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PepsiCo Australia reformulates snacks for the better

PepsiCo Australia has changed the cooking oil for its major snack brands to Australian canola oil, significantly reducing the saturated fat content in Doritos, Tostitos Cantina Style tortilla chips, Twisties, Burger Rings and Cheetos.  For some of the company’s iconic brands, the saturated fat content has been reduced by as much as 86%. PepsiCo ANZ

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Mandatory health star rating request

Obesity experts are requesting the Government to amp up the regulations around food manufacturing and the health star rating system. The George Institute published a report in which researchers ranked the nutritional value of packaged food and beverages on sale across Australia. Msn.com.au said the report found little progress had been made despite the efforts

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Kellogg’s UK + Ireland using ‘traffic light’ labelling

Kellogg’s in the UK and Ireland will introduce a ‘traffic light’ labelling system across its cereal rang from January 2019. The ‘traffic light’ system will better communicate the content of the cereals including salt, sugar and fat. The system labels foods with three different colours, green, amber and red to assist customers in identifying products that

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New research on reduced-risk cigarettes

New research funded by Philip Morris suggests that the “Reduced-Risk Device” known as IQOS can reduce exposure to 15 harmful chemicals found in cigarette smoke. The cigarette company’s research and development centre in Switzerland worked with the Osaki Hospital Tokyo Heart Center to investigate the effects of IQOS use on smokers, with the findings published

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