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Nestlé’s global ambition is to be the recognized leading Nutrition, Health and Wellness Company. Our goal is to enhance the quality of lives by offering tastier and healthier food and beverage choices at all stages of life, and at any time of the day, helping consumers care for themselves and their families. The Nestlé Commitment Founded at the turn of the century, The Nestle Company, from its very inception has been committed “to enhancing the quality of life through the provision of Good Food - ” This vision is manifested through the commitment to uphold this promise in every country, and in every category in which we operate. Despite the fact that the world continues to evolve, our understanding of food science grows and the demands for better nutrition becomes ever more imperative – Nestle remains committed to live up to its pay off line Good Food, Good Life ™ How to stay ahead?  We believe in keeping the consumer at the heart of everything we do. We know that consumers have become confused by too much conflicting nutritional information – We believe in keeping it simple by placing even more emphasis on the satisfaction consumers get from eating tastier, healthier food. Public health factors are a key consideration in our efforts to deliver healthier options. Nestlé’s Nutrition Policies have become even more rigid – commiting to further reduce sugar and salt, and to eliminate trans fatty acids; to increase the use of ingredients that contribute to better health. Nestlé’s commitment to a rigorous Nutrient Profiling Criteria is what helps strengthen our ability to offer healthier choices. What is healthy food if it isn’t palatable?
We believe that healthy eating must not be a punishment. Good food must also taste good. The Nestle 60/40+ programme is a continuous investment in consumer preference testing – where 60% of consumers must enjoy the product - prompting us to continually improve the taste and nutritional value of our products. Navigate your way to better health
Every Nestlé product carries a Nutritional Compass™, simple, easy-to-understand nutritional information, encouraging consumers to make good choices about what to buy, eat and give to families. 
NQ Training ensures that we not only deliver on our promise externally, but also internally. As a future-focused company, we strive to ensure that every employee understands and believes in our vision which will make them ambassadors for a healthier future for all. Our commitment to continue to provide tastier, healthier choices for life starts and ends with consumers. We commit to helping you in your journey to a healthy life, through good nutrition from birth, into your senior years, and all the decades in- between. Bringing Good Food, Good Life™ to the world around us.
Nestlé Newsflash South Africans can now find out what they need know about their Nutrition, Health and Wellness and get tips on how to develop better eating habits and lifestyle choices on the new free online WelNes IQ tool launched by Nestlé South Africa.
The online tool was designed to encourage South Africans to take a closer look at themselves and make a conscious effort to adopt a healthier lifestyle. To take the test, simply register on the site and start the quiz. It only takes a few minutes and once all three sections have been completed, the WelNes IQ score will be revealed. |
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| About DSM Nutritional Products DSM Nutritional Products (previously Roche Vitamins) is the world’s leading supplier of vitamins and other fine chemicals to the food, pharmaceutical and personal care industries. DSM’s competencies range from discovery of bioactive ingredients through to synthesis and formulation, safety, and efficacy. It is DSM’s philosophy as an ingredient supplier to maintain scientific integrity, as well as to continually invest in both internal and external research in order to support and grow our ingredient claims. It is not our intention to mislead the consumer, but rather together with preferred customers, launch new and innovative products and concepts onto the market which follow international trends, are scientifically based, and are in keeping with regulatory requirements. i-flex™, a new opportunity for joint health and mobility What is i-flex™? i-flex™ is a unique food supplement containing 100% natural and specially treated rose hip powder and is a new opportunity for improved joint health. i-flex™ was created to supplement the daily diet as part of a modern interdisciplinary approach to promoting joint health. Combined with a balanced diet and a sensible exercise plan, i-flex™ can help nourish and soothe achy joints and promote flexibility and mobility. What does i-flex™ contain? i-flex™ contains a unique natural ingredient complex composed of GOPO™, bioflavonoids, carotenoids, tannins, vitamins and minerals. GOPO™ is the registered trademark for a group of galactolipids considered to play a key role in the joint health supporting properties of i-flex™. Is there science to support the benefits? i-flex™ is backed by reliable scientific data gathered from several international scientific studies involving more than 400 participants. Studies have demonstrated that the unique rosehip powder used in i-flex™ is able to soothe joints and improve flexibility and mobility, with no known side effects. Over 80% of the participants in these placebo controlled studies reported joint health benefits, often in as little as three weeks. Is this a global product?It has been used in Europe now for over 10 years, branded as LitoZin™, where it has received outstanding feedback from consumers keen to maintain their active, healthy lifestyles. i-flex™ is a registered trademark of DSM. Please access www.icanflex.com or www.atlife.co.za |
