Premier Foods commits to enhanced nutritional disclosure in Annual Report
Premier Foods, one of the UK’s largest food manufacturers and home to some of the nation’s best-loved brands, has taken the decision to build upon existing annual health disclosures by reporting against a new set of health metrics aligned to the UK Government’s Food Data Transparency Partnership, in preparation for government plans to introduce mandatory reporting.
In doing so, we are proud to have become the first major branded food manufacturer to disclose this level of information ahead of the requirement for all large food businesses to report, as set out in the NHS 10 Year Plan.
This decision builds on our Enriching Life Plan, our sustainability strategy launched in 2021. Through this, we have focused on improving the nutritional quality of our wide-ranging portfolio, supporting consumers to make informed choices, and embedding health considerations into product development and innovation.
Premier Foods – Enriching Life Plan
Within its Enriching Life Plan, the Product pillar is dedicated to helping consumers lead healthier and more sustainable lifestyles by creating foods which have a higher nutritional value and are kinder to the environment.
Premier Foods set ambitions for 2030 when it launched its Enriching Life Plan in 2021, including on the healthiness and sustainability of the food it produces and has since made advanced progress on or met 75% of these targets.
This year the business has increased sales of non-HFSS products by 16% and hit its 2030 target ahead of schedule for more than 50% of products to meet higher nutritional requirements and meet the requirements for a registered health or nutrition benefit, which rose from 45% last year. In the past year, Premier Foods has launched 94 recipes which support high nutritional standards, and 91 recipes that meet the requirements of a registered health or nutrition benefit.
Health-focused innovation during the year included the launch of OXO Bone Broth, which is full of natural ingredients and high in protein and collagen, alongside continued growth in products designed to support convenient and healthier meal occasions. The acquisition of Merchant Gourmet during the year also significantly strengthened the Group’s position in plant-based and minimally processed foods, offering a wide-ranging portfolio of pulses, grains and rice.
Premier Foods enhanced nutrition reporting
Having made significant progress on existing targets, the business is taking a step further and enhancing its disclosure to match the ambition UK Government has for all large food businesses.
Premier Foods is voluntarily using the metrics proposed by the UK Government to track sales of foods classified as high in fat, salt or sugar (HFSS), providing transparency to consumers while also creating accountability across its product portfolio. Using a 2022/23 benchmark, Premier Foods has already made meaningful change across several metrics ahead of mandatory reporting being introduced, including:
- A 7% increase in the share of sales of non‑HFSS products since 2022/23 (based on tonnage), from 53% to 60%
- An improvement in overall nutrient profile of our portfolio since 2022/23, with Nutrient Profiling Model (NPM) score reducing from 7.26 to 6.78
Fibre is also increasingly sought by shoppers as part of their diet and having signed the FDF’s Action on Fibre Pledge in 2022, Premier Foods updated 63 of its recipes to increase fibre content and contributed an additional 554 tonnes of fibre to the market in 2025. As part of its new metrics, the business has also reported a 22% increase in fibre delivered through our products since 2022/23, rising from 1,747 to 2,137 tonnes.
Premier Foods operates across a uniquely broad range of food categories and given that breadth, takes a consistent but differentiated approach: in everyday meals, the focus is on increasing the availability of non HFSS options, while in treat ranges the approach is to encourage responsible consumption and develop well balanced alternatives alongside classic products.
Full details of existing targets and additional health disclosure can be found in the following table here.
A detailed breakdown of all targets and the progress against them can be found in the Annual Report 2025-26.
Nick Brown, Director of Environment, Social and Governance said: “Food companies can play a major role in improving the health credentials of the products they make and sell, from launching new healthier products, evolving existing recipes to make them healthier and being responsible about how we market and sell our products.
Our recent acquisition of Merchant Gourmet, with its range of minimally processed, great tasting plant-based products is another demonstration of our ambition to provide more healthy and sustainable options for consumers.”
Hugo Harper, Director of Nesta’s healthy life mission commented: “Through the products they make and sell, food manufacturers have a real opportunity to improve access to healthier options for consumers. With the government’s healthy food standard policy set to introduce mandatory data reporting and health targets for large food businesses, it’s encouraging to see Premier Foods adopt a sales-weighted average nutrient profile model score to provide a clearer picture of the healthiness of their sales.
You can’t improve what you don’t measure – Premier Food’s decision to proactively and voluntarily disclose this metric shows that this is a consistent and accurate way for companies to report on the healthiness of their overall sales, as this policy takes shape.”