The Tanzania Times: Food and Beverage Companies In Tanzania Don’t Share Nutrition Values on Products

You are what you eat. But what are you eating?

A new study on food and beverage companies operating in Tanzania, has revealed that few entities bother to share information on how healthy and nutritious their products are.

This is according to the first independent assessment of the portfolio healthiness of 21 of the largest food and beverage companies producing packaged foods and beverages operating in Tanzania as carried out by Access to Nutrition initiative (ATNi).

The studied companies represent an estimated 48 percent of the formal packaged Food and Beverage market in Tanzania.

The report reveal that four local companies, based in four regions of Tanzania, shared information with the Access to Nutrition initiative (ATNi) on how health and nutrition considerations are integrated into their commercial operations, with key topics including fortification and affordability.