New study shows adults in England are eating as much salt a day as in 22 bags of crisps - prompting calls for manufacturers to reduce the salt contained in food to help reduce high blood pressure.
@bhfpolicy.bsky.social #RecipeForChange
www.theguardian.com/food/2026/ja...
New Blog: Beneath the label - are snack bars really as healthy as they seem?
Did you spot our report earlier today? We partnered with the #RecipeforChange campaign led by @sustainweb.org to delve deeper and discuss what these concerning findings really show us about the state of current UK food policy.
📖 Read our blog: tinyurl.com/2t926uw9
Our #RecipeForChange campaign with @oha-updates.bsky.social & @actionsaltsugar.bsky.social gave evidence today at the parliamentary Health Select Committee - talking about success of soft drinks levy & need to go further on healthy food reformulation. Watch here: tinyurl.com/3ysxs25b
Fab campaign internship opportunity @sustainweb.org, working on #RecipeforChange citizens' charter with our partners at @foodfoundation.bsky.social @oha-updates.bsky.social @actionsaltsugar.bsky.social @impurbanhealth.bsky.social @thebhf.bsky.social.
Details 👉 www.sustainweb.org/jobs/campaig...
Job advert - campaigns intern at Recipe for Change
🌟 Exciting Opportunity! 🌟
The #RecipeForChange team - led by our partners at @sustainweb.org - is on the lookout for a passionate and dedicated Campaigns Intern! 🍽️
Closing date: 13 October 2025
Apply: www.sustainweb.org/jobs/campaig...
We're looking forward to learning more at the #LabourPartyConference
Can't wait to hear from Food Ambassador Dev Sharma! 📢🗣️👏
Details here: www.recipeforchange.org.uk/news-and-blo...
#RecipeForChange #LPC25
🎤 Meet the speakers for our Recipe for Change panel at #LabourPartyConference!
We’re asking:
“How can making food healthier help drive the shift to prevention?”
Join us: Mon 29 Sept | 16:00–16:45 | ECL, Exhibition Event Hub, ACC Liverpool
#RecipeForChange #LPC25
↪️ See responses to the announcement from members of #RecipeforChange, including BHF, here 👉 www.recipeforchange.org.uk/news-and-blo...
Any money raised from any companies who choose not to change their recipes and instead pay the levy should go towards improving access to healthy food.
See our full recommended menu of spending options: tinyurl.com/yve66ezx
🗣️ Support a levy on unhealthy food. Time for a #RecipeForChange
🍿 “You can’t tell!” Young people taste-tested 2 popcorns - one had nearly double the salt and more sugar, but many couldn’t tell.
So why are companies still flooding our food with salt & sugar?
🎥 Watch the full taste test now 👉 tinyurl.com/4t423c4v
🗣️It's time for a #RecipeForChange
🍪 “15g of sugar? That’s crazy!”
Our young taste testers often couldn’t tell high-sugar from lower-sugar snacks - proof that less sugar doesn’t have to mean less taste.
🎥 Watch the taste test now👉 tinyurl.com/4t423c4v
🗣️ Support a levy on unhealthy food. Time for a #RecipeForChange
The text reads: "Food companies can change their recipes to make them healthier but many of them are still flooding our food with unnecessary sugar and salt. Young people want them to do better and so do we. Find out more and join the campaign: recipeforchange.org.uk"
“These two tasted the same–I thought it was a trick question!”
Why are food companies adding so much sugar & salt when teens often think healthier options taste as good? See what change they want from companies in this new #RecipeForChange video
www.recipeforchange.org.uk/news-and-blo...
🍪 “That’s just too much sugar, 15g – that’s crazy!”
Why are food companies adding so much sugar and salt when teens often think healthier options taste just as good? See what change young people really want from food companies in this new #RecipeforChange video 👇
tinyurl.com/4t423c4v
As part of #RecipeforChange, teenagers were asked if they could taste the difference between snacks with different levels of salt and sugar 🧵⬇️
tinyurl.com/4t423c4v
@sustainweb.org @oha-updates.bsky.social @foodfoundation.bsky.social @childrensfood.bsky.social
“These two tasted the same - I thought it was a trick question!”
