Chennai: World’s largest food company admitted that 60 per cent of its food and beverage products don’t qualify to the healthy category, as reported by Financial Times.
A presentation, seen by Financial Times, has been circulated among the executives of the company, that said only 37% of Nestle's food & beverages by revenues, excluding products such as pet food and specialised medical nutrition, achieve a rating above 3.5 under Australia's health star rating system.
Many fast foods hit the racks of provisional stores but the amount of fame and following Maggi has got was unprecedented. Nestle, the company which produces — Kit Kat, Maggi, and Nescafe — was hit by huge criticism on social media after 37% of their products have a score lesser than 3.5 on the Australian Health Rating.
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A spokesperson for Nestle India said that the company believes that nutrition is a fundamental need for a food company. The food processing company has a huge role to play in creating a healthy community. “We will continue to strive to increase nutrition in our products. We will also take steps to introduce new nutritious foods to the market,” he said.
The official also added that Nestle is also working towards improving the nutrient quotient of its products.
Earlier, when Maggi noodles was banned back in 2015, it was reported that the ban followed after a complaint pointed out that the noodles were high in carbs and misrepresented taste-related issues such as Monosodium Glutamate. Later the ban was lifted.
Besides Maggi, orange-flavoured San Pellegrino drink scored an ‘E’ which is the lowest and most unhealthy rating for a food product. Also, Nestle’s strawberry-flavoured Nesquik was proved to be an unhealthy food after it’s found that it contains excessive sugar in it.