better health. Read the full story in @guardian below: tinyurl.com/mry95rpt
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Today marks the start of the long-awaited advertising ban of junk food products 📺 Whilst we welcome the news, relentless industry lobbying has weakened what could have been a truly transformative policy. Read more on the policy and its loopholes: tinyurl.com/4r3wwtbn
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What an interesting year it’s been for food policy! As 2025 comes to an end, we’ve seen some welcomed progress throughout the sector and would like to say an enormous thank you for all of the support! 📩 Catch up on our highlights from the year: tinyurl.com/4p7xkw52
Infographic - 2025 Recap

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Infographic - "What reports did we publish?"

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Infographic - "We joined a variety of events, webinars, conferences, parliamentary discussions and outreach activities"

ALT Infographic - "We joined a variety of events, webinars, conferences, parliamentary discussions and outreach activities"

Infographic - "This year saw some positive announcements for food policy"

ALT Infographic - "This year saw some positive announcements for food policy"

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🆕 New study from @QMUL reports that England is losing the progress it once made in preventing, diagnosing, and managing high blood pressure - and in some areas is even reversing back to levels seen 20 years ago! Read more 👇 tinyurl.com/yv6ktcac
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⚠️ The food environments around us play a key and fundamental role in shaping what we eat, and when high salt and sugar foods are the cheapest and easiest available, public health suffers. Read the latest report from @Food_Foundation on the state of the nation's food industry👇
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🚉 69% of train station outlets we visited had no fruit and 85% had no veg snacks! Our 2025 State of the Nation's Food Industry report shows we can't leave progress on healthy & sustainable sales to the market. Read more: ➡️ bit.ly/3XuoFjr @DoctorChrisVT
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The Soft Drinks Industry Levy has cut the sugar in soft drinks across the UK and last week's news of its expansion is a promising step forward. We spoke to @CBSNews on how the levy has protected children's health and how it differs from U.S policies 👇 tinyurl.com/bdhat834

U.K. expanding its sugar tax to include milk-based drinks

The U.K. this week extended its sugar tax to some coffee drinks and milkshakes in an ongoing effort to fight obesity.

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Fantastic news for sugar reduction - an expansion of the Soft Drinks Industry Levy (SDIL) AND a lower sugar threshold! 🎉 The SDIL has already cut vast levels of sugar out of UK diets and today’s news builds crucially on that progress. 📖 Read more: tinyurl.com/yhwnhh6p
The SDIL Expansion - quote from Dr Kawther Hashem: "We know the levy works and when the rules are clear and consistent, manufacturers act fast. Today's welcomed announcement builds on that progress, but if we're truly committed to improving the nation's health, and the nation's teeth, we'll need to be even more ambitious"

ALT The SDIL Expansion - quote from Dr Kawther Hashem: "We know the levy works and when the rules are clear and consistent, manufacturers act fast. Today's welcomed announcement builds on that progress, but if we're truly committed to improving the nation's health, and the nation's teeth, we'll need to be even more ambitious"

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We were thrilled to feature as a guest on the latest @PreventionPodc episode! We discussed: 👉 The importance of salt reduction 👉 Why previous reduction policies have failed 👉 What needs to happen to keep salt a public healthy priority Listen below! linktr.ee/PITNCpodcast

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Podcast discussing all things health and politics with former Ministers, Steve Brine and James Bethell

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Prevention is the new cure
@PreventionPodc20 Nov 2025
Episode 74 just dropped and it's @sarahwollaston final episode on the pod! 🥲 Alongside @BrineHealth we talk more doctor strikes, the public and the Budget when it comes to the NHS and our guest is @SPombo86 from @ActionSaltSugar. Listen > linktr.ee/PITNCpodcast
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How have UK sugar reduction policies fared over the past 10 years? 👀 To celebrate #SugarAwarenesssWeek last week we partnered with @OHA_updates to examine sugar reduction policies of the past, present, future. 📖 Read our blog: tinyurl.com/55um8dwc
Sugar Intake in the UK: Policies Past and Future - guest blog with OHA

ALT Sugar Intake in the UK: Policies Past and Future - guest blog with OHA

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