Nutrition

Our Nutrition Policy

We aim to help people everywhere achieve the nutritional balance needed for a vital and healthy life. We have developed a formal nutrition policy that explains how we intend to meet our goal.

The policy

As a leader in the global food market, we are committed to marketing great tasting foods that will make the healthy choice an easy choice. We will help our consumers everywhere to achieve nutritional balance leading to a vital and healthy life. This nutrition policy is being brought to life through our continuous efforts to:

• Develop a deep understanding of our consumers' nutrition and health needs and wants

• Know the nutritional composition and dietary role of our products and label our products in a consumer-friendly and meaningful way

• Optimise the nutritional composition of our products to meet consumer needs and wants

• Undertake and support scientific research to provide evidence for benefit claims for our products

• Ensure responsible communication about product benefits to health care professionals and consumers

• Seek external partnerships to develop mutual understanding and agree common approaches in nutrition and health programmes

Our Vision

It is our Vision to:

Support the growth of Unilever as the Vitality Company by driving nutrition innovation and renovation.

It is our Mission to:

• Drive the nutrition strategy for Unilever’s food categories;

• Lead continuous nutritional improvement to differentiate our food products in the market;

• Execute and publish leading edge nutrition research and science evaluations to support benefit claims;

• Identify innovative solutions for improved nutrition and hygiene aimed at maximizing the health impact;

• Collaborate with public health partners to improve nutrition and hygiene of consumers and society;

• Gain and maintain external endorsement and support for the nutritional quality of our food products and benefit claims;

• Advance nutrition communication to support our brands and to enhance Unilever’s reputation as the Vitality company;

• Be a high-performing global nutrition team that attracts, develops, and retains the best people.