The maker of KitKat chocolate bars has said that it is working to update its nutrition and health strategy after a leaked Nestlé document acknowledged that more than 60 per cent of its food products were unhealthy. A presentation by Nestlé executives admitted that the Swiss company’s portfolio still “underperforms against external definitions of health in a landscape where regulatory pressure and consumer demands are skyrocketing”. SponsoredThe document, seen by the Financial Times, claimed that only 37 per cent of Nestlé’s food and drinks by revenue achieved a rating above 3.5 under Australia’s health star rating, when pet food and infant nutrition was excluded. Australia’s star system, which ranks foods out of five, is used by international health groups as a recognised defintion of

Source: The Times June 01, 2021 10:52 UTC