FEEDcities project. Extension of the FEEDcities protocol for monitoring the content of specific nutrients in food products. Ukraine assessment

Overview

The FEEDcities project aims to assess urban street food environments in cities in central Asia and eastern Europe, with the ultimate goal of informing policy-making in monitoring dietary risk factors for noncommunicable diseases. Ukraine is one of the WHO European Region countries currently taking action to ban trans-fats from foods. Starting from 3 October 2023, an order from the Ministry of Health of Ukraine aims to limit the content of trans-fatty acids to not more than 2 g per 100 g of the total amount of all fats contained in food products. This document aims to provide a framework for the extension of the FEEDcities methodology, making use of its monitoring potential, to tackle the objective of assessing the composition of specific nutrients in foods. It also aims, in particular, to describe the methodology to be implemented in the city of Lviv, Ukraine.