How invested is SA's food industry in nourishing the nation? Not very

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How invested is SA's food industry in nourishing the nation?

In order to live up to their mission statements on nutrition, Ronquest-Ross said, food manufacturers needed to draw up a formal nutrition policy and integrate it into their core business strategy with the commitment of senior management.

Without singling out the companies, Ronquest-Ross said there was a general lack of investment in research and development of their products' nutrition profiles,"except for product quality". Ronquest-Ross also found that there was no commitment to making products more affordable, with the exception of Clover’s Masakhane project.

A great example was an extruded yellow pea fortified snack which is sold throughout India at a very low price, via a network of rural women, she said.the companies failed to publicly commit to responsible marketing to children; and

 

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