Report says Nestle adds sugar to products sold only in developing countries

The World

A new report by the Swiss investigative organization Public Eye is taking aim at food giant Nestle. It says that several popular Nestle products sold in lower-income countries contain added sugar, often at high levels, and that the same products, when sold in Switzerland, contain no sugar. Marco Werman speaks with Manuel Abebe, co-author of the report by Public Eye.

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