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UNESDA Soft Drinks Europe @unesda.bsky.social · 8h

🔍 Check out the summary of the study published by the International Sweeteners Association (ISA)
www.sweeteners.org/latest-scien...

UNESDA Soft Drinks Europe @unesda.bsky.social · 8h

These findings confirm the important role sweeteners can play in supporting long-term weight management, as part of a healthy lifestyle.

🔍 Read the study: doi.org/10.1038/s422...

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UNESDA Soft Drinks Europe @unesda.bsky.social · 8h

🔔 New, robust evidence on low/no calorie #sweeteners has been published.

The results from the one-year SWEET randomised controlled trial demonstrate that incorporating low/no calorie sweeteners into a balanced diet can help people with overweight or obesity maintain weight loss over one year.

Growing evidence supports the role of low/no calorie sweeteners in long-term weight management: Insights from the pan-European SWEET project - International Sweeteners Association

A new review study concludes that low/no calorie sweeteners use is one easily adopted dietary strategy that can help obtain a modest weight loss

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UNESDA Soft Drinks Europe @unesda.bsky.social · 1d

🔎 Explore this story and many more inspiring examples in the latest edition of The Ideas Department, a collection of #innovation stories from CCEP
👉 linkedin.com/pulse/inside...

UNESDA Soft Drinks Europe @unesda.bsky.social · 1d

💡Innovation makes our sector’s #decarbonisation journey possible. See how in this fantastic example: Coca-Cola Europacific Partners’ (CCEP) bottling site in Dongen, in the Netherlands, now runs on 100% local renewable electricity. This means that it uses exclusively local wind and solar power. ✅

Inside innovation: CCEP’s ideas department

Join us for the second instalment of our ‘Inside innovation’ roundup, celebrating the power of ideas across our business. From our first-ever Frappe coffee flavours, to the entrepreneurial spirit in o...

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UNESDA Soft Drinks Europe @unesda.bsky.social · 2d

🎥 Discover a few inspiring stories of #SoftDrinks companies making a significant socio-economic impact across Europe
👉 unesda.eu/our-industry...

#OurSectorMatters

UNESDA Soft Drinks Europe @unesda.bsky.social · 2d

👉 We source more than 85% of our ingredients from European farmers

This shows that our sector is key to Europe’s #competitiveness. It is essential that we remain competitive and this starts with ensuring clear, coherent and evidence-based policies that foster sustainable #growth and #innovation

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UNESDA Soft Drinks Europe @unesda.bsky.social · 2d

#EURegionsWeek is here! Do you know how much our sector contributes to Europe’s regions?

👉 We support over 1.8 million #jobs (directly and indirectly)

👉 We generate €242 billion across our value chain

👉 We produce over 97% of our #SoftDrinks in Europe, across 500+ manufacturing sites

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UNESDA Soft Drinks Europe @unesda.bsky.social · 5d

💡 UNESDA #FridayTip

Got broken electronic devices or extra gadgets you do not need anymore?

Help them get recycled!

Find out where you can drop them off in Brussels
👉 www.recupel.be/en/where-can...

UNESDA Soft Drinks Europe @unesda.bsky.social · 7d

🔎 Find out more in our latest progress report on Responsible Food Business and Marketing Practices
👉 unesda.eu/wp-content/u...

#DoingOurPart

UNESDA Soft Drinks Europe @unesda.bsky.social · 7d

We achieved this significant milestone thanks to the wider rollout of efficient collection and waste management systems across Europe, like #DepositReturnSystems (#DRS), which help boost #BeveragePackaging collection for #recycling.

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UNESDA Soft Drinks Europe @unesda.bsky.social · 7d

This exceeds the EU’s mandatory recycled content targets and our own ambitious 2025 target of 50% rPET.

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UNESDA Soft Drinks Europe @unesda.bsky.social · 7d

When our sector commits to achieving #PackagingCircularity, we mean it and we deliver.

