05 Dec 2022 --- The UK government’s voluntary sugar reduction program has failed to deliver substantial industry progress, according to its official report for 2015-2020, which was released a year later than expected. Organizations are now calling on the private sector to accelerate its sugar reduction efforts while questioning the effectiveness of a voluntary program rather than regulatory implementations. “It seems that the current government in the UK does not wish to champion public health, and it is unclear for now what the UK’s sugar reduction program will look like moving forward,” Mhairi Brown, policy, public affairs and international projects lead at Action on Sugar and Action on Salt, tells NutritionInsight.
