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- Ref. Ares(2021)4561671 -14/07/2021
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BTO Meeting with retailer SONAE on FOP - 25.06.2021
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your information, please find below the BTO, prepared by ___ of the meeting on FOP between
El and the Portuguese retailer SONAE.
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Minutes meeting with SONAE on FOP nutrition labelling
25 June 2021, 14.30-15.00h, Teams Meeting
The meeting was organized at the request of SONAE. SONAE is a leading Portuguese
multinational company with a portfolio of business in retail, financial services and
telecommunications. The group's food retail branch, SONAE MC, is the market leader in
Portugal.
The purpose of the meeting was for SONAE to present their position regarding the proposed
harmonized FOP nutrition labelling scheme, as well as to learn about the scope and content of
the initiative and to consider possible synergies and potential collaborations with the European
Commission.
SONAE:
SONAE highlighted their commitment and initiatives to help consumers make informed
and sustainable choices.
SONAE presented their own SONAE MC nutritional traffic light system ('semaforo
nutricional') in use since 10 years
o The label provides the energy value and colour-coded (red, yellow, green)
information on the content of four nutrients (fats, saturated fats, salt, sugars) by
portion of the food and expressed as percentage of the reference intake.
o They stressed that the label is known and trusted by many consumers in
Portugal.
SONAE presented slides comparing the application of SONAE traffic light scheme, the
Nutri-Score and the Keyhole on the same food products.
o They highlighted that all of the systems show room for improvement.
o They considered that Nutri-Score is not transparent for the consumer as it does
not show the nutrients on the front-of-pack and that its classification of olive oil
is incompatible with the Mediterranean diet.
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SONAE questioned the voluntary vs. mandatory use of a harmonised FOP nutrition
labelling scheme.
They would welcome the voluntary use of the harmonised FOP nutrition
label ing scheme and believe that the co-existence of different schemes should
be allowed.
They stressed the need to complement FOP nutrition label ing schemes with
education campaigns for consumers.
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Besides FOP labels, SONAE also mentioned their strategy for responsible growth and
contributing to a more sustainable footprint.
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harmonised FOP nutrition label ing scheme.
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SONAE wil share with SANTE any interesting resources and research regarding FOP