18/05/2025
📢BREAKING - Government plans to back healthy food were BLOCKED by ultra-processed food giants.
Our Freedom of Information requests revealed the government was pressured by food manufacturing lobbyists to backtrack on plans to push retailers to offer more promotions on minimally processed and nutritious foods.
The Government planned to shift the balance of price promotions , but ultra-processed food lobbyists demanded that reference to minimally processed and nutritious foods was removed from their guidance.
The Government complied.
It’s outrageous that food giants have such influence over our health and our diets. We have written to Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Wes Streeting, requesting urgent action to make healthy, minimally processed foods more accessible and affordable - and now we need your help.
Sign our petition demanding that the UK Government's Food Strategy to resist industry influence and make minimally processed food available for all ✊ https://soilassociation.co/TTHT
