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BTO Meeting with Unilever on FOP - 2 June
Dear
For your mlormation, please find below the BTO, prepared by - of the meeting between E1 and
Unilever on FOP.
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Minutes Meeting with Unilever on Future Foods commitments and position on FOP
nutrition labelling
02 June 2021, 15.00-15.30h, Teams Meeting
Participants
Unilever:
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The meeting was organized at the request of Unilever. The purpose of the meeting was
for Unilever to present their position regarding future food commitments and FOP
nutrition labelling, as well as to learn about
the European Commission's plan moving
forward.
Unilever highlighted their commitment and efforts taken to deliver food with
better nutritional value, including their ambition to reduce the number of
products high in sugar, to increase plant-based product sales for a more
sustainable food offer and to halve food waste.
Regarding FOP nutrition labelling, Unilever welcomes a harmonisation at EU
level. Unilever explained that they have introduced Nutri-Score in France and
will soon do the same in Germany following an increased pressure from retailers
as well as consumers who are calling for FOP nutrition labels on products in
more EU countries. Hence, Unilever asked the European Commission to act
quickly on a harmonised FOP nutrition labelling scheme to avoid the adoption of
more different national schemes.
Unilever sees Nutri-Score as the best current scheme in terms of visualisation
and helping consumers, but they called for a portion-based approach and for
more differentiation of the calculation method in terms of product groups.
As a solution to act quickly, Unilever suggested to consider a step-by-step
process for the introduction of an EU FOP nutrition labelling scheme, i.e. to
decide on a certain acceptable scheme first and implement it for some product
groups, while excluding others to avoid delays (e.g. phase out products from
Mediterranean diet), and then later on expand the scheme to more products
and include further changes along the way.
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Besides FOP labels, Unilever also stressed the need for education and
awareness campaigns.
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regarding the adoption of a harmonised FOP nutrition label ing scheme.
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Unilever will share with SANTE any interesting resources and research regarding
evaluation.