December:

• FoodNavigator USA: 2020-2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans 'miss the mark' on added sugar, suggest “shifts” in protein consumption to “add variety" (29th December)
• New Research: Projected effects on salt purchases following implementation of a national salt reduction policy in South Africa (28th December)
• Bakery and Snacks: European spend on ‘aperitivo’ snacks gets €2.2bn boost during lockdown (23rd December) 
• Bakery and Snacks: Brexit transition: time is running out (23rd December)
• Bakery and Snacks: Slash sugar, fat and calories and you’ll win with consumers: European bakery leaders weigh in (22nd December)
• The Barbados Advocate: Editorial: ‘Yes’ to nutritional warnings on food products (19th December)
• FoodNavigator USA: FDA to permit potassium salt as alternate name for potassium chloride on food labels (17th December)

 

November: 

• New Research: The impact of voluntary front-of-pack nutrition labelling on packaged food reformulation: A difference-in-differences analysis of the Australasian Health Star Rating scheme (20th November)
• Branding in Asia: Hardcore Metal Goes All “Suga, Suga” with ‘Risen from Shadows’ on World Diabetes Day (17th November)
• Malta Today: Too much sugar and salt: 64% of baby foods on Maltese market fail WHO guidelines (16th November)
• Confectionery News: UK set to ban online adverts promoting food high in fat, sugar and salt (11th November)
• Food Navigator Asia: Trans-fat targets: Why are many Asian and Middle Eastern countries not yet enforcing reduction policies? (4th November)

October:

• New Research: National survey to estimate sodium and potassium intake and knowledge attitudes and behaviours towards salt consumption of adults in the Sultanate of Oman (23rd October)
• Xinhunet: Chinese people should consume less salt to prevent high blood pressure: researchers (19th October)
• The Lancet Global Burden of Disease Study 2019: Global burden of 87 risk factors in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019 (17th October)
• Channel News Asia: Malaysia's manufacturers and grocers replacing their stock ahead of Jan 1 iodised salt rule (16th October)
• Food Service Footprint: Labelling moves from calories to carbon (15th October)
• Food Navigator: Kraft Heinz on the ‘constant balance’ of salt reduction: ‘We can’t go too fast, or too slow’ (2nd October)
  

September

• Lowelder: Excessive salt consumption taking its toll on South Africans’ hearts (29th September)
• Times of Malta: Maltese business discusses future of Europe’s food system (13th September)
• FoodNavigator Asia: Double trouble: Saudi Arabians consuming 100% more than the recommended salt intake (9th September)
• Just Food: UK food industry concerned by Brexit labelling rules delay (4th September)
• FoodNavigator Asia: APAC ‘junk food’ ad bans: Health experts encouraged by ‘feasible and politically acceptable’ UK move (2nd September)

August

• FoodNavigator Asia: Policy Picks: FSSAI food business licensing, UK's wish to join CPTPP, Japan food labelling and more feature in our round-up (28th August) 
• New Research: The cost-effectiveness of government actions to reduce sodium intake through salt substitutes in Vietnam (27th August)
• Food Navigator: Germany mulls introduction of mandatory climate and NutriScore labels (26th August)
• New Research: Priority Actions to Advance Population Sodium Reduction (22nd August)
• CGTN: Food label fight splits EU (19th August)
• Food Navigator Asia: Mandatory salt reformulation: Australia’s new voluntary programme leaves sour taste with health experts (4th August)
  

July

• New Research: From genetics to bariatric surgery and soda taxes: Using all the tools to curb the rising tide of obesity (31st July)
• Food Navigator Asia: Food tax frenzy: Sugar taxation still ranked as most effective for public health compared to salt, fat and junk food (28th July)
• New Research: Predicting obesity reduction after implementing warning labels in Mexico: A modeling study (28th July)
• Gibraltar Chronicle: UK’s obesity strategy welcomed after Covid-19 ‘wake-up call’ (27th July)
• Mexico News Daily: New food warning labels begin to appear on store shelves (30th July)
• Food Navigator Asia: No idling through COVID-19: Australia’s Health Star Ratings revision on track with salt and sugar reduction key (14th July)
• New Research: Rationale, design, and baseline characteristics of the Salt Substitute in India Study (SSiIS): The protocol for a double- blinded, randomized-controlled trial (9th July)
• Bakery and Snacks: Kids most exposed to junk food advertising in France, finds public health agency (8th July)
• Food Navigator: How do health warning labels on snacks impact consumer behaviour? Study (3rd July)

