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Responding to feedback from their Future of Diabetes Big Conversation, Diabetes UK have started a petition to lobby for changes in food labelling.
This is being labelled the Food Upfront petition, asking government for clear, consistent and compulsory labelling, in supermarkets and restaurants.
Here's what they'd like to see:
Their thread on the Diabetes UK forum is here: https://forum.diabetes.org.uk/boards/threads/food-labels-diabetes-new-petition.72002/
This is being labelled the Food Upfront petition, asking government for clear, consistent and compulsory labelling, in supermarkets and restaurants.
Here's what they'd like to see:
- Front-of-pack traffic light labelling on all pre-packaged foods sold in the UK.
- Calorie labelling in key restaurants, cafes and takeaways, with carbohydrate content available online or when requested in store.
- Carbohydrate content labelling on products per portion or per individual unit as prepared.
Their thread on the Diabetes UK forum is here: https://forum.diabetes.org.uk/boards/threads/food-labels-diabetes-new-petition.72002/