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The State of the Nation’s Food Industry 2025: Which UK food businesses are supporting the transition to more healthy and sustainable diets and what needs to happen next?

Indu Gurung et al.

2025

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Summary

This report by the Food Foundation assesses how leading UK food businesses — likely including retailers, manufacturers, and foodservice companies — are performing in supporting a transition to healthier and more sustainable diets. It is likely structured around a benchmarking or scorecard framework, evaluating corporate policy, product portfolio composition, and public commitments. The report concludes with actionable recommendations directed at industry and, potentially, policymakers regarding the steps needed to accelerate progress.

UK applicability

The report is wholly UK-focused and directly applicable to UK food industry practice, retail and manufacturing policy, and government regulatory and voluntary framework discussions around diet and sustainability.

Key measures

Company-level scores or rankings; proportion of healthy/sustainable product sales; corporate commitments to reformulation, plant-based range expansion, environmental targets, and reporting transparency

Outcomes reported

The report assessed the extent to which major UK food businesses are taking measurable action to support healthier and more sustainable diets, evaluating corporate commitments, product portfolios, and progress against key benchmarks. It likely reports scores or rankings across companies on metrics such as sales mix, reformulation, environmental targets, and transparency.

Theme
Marketing, media & food environments
Subject
Food industry accountability & diet transition
Study type
Policy
Study design
Policy report
Source type
NGO report
Status
Published
Geography
UK
System type
Food supply chain
Catalogue ID
XL1067

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