Netherlands
Country targets
- Sodium: No mandatory targets as of 2022, but voluntary sodium, sugar, and saturated fat targets were set in 2013 for the year 2020. Mandatory targets were set for bread in 2012 for the year 2020
- Sugar: No mandatory targets as of 2022, but voluntary sodium, sugar, and saturated fat targets were set in 2013 for the year 2020.
- Saturated fat: No mandatory targets as of 2022, but voluntary sodium, sugar, and saturated fat targets were set in 2013 for the year 2020.
Sodium:
Packaged Food Sampling
- Number of packaged food products: 2272
- Date collected: 2016
- Nutrient type: Sodium
Methods
Data on salt content was collected from chemical analyses done by the Dutch Food Safety Authority sampled from several major supermarkets, including private and national supermarket brands, as well as chemical analytical data on bread from the Dutch Bakery Association. Additional new data came from food label information found in the Food Label Database.
Products were categorized into eight food groups and 27 categories, for which mean and standard deviation of salt content (mg/100g of product) were calculated and compared between 2011 and 2016.
Data Source
Salt Reductions in Some Foods in The Netherlands: Monitoring of Food Composition and Salt Intake
Citation: Temme EHM, Hendriksen MAH, Milder IEJ, et al. Salt Reductions in Some Foods in The Netherlands: Monitoring of Food Composition and Salt Intake.\_Nutrients. 2017;9(7):791. Published 2017 Jul 22. doi:10.3390/nu9070791
Contact
Elisabeth H M Temme
Researcher of Public Health Nutrition, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment
Institutions leading data collection
Dutch Food Safety Authority,; Food Label Database, Dutch Bakery Association
