Snack Bars in Uruguay - New Market Study Published
The long-expected law to regulate sales and consumption of junk food in schools and surrounding areas, originally scheduled for early 2013, was only approved in mid-October and its necessary regulatory decree postponed until 2014. Therefore, the expected impact on snacks sales and particularly on snack bars, did not occur in 2013. The ban will include chips/crisps and other unhealthy snacks due to their high content of fat, sodium or sugar, but it is still not clear whether alfajores, the most...
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