CHAPTER 9: Cheese Summary Table of Category: Cheese Segment Product Timeframe Datasets Exclusions Targets definition examples for Action used Cheddar and Mild, matured, cheddar style tasty, extra tasty, Maximum sodium variety cheese and vintage target of 710mg/100g products cheese products. Fresh Low moisture Low moisture mozzarella Maximum sodium mozzarella Baseline – mozzarella cheese cheeses, pizza target of 550mg/100g cheese (LMMC) May 2011 cheese blends March 2013 – Maximum sodium March 2017 Sept 2015 All processed target 1270mg/100mg cheese products Processed OR 10-15% reduction in which are cheese sodium towards the Chilled required to be products that maximum target for Processed refrigerated (i.e. can be stored those products with Cheese not able to be at ambient sodium levels stored at ambient temperatures significantly above the temperatures). agreed maximum target of 1270mg/100g. Summary Table of Key Results Product Average sodium Proportion Number meeting Timepoint count content (mg per meeting max. max. target (n) (n) 100g) target (%) Cheddar and cheddar style Baseline – May 2011 188 649 157 83.5 September 2015 154 654 133 86.4 Low moisture mozzarella cheese Baseline – May 2011 19 522 12 63.2 September 2015 19 548 13 68.4 Processed - chilled Baseline – May 2011 43 1300 16 37.2 September 2015 34 1341 12 43.2
CHAPTER 9: Cheese Summary Table of Category: Cheese Segment definition Product examples Exclusions Targets Timeframe for Action Datasets used Cheddar and cheddar style variety cheese products Mild, matured, tasty, extra tasty, and vintage cheese products. Maximum sodium target of 710mg/100g March 2013 – March 2017 Baseline – May 2011 Sept 2015 Low moisture mozzarella cheese (LMMC) Low moisture mozzarella cheese Fresh mozzarella cheeses, pizza cheese blends Maximum sodium target of 550mg/100g Chilled Processed Cheese All processed cheese products which are required to be refrigerated (i.e. not able to be stored at ambient temperatures). Processed cheese products that can be stored at ambient temperatures Maximum sodium target 1270mg/100mg OR 10-15% reduction in sodium towards the maximum target for those products with sodium levels significantly above the agreed maximum target of 1270mg/100g. Summary Table of Key Results Timepoint Product count (n) Average sodium content (mg per 100g) Number meeting max. target (n) Proportion meeting max. target (%) Cheddar and cheddar style Baseline – May 2011 188 649 157 83.5 September 2015 154 654 133 86.4 Low moisture mozzarella cheese Baseline – May 2011 19 522 12 63.2 September 2015 19 548 13 68.4 Processed - chilled Baseline – May 2011 43 1300 16 37.2 September 2015 34 1341 12 43.2
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