https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2026/01/31/tomatoes-face-axe-labour-nonsensical-junk-food-crackdown/
Tomatoes face being stripped out of pasta sauces and ready meals under Labour’s “nonsensical” junk food crackdown.
Food chiefs have warned that government plans to label thousands of products containing sugar as unhealthy would encourage companies to replace natural ingredients with additives. […]
Kate Halliwell, the chief scientific officer at the Food and Drink Federation (FDF), said companies would be likely to consider reducing the amount of fruit and vegetables from their recipes in order to escape the restrictions.
She said: “Given the majority of the UK population are already struggling to reach their recommended five-a-day and daily fibre intake, we’re concerned that an unintended consequence of this policy could be that it makes it even harder for consumers to achieve this.”
https://archive.ph/5sT6E
Tomatoes face being stripped out of pasta sauces and ready meals under Labour’s “nonsensical” junk food crackdown.
Food chiefs have warned that government plans to label thousands of products containing sugar as unhealthy would encourage companies to replace natural ingredients with additives. […]
Kate Halliwell, the chief scientific officer at the Food and Drink Federation (FDF), said companies would be likely to consider reducing the amount of fruit and vegetables from their recipes in order to escape the restrictions.
She said: “Given the majority of the UK population are already struggling to reach their recommended five-a-day and daily fibre intake, we’re concerned that an unintended consequence of this policy could be that it makes it even harder for consumers to achieve this.”
https://archive.ph/5sT6E