Yogurt drinks are among the list of beverage products on sale in Singapore that will need to have front-of-pack nutrition labels.
Singapore’s Ministry of Health has announced a plan to introduce mandatory labels for “less healthy, pre-packaged, sugar sweetened beverages”.
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The drinks, or SSBs as described by the ministry, are “defined as drinks containing added sugar and juices with naturally occurring sugars”, it said.
The beverages covered include not soft drinks, malted drinks, juices and yogurt drinks.
Singapore also plans to bring in a ban on the advertising of the “least healthy” SSBs. The ministry said these drinks would be “those that receive the poorest front-of-pack label grade”. The ban would cover “all local mass media platforms, including broadcast, print, out-of-home and online channels”, it added.
In a statement, the ministry set out why it was preparing the regulations. “Together, these two measures will provide consumers with nutrition information, particularly on sugar content, to make informed choices, and reduce influence from advertising, thus encouraging healthier choices and spurring industry reformulation,” it said.
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By GlobalDataSinagpore’s Ministry of Health and its Health Promotion Board are to hold focus groups with consumers on how the labels will look. They will also “obtain feedback” from the drinks and advertising industries on how the measures will be implemented. “More details on these two measures will be shared in 2020,” the ministry said.
