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A balanced diet and a healthy active lifestyle are really important. Obesity has emerged as a serious public health issue over the past few years;
lifestyles have changed, some irreversibly.

Modern conveniences have lowered the daily calorie amounts needed while the technological revolution encourages a more sedentary lifestyle.

Tackling obesity will involve empowering individuals with clear information and embedding healthier habits. Although diet and food is important, we do not see it as the only cause of the issues.

Chocolate has a role to play as part of a balanced diet and healthy active lifestyle. An active lifestyle is all about balancing 'energy in' with 'energy out'. As a food manufacturer, we have a role to play in creating a healthier environment and promoting healthy, active lifestyles.


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Maltesers® Single Bag 37g
Guideline Daily Amount (GDA) per 37g
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Nutritional Informations
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per 100g
per 37g
      Energy (kJ)    2113    782        
      Energy (kcal)    505    187        
      Protein (g)    8    3        
      Carbohydrate (g)    61.8    22.9        
      of which sugars (g)    53.2    19.7        
      Fat (g)    25    9.2        
      of which saturates (g)    15.1    5.6        
      Fibre (g)    1.1    0.4        
      Sodium (g)    0.15    0.06        
Ingredients
sugar
skimmed milk powder
cocoa butter
glucose syrup
barley malt extract
vegetable fat
cocoa mass
lactose
whey powder
milk fat
wheat flour
emulsifiers (soya lecithin, E492)
raising agents (monocalcium phosphate, sodium hydrogen carbonate, potassium hydrogen carbonate)
glazing agent (pectin)
salt
natural vanilla extract
Allergen labelling policy
Our policy on allergen labelling is to be clear, within the ingredients list, where a product contains allergenic ingredients as part of the recipe or in trace amounts. Food safety is important to us and we treat allergens and their possible impact very seriously. We include all allergens within our food safety assessments and our procedures are in compliance with best practice,in conjunction with directions from the Food Standards Agency.


Please note:
Whilst we update this website on a regular basis, the information displayed is for guidance only. For definitive advice, always read the label. The GDA values represented on our packaging are those established by the Confederation of the Food and Drink Industries of the EU (CIAA). To Calculate the salt value contained in this product, the sodium value should be multiplied by 2.5.

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Nutrition

A pledge: At Mars, we believe it is important that we provide people with all the facts required to make an informed choice about our products.

Mars is proud to be leading the industry on health and does so without compromising on taste.

We are working hard to improve the nutritional standards of our products and we continue to invest time and resource into making sure that we are always leading the industry and striving to improve our products

Allied to this introduction, we see the detail of the subsequent nutritional messaging reflecting the three following areas:

  1. Information and education
  2. Raising the Bar � reformulation and nutrition
  3. Encouraging active lifestyles

Information and education

  • We believe that our products should be enjoyed as a treat and as part of a healthy balanced diet.
  • We have clear Guideline Daily Allowances and front of pack labelling on all of our core UK packs
  • On our website, we have clear information about the weights, ingredients, sourcing and nutritional profile of all our products
  • We were one of the first chocolate manufacturers to introduce clear Guideline Daily Allowances and front of pack labelling
  • We have a fully responsive consumer care team that can deal with all aspects of consumer complaints and enquiries quickly and efficiently
  • We provide consumers with a choice of portion sizes for different snacking occasions from small 18g funsize packs to larger, family/ sharing packs
  • We provide our customers with a choice of portion sizes to suits consumers' needs including, re-sealable sharing pouches
  • We are part of 'Be Treatwise' - a major consumer education initiative designed to help people understand GDAs and how to enjoy a balanced diet and lifestyle. Visit www.betreatwise.org.uk for further information.

Raising the Bar � reformulation and nutrition

  • We have renovated our products by improving their nutritional profile without any compromise to taste or quality
  • We are the first confectionery producer to significantly reduce saturated fat, achieving a 15% reduction in saturated fat in our MARS, SNICKERS, MILKY WAY and TOPIC brands
  • By this we removed 600 tonnes of saturated fat from our products. This achievement took over five years, cost 10m euro, and took over 40,000 man hours.
  • We were at the forefront of changes to minimise the use of trans fatty acids and since 2005 we have virtually eliminated TFAs from our confectionery (98% less than 0.5% TFA�s).
  • We have completely removed artificial colours and flavourings from all our chocolate bars

Encouraging active lifestyles

  • We are proud to be supporting The FA with the Get Into Football initiative, aiming to get lapsed adult players get back into the game
  • We have a heritage of creating partnerships in sport: we gave away 100,000 footballs in 2008, and 200,000 cricket, football, rugby and tennis balls in 2009 as part of the Mars Bounce campaign

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As a responsible manufacturer, and in line with our Marketing Code, we only promote our products to people over the age of 12 as we believe this is the age when people can make informed choices about sensible snack consumption.

As part of our Marketing Code we aim to ensure that all our communications are directed to you, the gatekeeper as you know exactly what is best for you and your family's well-being.

We always look for feedback on how we are doing and would love to hear back from you on any thoughts or suggestions that you might have about our brands.

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