Loving Food @ East Lothian

Colleagues in Environmental Health are launching a new initiative, Loving Food @ East Lothian, to support and advise local food businesses with calorie/allergen labelling and food reformulation.  

Senior Environmental Health Officer, Laura Gunning, explained: “Scotland has a health issue.  As a nation we are consuming way too much fat, salt and sugar which is impacting on health. People may be aware that nutrition is becoming a key focus for the Scottish Government and in due course this may affect how food businesses are run in the future. We are setting up this initiative to support local food producers and caterers with calorie labelling and how to reformulate recipes to reduce fat, salt and sugar levels.”    

Project launch night will be on 26 September at The Brunton when local food businesses can:

• See a demonstration of a FREE online tool to help with calorie & allergen labelling
• Get advice on recipe formulation &  practical workshops
• Sample some reformulated food
• Meet with Scottish Government and partner organisations
• Give their opinions on our Loving Food @ East Lothian project

Places can be booked by emailing lovingfood@eastlothian.gov.uk

View their promotional video for social media.