SUPERMARKERTS in Scotland should be made to sell affordable healthy ready meals rather than price cap a list of essential items which could be “never-ending”, a nutrition expert has said.
Professor Lindsay Jaacks, based at Edinburgh University, has argued for a statutory requirement to be placed on major retailers to make available a ready meal under £2 that meets certain health requirements such as containing whole grains, high in plant content and being low in salt, sugar and saturated fat.
