UK food giant calls for higher fat, sugar and salt taxes

Foods high in fat, sugar or salt have contributed to 64% of adults being overweight or obese in England. Photograph: Anastasiia Krivenok/Getty Images

One of the country’s biggest food firms has said ministers should consider taxing products high in fat, sugar or salt to combat the obesity crisis.

Danone UK & Ireland, which sells the Actimel yogurt drink brand, says government intervention is required to ensure consumers are offered healthier products. It says some food firms in the UK have not shown “enough appetite to change”.