Fonterra tweaks website wording after Consumer test of 'light-proof' bottles

Thu, 10 Aug 2017

By Jonathan Underhill Aug. 11 (BusinessDesk) - Fonterra Cooperative Group has amended the claims made about the nutritional benefits of its Anchor-brand 'light-proof' plastic bottles after a Consumer New Zealand test showed they don't protect the vitamins in milk any better than conventional bottles. Fonterra's Anchor brand website had included the claim that light "can cause damage to vitamin B2 and A" and its light-proof bottle, launched in 2013, could prevent the nutrients from breaking down. But that wording has gone, and the Anchor l...

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