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 Platinum Sponsor Introduction Unilever’s vision is to work to create a better future every day. We help people feel good, look good and get more out of life with brands and services that are good for them and good for others. We will inspire people to take small everyday actions that can add up to a big difference for the world. We will develop new ways of doing business that will allow us to double the size of our company while reducing our environmental impact. Today Unilever employs 163,000 people in 100 countries worldwide, and supports the jobs of many thousands of distributors, contractors and suppliers. With 400 brands spanning 14 categories of home, personal care and food products, no other company touches so many people’s lives in so many different ways. We invest nearly €1 billion every year in cutting-edge research and development, and have six strategic R&D laboratories around the world that explore new thinking and techniques to help develop our products. Health continues to be a key focus for Unilever. We are committed to improving health by enhancing the nutritional composition of our foods, providing transparent and meaningful nutritional information on our products and promoting healthier choices. Our global Nutrition Enhancement Programme outlines criteria for saturated fat, sugars, sodium and trans fats. Products not meeting these criteria are not permitted to be promoted to children on a health platform. Through advancements in the Nutrition Enhancement Programme between 2005 and 2008 alone we removed >30000 tons of trans fat, >18000 tons of saturated fat, >3500 tons of sodium and >37000 tons of sugars from 30000 of our food products across the globe. The Unilever Nutrition team has supported the production of quality nutrition resources and materials specifically designed for health professional audiences in South Africa for many years. Each member of our nutrition team is uniquely qualified within the nutrition profession so as to ensure the optimum communication of evidence based information to health care professionals as well as the general public. |
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 Platinum Sponsor Pick ‘n Pay Health Hotline |
Pick n Pay cares about the community. That’s why we have a Health Hotline, a service that can answer your nutrition queries on various health issues, such as diabetes, allergies, weight loss, heart disease and childhood nutrition. Dietary guidelines and meal plans are available free of charge. We also have a fabulous collection of HealthWise nutrition leaflets available, heart disease, weight loss, diabetes, food allergies and nutrition for children are currently in the range. Product lists free of allergens are also available for Pick n Pay and No Name products. If you need any assistance with finding allergy-free foods, or guidelines to manage certain nutrition-related health conditions, please contact the Pick n Pay Health Hotline and we will do our best to help you. Contact the dietitian directly on (011) 856 7626, toll-free on 0800 11 22 88, e-mail on healthhotline@pnp.co.za. Don’t forget to visit www.pnp.co.za where you will also find health and nutrition information. |
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 Gold Sponsor South Africa's leading sweetener brand and allows you the freedom and pleasure to enjoy a healthy and delicious lifestyle and is just what you need to satisfy your sweet tooth, and it only has 2 calories per serving! Available in granules, sticks or tablets, there are many different formats to choose from to suit all moods and occasions. Canderel is a proud Patron of Pink Link Breast Cancer Advocacy and Diamond sponsor of ADSA. Visit the Canderel website, www.canderel.co.za for some simply delicious Canderel recipes
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With 2006 sales of almost $11 billion, Kellogg Company is the world’s leading producer of cereal. Kellogg products are manufactured in 17 countries and marketed in more than 180 countries around the world. The South African brands include All-Bran, Special K, Corn Flakes, Coco Pops and Rice Krispies. Kellogg’s focus on health and wellness extends to the company’s earliest roots and the commitment made by our founder, W.K. Kellogg who said, “We are a company of dedicated people making quality products for a healthier world.” For 100 years we’ve played an active role in the nutrition and health fields. Kellogg’s is committed to: • Helping families to get into the habit of eating breakfast daily Breakfast is the most important meal of the day and breakfast cereal gives people a head start on daily vitamin and mineral needs and makes them less likely to indulge in energy dense foods later in the morning. • Providing affordable, healthy and nutritious choices Kellogg’s currently offers 20 different cereals to help consumers choose what’s right for them. Kellogg’s is continually innovating to provide consumers with lower salt, lower fat and lower sugar alternatives. • Providing better nutritional information and education Kellogg’s provides comprehensive nutrition labeling on all products to enable consumers to make an informed food choice. The company is committed to leading the way to supporting nutrition education campaigns e.g. Star in You Schools Programme and the South African Nutrition Expert Panel Programme. • Helping the nation get active Kellogg’s is committed to helping families get active and has invested in significant activity-based programmes. • Responsible marketing practices Kellogg’s has always been committed to informing consumers of all ages about the importance of a balanced diet and physical activity. Kellogg’s has a global marketing code and longstanding commitment to advertising to children in a responsible manner.
