To: The Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP
Reduction of sugar content is wrongly worded
Do not force manufacturers to reduce sugar in their snacks by 20% by 2020. This is wrongly worded. You must make the manufacturers reduce the sugar content, 20% by volume, by 2020.
Why is this important?
By just making manufacturers reduce the sugar content by 20%, they will just reduce the weight. "We reduced the amount of sugar from 100g to 80g, we cut the weight from 200g to 160g!". By wording the reduction to 20 'by volume' then they will have to keep the size the same but reduce the actual sugar percentage, which will make the snacks healthier.
