UK Snack firms focus on Food Miles

Snack manufacturers Boots and Walkers are now focusing on locally sourced ingredients for certain product ranges, as scrutiny intensifies over food miles and their effect on the environment.

Most companies are now aware that consumers are increasingly worried about the affect that 'food miles', or the distance products and their ingredients travel before reaching the dinner plate.

Crisp manufacturer Walkers claims to now make all of its crisps for the UK market with '100 per cent British potatoes', in an attempt to reduce the carbon footprint of the well-known snacks.

"The British climate, with its wet weather, is ideal for growing potatoes,"said Jon Goldstone. "The move to 100 per cent British-sourced potatoes is helping to reduce Walkers' food miles and impact on the environment."