Diet and healthy weight: monitoring report 2019
Latest results against the obesity indicator framework originally developed to monitor progress against our Prevention of Obesity Route Map (February 2010), now superseded by the Diet and Healthy Weight Delivery Plan and Active Scotland Delivery Plan (summer 2018).
Sales of soft drinks with added sugar
Food Standards Scotland
Latest results[20]
- Since 2014, the volume of ambient and chilled regular take home soft drinks purchased by Scottish households reduced by 11% from 289 to 256 million litres[21].
- Since 2014, the volume of ambient and chilled diet take home soft drinks purchased by Scottish households increased by 20% from 228 to 272 million litres.
Figure 13. Sales of regular and diet soft drinks (ambient and chilled), 2014-2018
Source
Food Standards Scotland commissioned data from Kantar Worldpanel.
Geography available
Scotland level.
Equalities data
Not applicable.
Rationale for including sales of soft drinks with added sugar
These data are useful to monitor the volume of sales of soft drinks with added sugar in supermarkets in Scotland. There is evidence of an association between sugar-sweetened soft drinks and prevalence of obesity and interventions in this area have been shown to be effective.
Factors influencing sales of soft drinks with added sugar
Availability and affordability of healthy choices.
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