The proof is in our actions and results: today, 51.7% of the PET used by UNESDA corporate members is recycled PET (#rPET).

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UNESDA Soft Drinks Europe @unesda.bsky.social · 8d

For example, this evidence is presented in a recent study by Tax Foundation Europe. Check out this study here:
taxfoundation.org/research/all...

🔎 Explore our sugar reduction journey across Europe
👉 unesda.eu/our-prioriti...

#DoingOurPart

Soda Taxes Won't Fix Global Health

The empirical evidence thus far on sugar-sweetened beverage taxes fails to support claims that these taxes will create substantial health benefits. At the same time, their structural limitations make...

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UNESDA Soft Drinks Europe @unesda.bsky.social · 8d

Evidence demonstrates that soft drinks taxes are ineffective in achieving positive health outcomes, even in countries where they have been implemented for years, as obesity rates continue to rise.

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UNESDA Soft Drinks Europe @unesda.bsky.social · 8d

✅ This achievement comes on top of an average sugar reduction of 14.6% (2015-2019) & a 13.3% reduction (2000-2015).

➡️ We achieved it through #innovation, which enables us to lower sugar without compromising on taste.

➡️ Real change is driven by our voluntary sugar reduction actions, not taxation.

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UNESDA Soft Drinks Europe @unesda.bsky.social · 8d

✅ We did it again! We have reached another #SugarReduction milestone:

👏 We achieved a 12.4% reduction in average added sugars in our #SoftDrinks across the EU-27 and the UK between 2019 and 2024!

👏 This exceeds our 2019-2025 sugar reduction target of 10%.

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UNESDA Soft Drinks Europe @unesda.bsky.social · 9d

➡️ That’s why EU’s regulatory #simplification efforts are so important and they should be lasting.

#OurSectorMatters

UNESDA Soft Drinks Europe @unesda.bsky.social · 9d

➡️ Our industry can only stay competitive with an enabling regulatory environment that fosters #innovation and sustainable business #growth through simple, clear and coherent policies, grounded in sound evidence.

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UNESDA Soft Drinks Europe @unesda.bsky.social · 9d

🔎 And explore our sector’s socio-economic footprint across Europe
👉 unesda.eu/our-industry...

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UNESDA Soft Drinks Europe @unesda.bsky.social · 9d

With four manufacturing plants in the country, this company employs nearly 1,100 people in addition to creating over 2,000 indirect #jobs.

📽 Watch the video to hear Diogo Dias, CEO of Sumol Compal, explain how the company is driving Portugal’s #competitiveness 👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWMd...

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UNESDA Soft Drinks Europe @unesda.bsky.social · 9d

Chances are you have already enjoyed some of the #SoftDrinks produced locally by Sumol Compal, especially if you have been to Portugal.

🔔 Beyond providing refreshing beverage experiences, Sumol Compal creates significant economic value for Portugal.

Our Sector Matters: Get to know Sumol-Compal, a beverage company driving jobs and growth in Portugal

YouTube video by UNESDA - Soft Drinks Europe

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UNESDA Soft Drinks Europe @unesda.bsky.social · 12d

💡 UNESDA #FridayTip

Autumn has arrived in Europe, and nature is turning golden brown. 🍂

If you are in Switzerland or planning a visit, discover the best spots to experience the country’s autumn magic with this interactive foliage map 👇
www.euronews.com/travel/2025/...

UNESDA Soft Drinks Europe @unesda.bsky.social · 13d

🔎 Find out more in our latest progress report on our commitments to the #EUCodeOfConduct on Responsible Food Business and Marketing Practices
👉 unesda.eu/wp-content/u...

#DoingOurPart

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UNESDA Soft Drinks Europe @unesda.bsky.social · 13d

♻️ 51.7% of the PET used by UNESDA corporate members is recycled PET (#rPET). That puts us ahead of our sector’s 2025 target of 50% rPET and well above the EU’s mandatory requirements of 25% rPET by 2025 and 30% by 2030.

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