Compass’ 50,000 strong team serves 214 million meals annually within the UK and Ireland. The team of registered nutritionists and dietitians analysed 24,000 recipes this year, building on the success of 2023. The focus has remained on reducing the levels of fat, saturated fat and salt using the traffic light labelling criteria.
The analysis of the data shows:
- Almost 88% of Compass recipes are low or medium in fat – this equates to >21,000 recipes
- Over 93% of recipes are low or medium in salt
- 94% of dishes are low or medium in sugar
- 4% increase in veg portions procurement compared with 2022 (80g portions)
Compass has enhanced its healthy eating philosophy and progress through a number of key initiatives within sectors. This will see less than 10% of its dishes being high in saturated fat and less than 5% of its dishes being high in salt by 2030. Compass is also on track to reduce sugar ahead of Government reduction targets.
As an example of success, Compass’ business and industry sector has achieved ‘great results’ across its 12 top selling meals. Rather than reducing portion size, the reformulated options are 28g larger through the inclusion of beans and pulses.
Nicky Martin, head of nutrition at Compass Group UK&I, said: “Feeding everyone from schoolchildren, through to those working in defence and people staying or visiting a hospital comes with a big responsibility. As the UK’s largest food and services provider, we have a duty to provide access to healthy and nutritious meals.
“This progress shows that our work is gaining traction in meeting our overall targets, set for 2030. We have achieved a huge amount through menu reformulation, and we continue to make steady progress. We have a team of dedicated experts leading this agenda and am looking forward driving further innovation in this area.”