Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 57209

Processed Food: Children

Tabled: 4 June 2025
Answered: 23 June 2025

Question

Fabian Hamilton

LabourLeeds North East

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce consumption of ultra-processed food among children.

Answer

Ashley Dalton
United Kingdom dietary recommendations are based on robust independent risk assessments by the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (SACN). In its 2023 and 2025 position statements on processed foods and health, the SACN concluded that while there a...

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