Food and Drink Federation Scotland

This week the Food and Drink Federation launches the Innovation for Healthier Diets campaign; a celebration of the nutritional advances made within the food and drink industry. Join us as we discuss a range of case studies that illustrate the innovative ways that manufacturers are reformulating their recipes, for the benefit of their consumers' health. 
We discuss projects by:

• AB Mauri
• DONE
• Premier Foods
• Peacock Salt
• Simon Howie
• Taylors
• Tower Bakery

Featuring:
Amy Glass, Head of Diet and Health FDF
Joanne Burns, Reformulation for Health Manager FDF Scotland
Harriet Heath, Reformulation for Health Executive FDF Scotland

Want to know more about how you can reduce the fat and saturated fat content of your food products? 

With new industry pressures such as promotional restrictions on products deemed High in Fat, Sugar and Salt (HFSS) coming into play in England this year, many manufacturers in Scotland are horizon scanning for and considering how similar legislation in Scotland could impact on them. 

Join us as we chat about reformulating for fat reduction, featuring:

• Joanne Burns, FDF Scotland
• Derek Wynne, Foodology by Univar Solutions
• Chris Stewart, Cardowan Creameries
• Harriet Heath, FDF Scotland

Reformulation for Health provides free support for Scottish SMEs to reformulate their produce for the benefit of the Scottish population. 

Contact [email protected] for more details. 

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The UK food industry has made incredible advances in salt reduction, but the population is still consuming an average of 2g per day over the recommended daily intake. 

With new industry pressures such as sales restrictions on products deemed High in Fat, Sugar and Salt (HFSS) coming in to play this year, we expect to see a new wave of salt focussed reformulation. 

With this in mind, do you have the information you need about salt’s role in food, and how to reduce it? If not, don’t worry! Tune in to our Sodium Solutions podcast and hear from:

• Joanne Burns – Reformulation for Health 
• Sonia Pombo – CASSH
• Greg Waters – Peacock salt
• Keith Paterson – Shore 

Reformulation for Health provides free support for Scottish SMEs to reformulate their produce for the benefit of the Scottish population. Contact [email protected] for more details. 

Sign up to our newsletter here to receive notification of future funding opportunities and industry updates. 

Food and Drink Federation Scotland's CEO David Thomson carries out the final interview with the Food and Drink Federation's Chief Executive Ian Wright. Listen to this podcast to find out more about Ian's time at the FDF as well as the latest updates on what is currently happening in the food and drink industry. 

This podcast was recorded on 15 December 2021. 

Sugar is a staple ingredient in many recipes, but consumers in the UK are now eating too much sugar with damaging impacts on their health. 

Food and drink manufacturers are responding to this by reducing the levels of sugars in their recipes, helping meet the growing consumer demand for healthier options and improve dietary health. 

Do you want to understand more about the types of sugar in your food? Maybe you are sceptical of how sugar could be replaced in food if it is such an important ingredient? It’s Sugar Awareness Week, and the topic of sugar in snacking is on everyone’s lips. 

 Join us as we discuss this topic with some of our Reformul8 Partners:

• Dr Kawther Hashem, CASSH
• Julie Mee, Zusto
• Rory Skinner, Treat Cheats

 Reformulation for Health provides free support for Scottish SMEs to reformulate their produce for the benefit of the Scottish population. Contact [email protected] for more details. 

Sign up here to become a Reformul8 Partner supporting Scotland’s food industry to make their products healthier.

Fibre is often the forgotten part of our diet, but it has the opportunity to be a solution to many reformulation challenges. This podcast discusses what fibre is, our current intake levels and the role and functionality of fibres within food manufacturing.  

The podcast is hosted by FDF Scotland’s Reformulation for Health Programme. We have input from:

• Jisun Lee, Head of Innovation, EDME Food Ingredients
• Amy Glass, UK Diet and Health Policy Manager, FDF
• Joanne Burns Reformulation for Health Manager, FDF Scotland
•  Harriet Heath Reformulation Executive, FDF Scotland

More information about our work on fibre can be found on the website:  https://www.fdfscotland.org.uk/fdf/what-we-do/diet-and-health/action-on-fibre/fibre/ 

For FDF members who are interested in increasing the levels of fibre within their products and taking part in the FDF Action on Fibre pledge please contact [email protected] for more information.

Food and Drink Federation (FDF) Scotland  is celebrating our first anniversary of podcasting. As part of this in our latest episode the FDF Scotland team talk about how the Scottish food and drink manufacturing industry responded positively to the challenges over the past year and what lies ahead for food and drink.

More information

For more information about FDF Scotland please visit: www.fdfscotland.org.uk.

In this podcast Food and Drink Federation Scotland's Head of Policy Cat Hay talks to Rachel Morrison from Living Wage Scotland about the benefits and opportunities of paying the Real Living Wage.

The real Living Wage is currently £9.50 per hour throughout the UK and £10.85 in London.

With the new Scottish Parliament and Government fully focused on the fair work agenda this is a great time for employers to find out more about the benefits for both their people and their business.

More information

For more information about FDF Scotland please visit: www.fdfscotland.org.uk.

To find out more about the Real Living Wage and how to get accredited please visit https://scottishlivingwage.org/ or email [email protected].  

Join David Thomson CEO of Food and Drink Federation Scotland and Pete Robertson CEO of Food and Drink Federation Cymru for a discussion on the latest from the 2021 elections.  Find out more about what the new Scottish and Welsh Parliaments will mean for the food and drink industry. 

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For more information about FDF Scotland please visit: www.fdfscotland.org.uk.

In this podcast Food and Drink Federation (FDF) Scotland's CEO David Thomson provides his initial thoughts on the results of the Scottish Parliament elections 2021.

More information

Read FDF Scotland's manifesto: https://bit.ly/AMenuForGrowth

For more information about FDF Scotland please visit: www.fdfscotland.org.uk.