June

• Health Europa: Ultra-processed foods: an EU health crisis (30th June)
• Regulatory Affairs Professionals Society: Global front-of-pack nutrition labelling schemes: Impact on marketing strategies (29th June)
• EconoTimes: Europe’s food labelling wars: much ado about nothing? (26th June)
• Food Navigator Asia: ‘Weak commitments’: Malaysian big food firms’ food wanting on nutrition commitments – obesity expert (23rd June)
• Bakery and Snacks: PepsiCo on target to build a more sustainable food system (22nd June)
• New Research: Effectiveness and Feasibility of Taxing Salt and Foods High in Sodium: A Systematic Review of the Evidence (20th June)
• New research: Priority-setting for obesity prevention—The Assessing Cost-Effectiveness of obesity prevention policies in Australia (ACE-Obesity Policy) study (19th June)
• Food Business News: PepsiCo improves on health targets (19th June)
• Food Navigator: France wants to tighten ‘transparency’ rules: No ‘meaty’ names for plant-based products and stricter origin labels (18th June)
• Food Navigator Asia: Nutrient scoring: Ajinomoto Japan to use system to aid healthier product development (17th June)
• New research: Uptake of Australia's Health Star Rating System 2014-2019 (16th June)
• Just Food: Nestlé extends Nutri-Score labelling system in Europe to Spain, Portugal (11th June)
• New research: Obesity and COVID-19: the role of the food industry (10th June)
• Food Navigator: Childhood obesity: Research backs case for stricter advertising regulations (9th June)
• Food Navigator: The Sugar Association files citizen petition asking FDA for ‘complete and accurate labeling’ of low- and no-calorie sweeteners (4th June)
• Euractiv: EU consumers open to exploring more sustainable diets, but lack information to do so (4th June)
• Food Navigator: Brexit and food labelling part 2: Challenges, deadlines, and potential future divergences (3rd June)
• Today Online Singapore: Grocery shopping? Learn to read the nutrition facts label and check for fats, sugar and allergens (2nd June)
  

May

• Food Navigator: Demands for government intervention on obesity to help cut 'increased but preventable' COVID-19 death risk (29th May)
• The George Institute: The Potential Impact of Salt Reduction in Australia (26th May)
• New research: Dietary Sodium Intake and Health Indicators: A Systematic Review of Published Literature between January 2015 and December 2019 (25th May)
• New research: Evaluating Nutrient-Based Indices against Food- and Diet-Based Indices to Assess the Health Potential of Foods: How Does the Australian Health Star Rating System Perform after Five Years? (25th May)
• The Independent: Kellogg's removes pringles ads from Joe Wicks Youtube channel amid claims of 'irresponsible marketing' (21st May)
• New Food Magazine: European Commission adopts new Farm to Fork Strategy (21st May)
• Food Navigator: Can I recycle this? The push to make plastic packaging labelling transparent (20th May)
• The George Institute: Almost a day’s worth of calories hidden in fast food meal combos, study shows (14th May)
• Global Nutrition Report: 2020 Global Nutrition Report (12th May)
• New research: Progress on sodium reduction in South Korea (12th May)
• International Society of Hypertension (ISH): 2020 International Society of Hypertension Global Hypertension Practice Guidelines (6th May)
• Canadian Journal of Cardiology, Guidelines: Hypertension Canada’s 2020 Comprehensive Guidelines for the Prevention, Diagnosis, Risk Assessment, and Treatment of Hypertension in Adults and Children (1st May)
  

April

• Food Navigator: Nestlé and Danone back bid to enforce Nutri-Score across Europe (28th April)
• New research: Estimated population wide benefits and risks in China of lowering sodium through potassium enriched salt substitution: modelling study (22nd April)
• NutraIngredietnts: China-funded study finds fish oil supplements linked to lower risk of heart disease and death (14th April)

March

• New research: Is salt substitution ready for prime time? (27th March)
• IOL: South Africans warned to lower their salt intake (11th March)
• The George Institute: ‘Lightly salted’ kale chips crowned saltiest snack' (11th March)
• Daily Sabah: Turkey aims for daily salt consumption under 5 grams (10th March)

February

• WASH Release: New Evidence for Salt Reduction - Government must now force the food industry to take out the huge and unnecessary amount of salt they add to our food (25th February)

January

• Food Navigator: Israel: 'New opportunities' for reformulation as gov't imposes HFSS warnings front-of-pack (27th January)
• World Cancer Research Fund: Lessons on implementing robust restrictions of food and non-alcoholic beverage marketing to children (23rd January)
• New research: Mean dietary salt intake in Nepal: A population survey with 24-hour urine collections (22nd January)