Food companies sell products that are less healthy in poorer countries, says report


  • World
  • Thursday, 07 Nov 2024

FILE PHOTO: Soft drinks on display at a shopping mall in Karachi, Pakistan September 2, 2024. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro/File Photo

LONDON (Reuters) - The world’s biggest food and beverage companies on average sell products in low-income countries that are less healthy than what they sell in high-income countries, according to a new report.

Products sold by companies including Nestle, Pepsico and Unilever were assessed as part of a global index published by the Access to Nutrition Initiative (ATNI), its first since 2021.

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