Goals of the Food and Nutrition Strategy
On 17 January 2024, the Cabinet adopted the Food and Nutrition Strategy – Good Food for Germany. Its goal is to make it as easy as possible for consumers to eat well. But in everyday life, in the places people eat or buy their food, it is often not easy for them to choose good food. People who want good food should have this choice. However, the range of foods on offer is often inadequate, whether in schools, canteens or supermarkets.
The Food and Nutrition Strategy mainly aims to achieve the following objectives:
Balanced diets and sufficient exercise – promoting adequate nutrient and energy intakes and exerciseMore vegetables, fruit and legumes – promoting plant-based dietsGrowing up healthy and growing old healthy – ensuring socially equitable access to healthy and sustainable nutritionWell-balanced diets in daycare, school and canteen meals – improving mass cateringGood food for us and our planet – increasing the supply of sustainably and organically produced foodValuing food – reducing food waste
Implementation status
The focus of the strategy is on measures in 11 areas of action that aim to promote an adequate supply of nutrients, the quality of mass catering, a plant-based diet, socially just access to good nutrition, the reduction of food waste and the strengthening of sustainable and regional value chains.
In total, the Food and Nutrition Strategy defines 90 short, medium and long-term measures of the Federal Government. Since the Food and Nutrition Strategy was adopted, some important milestones have already been reached: In total, 11 measures have been achieved, 42 measures are currently being implemented, 27 measures are established as permanent, 7 measures are at the planning stage.
A measure is designated as being at the “planning” stage if the implementation is being designed or prepared i.e. is due to take place in the near future. In some cases, however, the implementation and design of the measure also depend on other factors, for example rules at EU level. Measures at the “implementation” stage are those which have already begun to be implemented or in respect of which interim steps have already been achieved. Measures are designated “permanent” when they are carried out regularly or continually.
Concluded measures are measures that have been successfully implemented.
