Wata ƙungiya ta zargi kamfanin Nestle da sayar wa Afirka abincin jarirai mai sikari da yawa

Public Eye ta gano cewa matsakaicin abincin da aka yi nazari a kai ya ƙunshi kusan gram shida na sukari, wanda ya ninka adadin da aka gano a kasuwar Cerelac ta Indiya.

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Nestle ta ce tana hanzarta yaɗa nau'ikan kayayyaki marasa ƙarin sukari a duniya, waɗanda tuni suke akwai a kashi 97% na kasuwannin kamfanin.

Kungiyar agaji ta kasar Switzerland, Public Eye, a ranar Talata ta zargi kamfanin Nestle da yin munafunci ta hanyar ikirarin cewa kamfanin na sayar da abincin jarirai a Afirka da ke dauke da yawan sukari fiye da wanda ke cikin kasuwannin ƙasashen da suka fi ci gaba, ikirarin da Nestle ta bayyana a matsayin mai ruɗani kuma marar tushe.

Ta aiki tare da kungiyoyin al'umma a Afirka, Public Eye ta tattara kusan kayayyaki 100 daga jerin abincin jarirai na Cerelac na Nestle da ake shiryawa nan take, ta ce bayan binciken dakin gwaje‑gwaje ta gano cewa, ba kamar kasuwannin Turai ba, fiye da kashi 90% na wadannan kayayyaki suna dauke da sukari mai yawa da aka ƙara.

Reuters bai iya tabbatar da waɗannan sakamakon nan take ba. Nestle ta ce matakan dukkan nau'ikan sukari da aka ƙara a cikin hatsin jariran nasu sun kasance ƙasa da waɗanda Hukumar Duniya ta Tsarin Abinci, Codex Alimentarius, ta ƙayyade.

"Yana jefa ruɗani kuma ba daidai ba ne a fannin kimiyya a kira sukarin da ke fitowa daga hatsi da kuma waɗanda ke halitta a 'ya'yan itace a matsayin sukari mai tsarki da aka ƙara wa kayayyakin," in ji wani mai magana da yawun Nestle.

"Idan muka fitar da sukari daga abubuwan hadin kamar madara, hatsi da 'ya'yan itace, hatsi na jarirai na Cerelac ba sa dauke da matakan sukari mara illa da rahoton ya ambata."

A watan Afrilun 2024, Public Eye ta ruwaito cewa Nestle na ƙara sukari a abincin jarirai da take sayarwa a ƙasashe masu ƙaramin ƙarfi da raunin tattalin arziki ciki har da Indiya, amma ba a kasuwannin Turai ba, abin da ya jawo bincike daga hukumar kula da abinci ta Indiya.

Rahoton ranar Talata ya maimaita wannan ikirari, inda aka maida hankali kan Afirka.

A cikin wata wasiƙa a fili ta ranar 17 ga Nuwamba, International Babyfood Action Network (IBFAN) da kungiyoyi 19 na al'umma daga ƙasashe 13 na Afirka, ciki har da Morocco, Nijeriya da Afirka ta Kudu, sun yi kira ga Shugaban Nestle, Philipp Navratil, da ya kawo ƙarshen abin da suka kira fuska biyu game da ƙarin sukari a abincin jarirai da ake sayarwa a Afirka.