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Lord Krebs (CB)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 3 June 2025

Debate

Health: Ultra-processed Food

Contribution

My Lords, I declare my interests as recorded in the register. Last year, the author of the best-selling book Ultra-Processed People, Dr Chris van Tulleken, gave evidence to the Food, Diet and Obesity Select Committee, of which I had the privilege of being a member. He said that ultra-processed food “is not a regulatory tool—I do not know anyone credible who is talking about using that definition to slap labels on things … the regulatory tool, in my view, should be fat, salt, sugar and calories”. Does the Minister agree with Dr van Tulleken?

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