Sugar and Salt Content Shrivels as Consumers Get Wise on Health
- Consumer companies reformulated about 20% of products in 2016
- Competitive pressure is driving change: Consumer Goods Forum
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Global consumer-goods makers reduced ingredients such as sugar and salt in about 20 percent of their products in 2016 as shoppers shift toward healthier brands.
A survey of 102 companies, including Nestle SA and Procter & Gamble Co., found that 180,000 products were reformulated in 2016, according to a report from the Consumer Goods Forum. That was about double the previous year.