HFSS Less Healthy Food Checker

Overview

Instantly check if a food or drink falls under UK Less Healthy Food advertising restrictions --- FULL DESCRIPTION: Check any food or drink against the UK's Less Healthy Food advertising rules in seconds, right from your browser. The Less Healthy Food (LHF) regulations restrict paid online advertising for certain food and drink products sold by businesses with 250+ employees. Working out whether your menu items are in scope means understanding two things: the 13 regulated food categories defined in the Schedule, and the Nutrient Profiling Model (NPM) scoring system. This extension does both checks for you. HOW IT WORKS Type in any food or drink item and the checker runs a two-part test: Test 1: Category Check Is the product in one of the 13 regulated food categories? These include soft drinks with added sugar, savoury snacks, breakfast cereals, confectionery, ice cream, cakes, sweet biscuits, morning goods, desserts, sweetened yoghurt, pizza, potato products, and ready meals.