Sugar Nutrition UK
Sugar Nutrition UK (SNU) is a sugar industry lobby group created on 9 January 2012.[1] It was formerly known as the Sugar Bureau, a UK industry-funded organisation set up in 1964. SNU states on its website that it is 'funded principally by UK sugar manufacturers'.[2]
SNU looks to improve knowledge and understanding about the contributions of sugar and other carbohydrates to a healthy balanced diet. In order to do this they fund scientific research around the UK, they communicate science-based information on all aspects of sugar and health and other nutritional topics, to the media, health professionals, consumers, academics, industry and the Government. [3]
Contents
People
- Director - Alison Boyd PhD, BSc, RD, RNutr
- Nutrition research manager - Katie Newens PhD, MBiol, RNutr (currently on maternity leave)
- Nutrition research manager - Joanna Grinsted BSc (Hons), RNutr
- Communications manager - Chris Abbell
- Nutrition information manager - Jane Hodgson BSc (Hons), ANutr [4]
Affiliations, Resources, Contact, Notes
Affiliations
TAG retained to rebrand the 'Sugar Bureau'[5] | World Sugar Research Organisation 'received support' from Sugar Nutrition UK which is one of two UK members.[6]
Resources
- Jane Cassidy OBSERVATIONS: Lobby Watch The Sugar Bureau BMJ 2012; 344 doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.d8315 (Published 4 January 2012)
- John Yudkin 'Attack is the best defence' Chapter 21 in Pure White and Deadly Penguin, 1988.
- Who's Lobbying Sugar Nutrition UK
Notes
- ↑ Sugar Nutrition UK NEWS & PRESS RELEASES: SUGAR NUTRITION UK – THE NEW NAME FOR THE SUGAR BUREAU January 2012
- ↑ Sugar Nutrition UK Home page, accessed 28 April 2013
- ↑ What we do Sugar Nutrition UK, accessed 2 April 2015
- ↑ Who we are Sugar Nutrition UK, accessed 20 March 2015
- ↑ TAG Sugar Nutrition Bureau - Brand Identity, accessed 28 April 2013
- ↑ WSRO WSRO Members accessed 28 April 2013
