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The results, conducted by researchers at the Max Rubner Institute (MRI), show little change in the sugar content of some sweetened dairy products since the first interim survey in 2019.
Sweetened cottage cheese products haven’t noticed “any statistical change” over the past four years, BMEL said.
Sugar levels in sugary dairy products intended for children also remained high, averaging 11. 5 g per 100 g in 2022.
An assessment of a pattern of soft drinks sold in Germany between 2018 and 2022 showed a 5% relief in sugar content, but “unchanged” from 2019.
The researchers found no significant decreases in sugar in fruit drinks made with added sugar between 2018 and 2022.
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In baked goods, fat and saturated fatty acids increased by 4. 3% and 4. 8% at 1 g/100 g and 0. 6 g/100 g respectively between 2016 and 2021. Sugar decreased by 7% during this period, but discounts were noted at seven out of 32 bakeries. Appraised goods.
As a result of those findings, the government has asked the IRM to extend new aid targets for the families of those affected until the end of 2024.
The most recent findings are found in BMEL’s second interim report, as part of its National Sugar, Fat and Salt Reduction and Innovation Strategy in Finished Products, introduced in 2018.
As part of this strategy to get German consumers to adopt a healthier and more balanced diet, the German government has asked food companies to voluntarily commit to reducing fat, sugar and salt levels.
To date, 11 professional teams have made commitments. These are the Association of Large German Bakeries (VDG), the Federal Association of German Sausage and Ham Producers (BVWS), the National Soft Drink Association (WAFG), the Association of the German Fruit Juice Industry (VdF) and the German Soft Drink Association (Wafg). Frozen Food Institute (DTI).
Commitments vary from agreement to agreement. For example, the BVWS projects an average salt content of 1. 1 g per 100 g in its line of packaged bakery products until 2025. The VFL aims for the added sugar content in fruit juices to increase by 15% by the same date.
Cem Özdemir, Germany’s Minister of Food and Agriculture, said: “Unfortunately, the NRI’s second interim report makes it clear that past reformulations are not enough. We have tasked the IRM with proposing science-based aid targets through a broad stakeholder process. . My sector will ask the food industry for this objective and scientifically sound basis for further reformulations. We all have a responsibility.
Soft drinks, meat substitutes, pastries and bloodless sauces will be re-evaluated by MRI in the second part of this year. Breakfast cereals, bread and pastries, meat products, soups, stews and, where appropriate, food will be analysed on the spot. part of 2025, and some other report is expected in 2026.
Germany is also striving to increase healthy food intake by proposing to restrict junk food advertising. In February 2023, the government called for restricting advertising to young people under the age of 14 of foods and beverages that contain “too much” fat, sugar, and salt. He had advised restricting junk food classified ads that run through marketing campaigns, on social media and on TV between 6 a. m. and 11 p. m.
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