To further demonstrate our commitment to health and nutrition, the Kellogg Company of South Africa has employed three dietitians to provide expertise in the field of nutrition to the company. For more information please feel free to contact Sue.Cloran@kellogg.com “We build Gr-r-reat brands and make the world a little happier by bringing our best to you.” |
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 Silver Sponsor At Woolworths we believe that good food not only tastes good – it is good. That’s why we minimise the use of pesticides on our crops and don’t feed animal by-products to our chickens. It’s why we prefer not to add artificial flavours, colours or preservatives, why we’ve reduced the amount of salt and sugar in our food, why we’ve removed tartrazine and other azo-dyes from our food, and why our Ayrshire dairy products are free of the artificial growth hormone rBST. It’s also why we offer you more organic and free range choices as well as reduced fat alternatives. Our promise to offer you good food is also why we choose not only the best varieties of fruit and vegetables, but also the best farms to grow them. Why we specially select our meat and poultry, and trim them so you don’t pay for what you don’t use. Why we insist that our cold chain is never broken, so our fresh food stays fresher longer. And why we only work with farmers and other suppliers who, like us, believe that ‘good enough’ is never, ever good enough. For more information on our products or if you require information for clients / patients with special nutritional needs, please visit our website www.woolworths.co.za or email us via the ‘Ask the Dietician’ link. |
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Silver Sponsor Parmalat is an Italian food group active in milk & dairy products and fruit-based beverages. The thrust of its multinational strategy is to play an integral part in the health and well-being of consumers throughout the world. Parmalat ranks among the leading players worldwide in the UHT milk market and in the functional milk segment and has attained a significant competitive position in the expanding market of fruit-based beverages. Parmalat is a company with a strong innovative tradition: the group has been able to develop leading-edge technologies in the driving sectors of the food market, particularly in UHT milk and functional milks. For more details on our range of functional milks, please visit www.functionalmilk.co.za. |
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Silver Sponsor Eggs – Nature’s gift in a portion-controlled packaging |
Our goals
Our Nutrition, Health and Wellness strategy, developed over 140 years, is based on our assessment that nutritional awareness and the desire for improved health and wellness will increasingly drive consumer choice. Using science-based solutions, we seek to improve quality of life through food and diet, contributing to the health and wellbeing of consumers, including those with specific nutritional needs and those at the “base of the income pyramid” through products with higher nutritional value at lower prices. We also aim to generate greater awareness, knowledge and understanding among consumers through clear, responsible communication.
Our actions
We invest in continuous development and improvement in the nutrition profile of products in all categories and in the strengthening of our recipe database management for finer nutrition analysis and tracking. We continue to reduce the salt, sugar, trans fatty acid, saturated fat and artificial colourings they contain, adding more nutritious ingredients and beneficial micronutrients, providing appropriate portion guidance, and making nutritious, high-quality food affordable and available to lower-income consumers. We advertise healthier products to children and have introduced new procedures and approval processes to regulate the Nutrition, Health and Wellness, environmental and sustainability claims of our brands.
Our performance
We continue to innovate and renovate products for nutrition or health considerations, in line with our own profiling criteria and reduction policies, and extended nutrition-based labelling on our product packaging. We increased employee training on nutritional knowledge.
Our global research and development network
Nestlé’s growth in providing new Nutrition, Health and Wellness solutions to meet consumer needs is based on the world’s largest private nutrition R&D network, comprising 28 research, technology and product development centres.
