Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 57350

Processed Food: Health Education

Tabled: 4 June 2025

Answered: 19 June 2025

Named Day

Question

Bell Ribeiro-Addy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take through (a) dietary guidelines, (b) public health policy and (c) food strategies to (i) promote and (ii) help improve public access to (A) whole and (B) minimally proces

Answer

Ashley Dalton

The Government is promoting access to healthy food through dietary guidelines which are presented to the public through the Government’s Eatwell Guide. The terms ‘whole’ and ‘minimally processed’ are not used because they are difficult to define and could...

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