Nutrition policy

Objective
As the only producer of sugar in the Nordic region and as one of Europe's leading producers, Danisco Sugar is responsible for providing the general public with information on the nutritional aspects of sugar and thus contributing to a balanced, knowledge-based nutrition debate.

The total consumption of sugar per capita has been almost constant in the Scandinavian countries for a number of years. However, an ever larger part of sugar consumption in the western world is indirect, i.e. as an ingredient of industrially produced foods instead of through homemade products. As a supplier, Danisco Sugar has an obligation to enter into dialogue with society's other players on food, food culture, food policy and health/nutrition.

Danisco Sugar believes that a debate on nutrition should be based on the modern lifestyle and the consequent food and exercise habits. Sugar can be a natural part of a varied diet in accordance with the Nordic Nutrition Recommendations (NNR). A large daily consumption of sugar - i.e. significantly more than NNR - is not recommendable. If these recommendations are followed, there is no documentation that sugar is directly involved in lifestyle-related illnesses.

Research
Danisco Sugar welcomes scientific research into carbohydrates and nutrition and supports this through membership of the European Committee of Sugar Manufacturers, CEFS. National research is also supported to the extent that Danisco Sugar deems the projects to be suitable to procure new knowledge.

As a consequence of our holistic view on sugar and lifestyle, Danisco Sugar takes a positive attitude to supporting more interdisciplinary research projects on health, lifestyle and food/nutrition, if the research projects meet acknowledged scientific standards.

Activities

• Publication of ”Perspektiv – tidsskrift om sukker og ernæring” (Perspective – magazine on sugar and nutrition) in the three Scandinavian languages. The magazine is distributed to specialists all over the Nordic region
• The website www.perspektiv.nu - a website in the Scandinavian languages about sugar and health for specialists
• Specialist events for selected groups of specialists, e.g. seminars, debates and other dialogue fora
• Press information in the form of press releases, debating points, etc.
• Educational material and specialist brochures
• Answers to queries about nutritional questions
• Participation in national and international nutrition conventions and symposia
• Analyses of the knowledge of specialists and consumers on sugar and attitudes to sugar
• Refutation of myths and erroneous claims about sugar and health
• Consumers are offered information on sugar and nutrition as a part of our consumer site www.dansukker.com