Orangina Schweppes

Promoting a healthy lifestyle

Mens sana in corporate sano

We believe that being a responsible company means to improve our products in a long-term and significant fashion,
to promote responsible consumption and to support social projects that are dear to our hearts.
In this section you will find the steps and commitments that Orangina Schweppes has taken in this field.

• Nutrition
• Sport
• Hydration
• Epode

• Nutritional value
• The French commitment
• The Spanish NAOS Strategy
• 5 a day!

Nutritional value

In recent times Western countries have experienced a dramatic rise of obesity due to a high calorie intake, the absence of physical activity and a low consumption of fruit and vegetables. We strongly believe that our products should be consumed within a balanced diet and be part of a healthy lifestyle.

As a responsible food industry stakeholder, we take very seriously our customers’ health and well-being, constantly improving our products and optimising their nutritional content. By making them more natural and wholesome, we allow our consumers to enjoy great tasting beverages while maintaining a healthy lifestyle.

Reducing the added sugar content of our drinks is a major project for Orangina Schweppes. We already have a wide range of light soft drinks with no added sugar and reduced levels of calories. We are also developing new recipes for our best-known drinks that will allow us to reduce the sugar content and to offer more natural ingredients.

The French commitment

Our pledge for a healthier society has led us to sign institutional agreements such as the charter of commitments signed with the French Government in 2008, which is part of the National Nutrition and Health Programme (PNNS: Programme National Nutrition Santé).

The French authorities’ goal is to improve the diet of the population by encouraging food companies to improve the nutritional value of their products. This will be done through a commitment covering 3 areas: improving the ingredients and formula of existing products, creating substitute ones and having an impact on their consumption (quantity, frequency and target). Orangina Schweppes France is the first soft drinks company involved in such scheme.

Our three major commitments are:

- To reduce by 10-12% on average the added sugar content of our global portfolio by
   2012, acting on Oasis, Schweppes and Pampryl.

- To provide consumers with better information by detailing the nutritional
   content of all of our products by 2009.

- To support initiatives that will promote a healthy lifestyle, particularly aimed at
   children.

ORANGINA SCHWEPPES supports NUTRINET :
the survey consists in following the progress of 500,000 persons for 5 years so as to identify factors of risk or protection in relation with nutrition.

The Spanish NAOS Strategy

This strategy aims at improving nutritional habits and promoting physical exercise among the population – especially children.

The main measures adopted are:
• To include nutritional information about the four major nutrients (energy, proteins, carbohydrates and fats) on all food packaging.
• To widen the options to help reducing the calorie intake of food products, changing the products’ formulae whenever necessary.
• To inform consumers about the need to reduce sugar contents.
• To introduce healthy eating habits in schools.
• To promote the practice of sports.

 Within the framework of the NAOS strategy, health authorities, the food industry and the advertising sector have adopted a self-regulatory code for food advertising aimed at children known as PAOS, thus insuring the well-being of the most vulnerable consumers while preventing obesity.

5 a day!

Since we believe it is our duty to help our staff to have a healthy diet, fruits are always available at all workplaces of Orangina Schweppes, enabling all our staff to eat healthily and to meet the target of five fruits and vegetables a day.  

In order to impulse good eating habits among consumers, Orangina Schweppes France is also participating, with the industry’s centre for competitive excellence (the European Cluster for Fruit and Vegetable Innovation - PEIFL), in the creation of Epicurium. This visitor centre, operational from Spring 2009 and located at the Agroparc (Avignon, France) intends to offer the general public an informative and fun look at fruit and vegetables.

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