Why are food companies adding so much sugar & salt when teens often think healthier options taste as good? See what change they want from companies in this new #RecipeforChange video 👉 tinyurl.com/4t423c4v
Our #RecipeForChange campaign has joined @thebda.bsky.social & APPG on Dentistry & Oral Health to discuss impact of Soft Drinks Industry Levy #SDIL & regulating sugary food.
Thanks @yasminqureshimp.bsky.social for hosting! @sustainweb.org @foodfoundation.bsky.social @oha-updates.bsky.social
Parents talk powerfully abt how unhealthy food is packaged & marketed to appeal to kids in today's
@radio4rne.bsky.social You&Yours today (starts 41 min)
Great interview @oha-updates.bsky.social & Joan Walmsley
talking abt linking tax to health as a #RecipeForChange & www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Three teenagers/young adults browse a brightly-lit supermarket shopping aisle. Colourful arrays of crisps, cereals, and snacks line the shelves.
📊 The new #RecipeforChange report reveals slow progress on voluntary salt & sugar reformulation programmes. The success of the sugary drinks levy shows the power of mandatory policies. It’s time to extend it to food! 🍪🍰
Read the report 👉
www.recipeforchange.org.uk/policy-and-e...
📊Our #RecipeforChange report shows huge ranges in sugar & salt across similar foods.
The sugary drinks levy has driven change - it’s time to extend it to food! 🍪🍰 Report 👉https://tinyurl.com/ydpsjbhz
@sustainweb.org @actionsaltsugar.bsky.social @foodfoundation.bsky.social @bhfpolicy.bsky.social
Fantastic to discuss #RecipeforChange campaign with public health minister Andrew Gwynne as part of @oha-updates.bsky.social parliamentary event.
We shared latest insight on why & how we can build on #SDIL sugary drinks tax. See latest blog here: www.recipeforchange.org.uk/news-and-blo...
Joss MacDonald with Andrew Gwynne
It was a pleasure to speak with Public Health Minister Andrew Gwynne at an Obesity Health Alliance event in the @houseofcommons.parliament.uk today!
He was updated about the #RecipeForChange campaign and we also briefed him about our latest #BrokenPlate report!
Learn more: bit.ly/3PR0Gal
A new food strategy = a big opportunity! 🚀
Former Treasury civil servant Mark Lloyd breaks down how we can push food reformulation & whether an industry levy on unhealthy foods could be the game-changer we need! #RecipeforChange
Find out more⬇️
www.sustainweb.org/blogs/jan25-...
As a member of the #RecipeForChange campaign, we’re calling on Govt to introduce a new industry levy to encourage the food industry to make healthier food.
Tune in to the new @foodfoundation.bsky.social podcast to hear more about the campaign and why these measures are needed 👇
#recipeforchange is calling for a tax on unhealthy food companies... Could this be the opportunity!? 🤞
Love working with @sustainweb.org, @oha-updates.bsky.social, @foodfoundation.bsky.social and other on this!!
With a new government food strategy imminent 2025 could be a breakthrough year for the #RecipeForChange campaign!
We explore how to incentivise a healthier food industry with Lord Bethell, Adam Briggs, Antony Yousefian, Alison Tedstone and @hannahbrins.bsky.social
🎧 Listen in full: bit.ly/40t6xHK
(2/2) The research supports #RecipeforChange 's call to Govt to introduce a levy on the food and drink industry encouraging them to improve the healthiness of their recipes.
www.recipeforchange.org.uk
Policies like taxes & levies on food & drink manufacturers of unhealthy foods can drive positive change. The CMO England ‘s report backs these measures, and so do we, as part of the #RecipeforChange initiative. www.recipeforchange.org.uk/news-and-blo...
Great piece on salt in @guardian.com incl comment from my @sustainweb.org colleague Kate on 85% of salt we consume being already hidden in food when we buy it - this is why our #RecipeforChange campaign wants expansion of unhealthy food levies
www.theguardian.com/food/2024/no...
📢NEW polling from #RecipeForChange shows that 61% of people are worried about sugar & saturated fat levels in their food.
We have joined 30+ health bodies in an open letter to
Government to ask them to speed up the shift to a healthier food industry.
👀Read the story in full➡️www.adph.org.uk