The Nestlé Research Center (NRC), one of the world’s largest private facilities for food, nutrition, health, quality and safety research, is the hub of this network. Its research is transformed into product innovations and processes through Product Technology Centres and R&D Centres, and Nestlé scientists in 280 Application Groups ensure that these are applied locally to meet different consumer needs and preferences.
Making nutrition the preferred choice
Nestlé strongly believes that healthy diets must be enjoyable to be sustained, but combining superior taste and superior nutrition in the same product can be challenging. By continuously investing in better consumer understanding, as well as product innovation and renovation, we can enhance both the taste and nutritional value of our products through our unique 60/40+ approach.
This proprietary programme has two objectives:
- the preference of at least 60% of a large consumer panel in a blind taste test against the most prominent competitor products (the ‘60/40’ dimension);
- an additional nutritional “plus” where relevant, based on criteria recommended by world-renowned nutrition and health authorities, the product’s role in the diet, consumers’ needs and local public health priorities.
These two dimensions are managed together, not as either/or options. The assessments are conducted locally to ensure that wherever Nestlé operates, it is the nutritional needs of the local consumer that dictate the formulation of our products.
The programme is applied to a rolling selection of products each year, across all our 18 food and beverage categories, and we maximise its impact on consumer health by prioritising our best-selling products. Our advertising efforts then focus on those products which have successfully "won" in terms of taste and nutrition, to ensure our better nutrition proposition is made visible to consumers in the market.
Nutritional profiling of our product portfolio
Although only a subset of the entire product portfolio undergoes a full 60/40+ assessment each year – to confirm the taste is preferred and that the nutritional proposition is superior to competitor products – Nestlé is keen to attain and maintain full clarity on the nutritional value of its products.
To analyse their nutritional profile, each product is measured against a set of criteria, which is regularly updated in line with the available recommendations for dietary intakes issued by authorities such as the World Health Organization (WHO) and the US Institute of Medicine. The criteria for every product are established on the basis of four principles:
- the role of the product in a balanced diet;
- relevant nutritional factors (such as calories, fat, added sugar, calcium, whole grain, etc);
- thresholds for each of these factors;
- the individual serving as consumed by the intended consumer, adults and/or children.
Products meeting or exceeding all criteria are said to achieve the Nestlé Nutritional Foundation (NF), and are considered appropriate choices in the context of a balanced diet for the majority of people, even when consumed regularly. If a product that does not achieve the Nestlé NF is consumed frequently, the consumer’s diet may need to be rebalanced by other dietary choices; frequent consumption of salty snacks, for example, would require moderation in the use of salt and other salty foods.
Nearly all Nestlé product categories (apart from highly regulated categories such as infant formulas, specific healthcare and performance nutrition products, and products developed by joint ventures), are assessed in this way. As we launch new products and continue renovating our existing ones, our ambition is to continue progressing. However, we do not aim for 100% of our portfolio as some products in our very diverse ranges are meant to bring more indulgent choices to the table, such as for festive occasions, for example, In addition, products not meeting a threshold for one nutrient, like sodium or sugar, may nonetheless provide important quantities of protein, vitamins and minerals.
Nutritional Information for consumers
We need to communicate responsibly to consumers, particularly to children, so all Nestlé companies are required to abide by the Nestlé Consumer Communication Principles, over and above any applicable laws.
As part of our overall responsibilities, we participate in local, regional and national Nutrition Education Programs, and also provide nutrition information on our website. Nestlé uses clear, user-friendly on-pack labelling, such as the Nestlé Nutritional Compass. This information panel helps consumers make more informed decisions about the food they eat through four elements: a standardised nutrient table; explanations of the ingredients and nutrients the product contains; tips for responsible product enjoyment; and contact details and links to more information.
We constantly review and renew the Nutrition, Health and Wellness messages featured in the ‘Good to know’ and ‘Good to remember’ parts of this proprietary labelling scheme. Based on consumer insights, as well as nutrition facts and priorities, we continue to ensure that fresh and relevant nutrition information reaches consumers at the point of purchase.
Our ambition is to produce food and beverages that are not only tasty and nutritious but also are environmentally responsible and create value.