Summary of newspapers of the previous day – 17 .2. 2009

Redundant salt in foods will disappear

Members of the Food Chambers of the CR - Hugli Food, Nestlé Česko, Unilever, Vitana – decided to reduce voluntarily a content of natrium in branded dehydrated culinary products at last at the level of half recommended daily amount, i.e. 1,2 gram of natrium or less per one portion. This program should be in progress in 2009 – 2014 and at the end of 2010 the fulfillments procedure will be evaluated. “This engagement is other from steps with which Czech food-producers want to contribute with their deal to a support of healthy lifestyle”, the president of Food Chamber of the CR Miroslav Toman stated.

Court confirmed that LČR has to enunciate selective proceedings

The Regional Court in Brno refused a first of many actions against decision of the Antimonopoly Office (ÚOHS) today according to which Lesy České Republiky (LČR) are obliged to act upon the law on ordering of public commissions. The necessity of publishing of selective proceedings was not liked by some forest firms which forfeited original commissions. The court refused the first action of Lesy Hluboká na Vltavou, nevertheless, it will deal with other 15 forest firms today. Lesy České Republiky control roughly half of forest in the country and manage multibillion property. Also, their annual incomes amount to about billions crowns and profits in hundreds of millions.

Politicians debate about milk. Children prefer coke

The youngest generation does not much care for milk. Children would preferably take chips, chocolates and caffeine drinks for school snacks. A declaration of the Minister Petr Gandalovič that the government would not renew a national support of “school” milk consumption sounded at first hearing almost catastrophically. In fact, nothing terrible happens. School directors in east Bohemia see the actual reality: “Let it is cheap or more expensive, there is not interest in milk and milk products. “There´s hardly two gulp of it, I would drink a liter”, Jiří, a pupil of nine class says. “I would prefer two liters of coke”, his schoolmate Stanislav B. opposed. Even in our inquiry in school in Hradec Králové it seemed that coke would be in greater demand.

Bio-flood strenghtens

Czech bio-product markets falls considerably behind west Europe and the USA, however, despite the fact it fast draws. Bio-foods are more expensive against others. However, consumers are allured by quality and considerateness within their growing, production and processing. Growth of level of living and income level plays a significant role, of course, in customers behaviour. Producers and sellers flexibly react to interest trend in these foods. Bio is a relatively quickly developing lifestyle, which swept down from a scene the former promoted health lifestyle connected with vegetarianism or macrobiotics. However, in contrast to them it is dealt with a trend support of which is significantly under a baton of state support in the propagation area.