In an effort to curb non-communicable diseases, Sri Lanka has planned to introduce a color coding scheme for packaged food, indicating levels of sugar, fat and salt.
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‘The high use of sugar, salt and fat causes many non-communicable diseases, including cancer. ’
"Since a number of biscuit manufacturers export their products to around 55 countries, they agreed to introduce a colour coding scheme, which is internationally accepted."
In 2016, the Ministry had introduced a Traffic Light Labelling System on soft drinks and after that soft drink companies had reduced the use of sugar by 10 per cent in their products, he said. "We think we can replicate that success here as well," Senaratne said.
According to the 2016 regulations, drinks that contained more than 11 grams of sugar per 100 milliliters was indicated with a red mark and if the sugar content was less than two grams it had a green mark.
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