Jakarta, CNN Indonesia —
Nestle, giant consumer Swiss origin, recognizes more than 60 percent of products food and drinksdoes not meet applicable health standards.
The company acknowledged this after the company’s internal documents were leaked. “Some of our categories and products will never be healthy no matter how much we renovate,” Nestle said Financial Times on Sunday (6/6).
According to an internal Nestle document reviewed by the Financial Times, only 37 per cent of the company’s products rank above 3.5 in Australia’s health rating system.
The calculation does not include infant formula, pet food and special medical nutrition.
The rating system assesses food products by giving a maximum number of 5. Meanwhile, 3.5 is the threshold for food products that are in accordance with health standards.
The calculation includes food and drink as a whole. There are about 70 percent of Nestle products fail to meet that threshold. In more detail, as many as 96 percent of drinks and 99 percent of Nestle’s confectionery and ice cream products.
Even so, as many as 82 percent of water products and 60 percent of dairy products meet the threshold value.
In a document presented by executives, the multinational food and beverage company acknowledged that it had fallen behind.
“We have made significant improvements to our products, (however) our portfolio of performance is still undervalued against the external definition of health, where regulatory pressures and consumer demands are skyrocketing.”
The findings come as food manufacturers compete to fight obesity and promote healthier foods.
In response to the findings, Nestle executives considered new commitments to be made regarding nutrition and plans this year.
The giant company also updated its internal nutrition standards known as the Nestle Nutritional Foundation, which made Nestle a nutrition and health company.
Nestle Chief Executive Mark Schneider admits consumers want a healthier diet but he rejects processed foods that his company makes tend to be unhealthy.
It is known, from available data that about half of Nestle’s total revenue reaches €72.7 billion or around Rp1,260 trillion.
(nsa / bir)
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