Live Well: Lidl launches healthy food label to signpost sustainability in 'UK first'

Stuart Stone
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Credit: Lidl GB

Supermarket chain unveils its first health marker to incorporate sustainability standards and promises 10 per cent of own-label food products will meet criteria this decade

Lidl GB has today unveiled what is claims is the UK's first healthy food label to detail both nutritional profiles and broader sustainability standards. The German-owned supermarket chain said the 'Live...

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