SFDF Guides Small Scottish Producers

The free workshops were arranged in order to demonstrate how product reformulation can assist the bottom lines of small-scale businesses as well as customer growth.

Family butchers, T&R Skinner have reduced the salt in their premium sausage range by 25 per cent following the workshops. Cameron Skinner, owner said, “Working with the SFDF Reformulation Programme has enabled us to make sure that our products continue to appeal to the modern, food educated and health conscious consumer base that we supply.”

Dr Colette Backwell, director at SFDF, the voice of manufacturers in Scotland said, “Many of the UK’s largest manufacturers have reformulated to great effect in recent years, making progress in areas such as salt and saturated fat reduction and the elimination of artificial trans fats. But this tool is not just the reserve of the larger players, with 37 SME producers having reformulated their products for health under the SFDF Reformulation Programme. I hope that their achievements will inspire others.”

Michael Matheson MSP, minister for public health in Scotland said, “I am encouraged to see the progress being made across the food industry, and especially pleased to support small businesses in Scotland, through the Scottish Government funded SFDF Reformulation Programme. We are committed to improving Scotland’s public health, and supporting people to eat a healthy, balanced diet is a key part of that. I’d like to encourage more businesses to get involved with reformulation work and help to make a real difference to the country’s health.”