Further salt and sugar levies could prevent two million cases of disease

Thirty six well-known health organisations, Royal Colleges and charities have now joined forces in the Recipe for Change campaign, calling on the Government to introduce a new industry levy to make food healthier and raise additional revenues for investment in children’s health.

The Recipe for Change campaign launches alongside new modelling evidence conducted by the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine showing that an industry wide levy on sugar and salt used in manufactured foods or in restaurants and catering could:

Public polling conducted in May 2023 on behalf of the Obesity Health Alliance indicates that 68 per cent of the public would support further food levies if the revenues raised were invested in children’s health. Seventy-three per cent of the public supports action by the Government to require food manufacturers to reduce sugar and salt from everyday foods.