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Nestlé New Zealand

Healthy Kids’

Industry Pledge

Our nutrition

commitments

2017 – 2020

December 2017

Contact Us

Nestlé New Zealand Ltd

Level 3, 12-16 Nicholls Lane

Parnell, Auckland 1010

Phone 09 367 2800

Consumer Enquiries 0800 830 840

Introducing our 2020 nutrition commitments 1o

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Supporting individuals and their families with tastier and healthier food

choices• Launch more nutritious foods and beverages, especially for mothers-to-be, new mothers

and children*

• Further decrease sugars, sodium and saturated fat

• Increase vegetables, fibre-rich grains, pulses, nuts and seeds in our foods and

beverages

• Address undernutrition through micronutrient fortification

• Simplify our ingredients list and remove artificial colours

Inspiring people to lead healthier lives• Empower parents, caregivers and teachers to foster healthy behaviours in children*

• Market to children only choices that help them achieve a nutritious diet*

• Inspire people to choose water to lead healthier lives

• Leverage our marketing efforts to promote healthy cooking, eating and lifestyles

• Apply and explain nutrition information on packs, at point of sale and online

• Offer guidance on portions for our products*

• Partner for promoting healthy food environments

Building, sharing and applying nutrition knowledge• Build and share nutrition knowledge from the first 1000 days through to healthy ageing*

* Indicates commitments aimed at infants and children

Launch more nutritious foods

and beverages, especially for

mothers-to-be, new mothers

and children

. Maintain our children’s product portfolio at 100% NF

‘Yes’ status using specific criteria for children as per

official recommendations. All new products for children

will meet NF criteria.

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Our objective towards 2020

Achieved

In progress

Not yet achieved

New objective

Commitment for infants and children

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Status

All children’s products meet NF nutrition criteria.

We continue to commit to only launching new

children’s products which meet NF criteria.

We continue through our innovation programs to

identify key nutritional gaps for children in New

Zealand to inform future product development.

What is NF?

We assess all our foods and beverages against the Nestlé

Nutritional Foundation (NF) criteria, which are based on nutrition

science and globally accepted public health dietary

recommendations. A food or beverage must meet all the criteria to

attain NF ‘Yes’ status, meaning that we consider it appropriate for

consumers as part of a balanced diet.

Further decrease sugar in our

products

By 2020: Reduce the sugars we add in our products

and contribute to the 5% global reduction target to

support individuals and families in meeting global

recommendations.


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Our objectives towards 2020


Status for 2017

Nestlé New Zealand will contribute to the global Nestlé

sugar reduction objective.

In 2018, we will review our portfolio to establish local

targets.

In 2018-20 we will work to deliver to those targets.

Our journey so far

Globally at the end of our 2016 commitment period

we achieved an 8% sugar reduction across the

products that did not meet NF.

In New Zealand we removed 1.8 tonnes of sugar from

confectionery products.

We also reduced total sugar in Uncle Tobys Quick

Oats Creamy Honey sachets by 6%.

Further decrease sodium in

our products

By 2020: Reduce the sodium we add in our products

and contribute to the 10% global reduction target to

support individuals and families in meeting global

recommendations.


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Our journey so far

Globally at the end of our 2016 commitment period we

achieved an 10.5% sodium reduction across the


We reduced sodium by 16% in New Zealand - the

equivalent of 2.7 tonnes.

This was mainly due to the reformulation of Maggi 2

Minute Noodles.

Status for 2017

Nestlé New Zealand will contribute to the global Nestlé

sodium reduction objective.


targets.


Further decrease saturated fat

in our products

By 2020: Complete the 10% commitment taken

in 2014, to reduce saturated fats by 10% in all relevant

products that do not meet the NF criteria with respect

to saturated fats.


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Our journey so far

Globally at the end of our 2016 commitment period we

achieved a 6.5% reduction in saturated fat across the


In New Zealand slight reductions in saturated fat were

achieved in in chocolate and confectionery products.

7% of saturated fat was removed from Nestlé Milo

cereal.

In early 2017 we completed the removal of all trans fats

from partially hydrogenated vegetable oils in our

products.

Status for 2017

Nestlé New Zealand will contribute to the global

Nestlé saturated fat reduction objective.


targets.


Increase vegetables, fibre-rich

grains, pulses, nuts and seeds

in our foods and beverages

By 2020: Add to our products at least 750 million

portions of vegetables, 300 million portions of

nutrient-rich grains, pulses, nuts and seeds.

By 2020: In addition to whole grain already being the

number one ingredient in our ready-to-eat breakfast

cereals for children and teenagers, all our cereals will

be a source of fibre, with as much fibre as possible

coming from whole grain.


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Status

Maggi offers a ‘better for you’ wholegrain noodle

that is a ‘source of wholegrain’ and a source of fibre.

Every Uncle Tobys and Nestlé breakfast cereal is at

least a source of whole grain (8g per serve), and

many are a good source of whole grain (16g/serve).

All are a source of fibre (2g/serve). Whole grain is

the number one ingredient in all cereals. We have

met this commitment for our breakfast cereal

portfolio.

Address undernutrition

through micronutrient

fortification

Maintain micronutrient fortification of Milo and Maggi

products


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Status

All Maggi recipe bases use iodised salt. Iodine is

essential for normal growth and development.

Milo contains additional vitamins and minerals

identified as being essential to children’s

development.

Simplify our ingredient lists

and remove artificial colours

By 2020: Remove all artificial colours from

our products.

By 2020: Continue removing ingredients that are

unfamiliar to consumers.


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Status

Maggi has committed to gradually removing

ingredients that are unfamiliar to consumers such as

maltodextrin, emulsifiers and modified starches.

