Once A Week Warning For Sauces

Mars Food tells the public to consume some of its products just once a week due to high salt, sugar or fat content.

16:24 19 April 2016

Mars Food, the company behind Dolmio and Uncle Ben’s sauces, has warned their pasta sauces should only be eaten once a week due to high salt, sugar or fat content. It explained that the advice helps the public distinguish between “everyday” and “occasional” items on packaging and on its website.

 

The company’s once a week items include Dolmio lasagna sauces, carbonara, pesto and macaroni oven kits as well as Uncle Ben’s oriental sauces.

 

Fiona Dawson, global president of Mars's food department, said that the majority of their products will be reformulated with less salt, sugar and fat.

 

She added: "There will be a small set - a small exception - of our products that will sit outside it, such as pesto and our dairy-based products, like lasagne sauces.

 

"Consumers are saying they want the real deal when they are buying into these."

 

Reacting to the news, nutritionist Jenny Rosborough from Action on Sugar said: "It's great that they are pushing forward this responsible labelling and raising awareness.

 

"But the challenge we have with it is that only the health conscious will look at the labels in the first place."