Mixed
For workers specifically in the processed food industry, the net monetary benefit of sodium reformulation is negative, meaning the costs of reformulation exceed the health-related cost savings realized by this specific subgroup.
For processed food industry executives: Sodium reformulation may not be economically beneficial for your specific workforce in the short-to-medium term, as the costs of reformulation exceed the health savings for your employees. However, for the broader food system, it is beneficial. Policymakers should consider incentives to offset these costs for the processed food industry.
With reformulation costs fixed at $16.4 billion, NMB from the industry perspective would be negative at −$12.4 billion over 20 years.
Why this rating
Based on the same microsimulation model.
Source
FDA Sodium Reduction Targets and the Food Industry: Are There Incentives to Reformulate? Microsimulation Cost‐Effectiveness Analysis
Brendan Collins et al. · Milbank Quarterly · 2019
DOI 10.1111/1468-0009.12402
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