Compare to last year

Number of healthy and nutritious products

no. of products1

2023/24

Less of sugar/salt/saturated fatty acids

114

Free from trans fat/flavor enhancer/azo food colors/preservatives/others

59

Organic products

8

Alternative protein products

5

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We define product as each separate product offered to our customers. Sometimes identical products have different Global Trade Item Numbers in the different countries where they are sold. In such cases, these identical products are counted only once. It may also be the case that a product simultaneously shows several areas of application for this key indicator, e.g. is sugar-reduced and certified organic. In these cases, the figure is shown in both areas of application, i.e. one count for sugar-reduced and one count for certified organic.

Explanation:

All figures shown refer to own brand products only.

A product is also counted in these figures if the product range gets extended with a product qualifying under the criteria and does not necessarily only mean a reformulation of existing products.

Reformulation here means:

  1. reduction of sugar-/salt-/saturated fatty acids content of 0.1g per 100g for products with a minimum content of 0.5g sugar/saturated fatty acids per 100g and 1g salt per 100g
  2. removal of all additives listed in METRO’s Health & Nutrition policy and additives accepted for legitimate reasons or reduction of the number of those before mentioned additives present in the recipe

Organic products reflected in this figure refer to products from biological agriculture and meeting requirements of EU regulations (EU 834/2007, EU 889/2008 and EU 271/2010) and other applicable national organic regulations of non-EU countries.

Alternative protein products reflected in this figure refer to alternatives of animal proteins (meat, milk, fish, eggs and their derivatives) produced using novel or new technologies and ingredients, which include: Plant-based extracts e.g. pea proteins, cell-cultures (synthetic) proteins e.g. meat grown in a lab.

For these products a change of methodology has been introduced as of FY 2023/24: compared to previous years, alternative proteins products with higher number of additives vs. previous recipe shall not be considered as “healthier” hence not be reported; before, all alternative protein products were counted in.

Also, the base year and way of displaying the figures changed in reporting year 2023/24 hence makes a comparison to 2022/23 data not possible: figures shown in last year's report for FY 2021/22 and 2022/23 refer to base year 2018. Figures as of FY 2023/24 refer to the new base date of 1 October 2023 and show “less of” and “free from” as two separated figures for transparency reasons.