Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 49351
Processed Food: Consumption
Tabled: 30 April 2025
Answered: 6 May 2025
Question
Jim Shannon
Democratic Unionist Party — Strangford
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of deaths in the UK linked to the consumption of ultra-processed foods.
Answer
Ashley DaltonScientific risk assessment and the United Kingdom’s dietary recommendations are based on robust independent risk assessments by the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (SACN).No specific assessment has been made of the number of deaths in the UK li...
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