SUPERMARKET RESPONSES

SAINSBURY’S: Supermarkets conduct their own industry-approved levels of testing and small variants in the result could be for a range of reasons, including how the test itself was conducted. TESCO: We comply with the Food Information Regulations (FIR), which is applicable under UK food law. These require us to calculate energy values from the nutrients present in a product combined with legally-defined energy conversion factors. Ready-meal products in the caloriecontrolled range are chemically analysed for their nutritional content and label information is presented in line with the FIR.

Labels provide the best estimation of the nutritional content of a product. While there may be some small variations owing to factors like seasonality or processing variations, they are accurate and follow the FIRs closely. ASDA: Providing accurate information to our customers is extremely important to us, which is why we regularly test all of our products in accredited laboratories to make sure they adhere to government-approved standards. All of the named ready meals have recently passed these stringent tests confirming that the information on the labelling is correct. MARKS & SPENCER: We are committed to helping our customers make healthier food choices, both through the products we sell and the clear onpack information and labelling we provide. While we don’t recognise the methodology used, we always want to understand more and our nutrition team will contact Nottingham University about its research. We undertake rigorous and regular nutritional analysis of all of our products, which is verified by independent testing.