In 2017 we removed ingredients unfamiliar to

consumers from our Maggi recipe mix side dishes

and stocks. We plan to extend these changes more

widely across the Maggi portfolio in 2018.

All Uncle Tobys and Nestlé cereals contain no

artificial colours or flavours.

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Empower parents, caregivers

and teachers to foster healthy

behaviours in children

Continue Nestlé Healthy Active Kids program,

Based on five globally defined goals: eat nutritious and

various meals; manage portions; choose water; play

and be active; and maintain good hygiene habits.


For over 13 years, the Healthy Active Kids program,

which provides nutrition and activity education, has

partnered with the AUT Millennium. In 2017 the program

reached over 3,000 teachers and 92,000 children.

As part of Healthy Active Kids, we also ran cooking

education sessions for International Chefs Day,

connecting 12 chefs with 250 students in eight schools.

Market to children only

choices that help them

achieve a nutritious diet

By 2017: In support of the implementation of the

Nestlé Policy on Marketing Communication to

Children, we will roll out targeted training for our

marketing teams globally.

By 2017: Promote to children only choices that are

core to a nutritious diet.


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Our objectives


Status

In addition to following the new ASA Code, Nestlé

has extended its Marketing Communication to

Children Policy. This means our practices go

beyond the ASA Code, to include a commitment to

provide annual training and self-assessment for

Nestlé marketers on Marketing to Children.

https://www.nestle.com/asset-library/documents/library/documents/corporate_social_responsibility/nestle-marketing-communication-children-policy.pdf

Advocate for water as a top

choice for healthier hydration

Ensure an understanding of the benefits of water as a

key to healthy hydration is part of our education

programs.


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Status

Learning about healthy hydration and encouraging

water as a top choice is an integral part of the Nestlé

Healthy Active Kids teaching programme in schools

nationwide in New Zealand and is included in online

resources for children and families.

Healthy Hydration education is also part of our Nestlé

Cook for Life programme which reached 2000

students, their whanau and communities in 2017.

Leverage our marketing

efforts to promote healthy

cooking, eating and lifestyles

By 2020: Double the outreach of our efforts to promote

healthy cooking and eating, and healthy lifestyles

for individuals, families and their pets.


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Status

In 2017, 1700 students participated in the Maggi

sponsored Pop Up Kitchen Showdown, which

encourages healthy meal preparation and portion

control.

Since 2011, our Nestlé Cook for Life programme has

focussed on improving the lives of disadvantaged youth

and communities by equipping them with nutritional

knowledge and core cooking skills. In 2017 we reached

2000 young adults, empowering them to create a

healthier future for themselves, their whanau and their

community.

Apply and explain nutrition

information on packs, at point

of sale and online

By 2020: Continue providing detailed product nutrition

facts with daily value percentages, ingredients and

allergens, and add special diet information, nutrition

labelling explanations and healthy eating tips on all

our relevant packs, as well as on our websites and

e-retailer sites, to better enable informed choices.


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Status

192 products have the Health Star Rating on pack. All

Uncle Tobys and Nestlé breakfast cereals have the

Health Star Rating on the front of pack.

We have implemented in store education on the Health

Star Rating system across a number of retailers.

The Nestle Nutritional Compass appears on all our

products and we also provide additional consumer

information on some of our products through instant

access solutions like Shazam and QR codes.

Offer guidance on portions

for our products

Continue providing guidance on portions

globally on all children’s and family product packs

Gradually increase the proportion of

guidance on portions provided through product form,

pack design, serving device or dispenser to make it

even more intuitive than on-pack messaging


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Status

More than half of our products for kids and families

have the Portion Guidance Device on pack.

Maggi recipe base packs now highlight balanced

meals on pack with “Fill half your plate with

vegetables or salad” messaging.

Uncle Tobys highlights what a balanced breakfast

looks like on back of pack (1 serve cereal + ½-1 cup

milk + 1 serve fruit + 1 glass of water).

We distributed 25,000 portion plates and portion

guidance posters in 2017 to both consumers and

healthcare professionals to educate on balanced

eating.

Partner for promoting healthy

food environments

By 2020: Partner with retailers and food professionals

to foster environments that promote healthier diets

and lifestyles.


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Status

In 2017 we partnered with major retailers including

Countdown, Pak n Save and New World to hold Nestlé

Choose Wellness activations in 118 stores.

The demonstrations included increasing vegetable

consumption with Maggi, increasing wholegrain intake

with Uncle Tobys oats, promoting trim milk

consumption and discussing the nutritional benefits of

Milo. The demonstrations also included showcasing

the Health Star Rating system. Nestlé portion plates

were given out in some stores and our Healthy

Lunchbox flipcharts were used to promote balanced

meal ideas.

Build and share nutrition

knowledge from the first

1000 days through to

healthy ageing

By 2020: Build knowledge on the associations

between nutrition or lifestyle, and biomarkers

of health in mothers and children through

the EpiGen collaboration.

By 2020: Build further knowledge on dietary intake,

eating behaviours and lifestyle in infants and children.

By 2020: Develop a deeper understanding of dietary

intake, preferences and lifestyle habits during ageing.


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Status

Last year we indicated that we planned to do a

study looking at children’s vegetable intakes in NZ.

This was not completed due to a lack of available

relevant data.

Nestlé Start Healthy Stay Healthy Nutrition Program

aims to educate mums to be on the importance of

nutrition in the first 1000 days of a child’s life.

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Healthy Kids’ Industry Pledge Our nutrition commitments · consumers from our Maggi recipe mix side dishes and stocks. ... Nestlé Policy on Marketing Communication to Children,