In 2018, the Department of Health and Social Care undertook a public consultation on mandatory calorie labelling. Read the new UK Statutory Instrument: The Calorie Labelling (Out of Home Sector) (England) Regulations 2021 and the government’s Implementation Guidance. Where food businesses sell food through a website or mobile application, the calorie information must be displayed as part of the description of each item of food which is offered for sale on that website or through that mobile application.Įach food authority must enforce these regulations within their area through conversations with food businesses, improvement notices and, if appropriate, fixed monetary penalties of £2,500 as an alternative to prosecution. Where food is chosen from items on display, this information must be on a label identifying the food concerned, next to, or in close proximity to, each item of food. Where food is chosen from a menu, this information must be on the menu, next to the description or the price of the food concerned. (c) the statement that ‘adults need around 2,000 kcal a day’, unless the menu, or page in the menu, shows food only for children.Ĭalorie information must be displayed so that it is easily visible, clearly legible and not in any hidden or obscured by any other material. (b) the size of the portion to which the information in sub-paragraph (a)(i) relates, or the number of people for whom the item referred to in sub-paragraph (a)(ii) has been prepared, and (a) the energy content of either (i) a single portion of the food, or (ii) if the item purchased by the consumer has been prepared by the business for consumption by more than one person, of the whole item, in kilocalories, followed by the letters ‘kcal’ The calorie information that must be displayed at the point where the consumer chooses their food is:
(f) food not included on a business’s menu or otherwise offered by that business, and is, at the express request of a consumer (i) made available to the consumer, or (ii) prepared by the business for the consumer differently to the way that food is usually prepared by the business. (e) food provided at an institution providing education to students below the age of 18 (d) food provided, otherwise than for payment, to patients at a hospital or other medical establishment or to residents or other service users at a care home or other institution providing social care (c) drinks containing more than 1.2% by volume of alcohol (b) food included on a menu for less than (i) 30 consecutive days, and (ii) a total of 30 days in any calendar year (a) condiments provided to be added by a consumer to their food The extensive list of exempt food includes: They apply to food offered for sale in a form which is suitable for immediate consumption, is not prepacked food and is not exempt food.įood is to be considered to be suitable for immediate consumption if it is either (a) offered for sale at a café, restaurant or other premises selling food for consumption on the premises or (b) offered for sale for consumption off the premises and does not require any preparation, thawing, cooking or reheating by the consumer before it is consumed. The new regulations extend to England and Wales, apply to England only and came into force on 6 April 2022.
Key points from the new UK Statutory Instrument No.909 In the meantime, all micro, small, and medium businesses are encouraged to voluntarily calorie label and consultation has taken place on how best to enforce the new policy (see below). The measures include a provision allowing businesses to provide a menu without calorie information at the request of any customer who finds viewing calorie information difficult or distressing.Īlthough the measures will initially apply to large businesses, which account for nearly half of the value of all food and drink sold in the ‘out-of-home sector’, the government has stated its intention to review the policy within five years of implementation and consider extending the requirements to smaller food businesses.
They are intended to help people make more informed, healthier choices when eating out or ordering takeaways. The new regulations follow public consultations in 20 (see below) and are part of the government’s strategy to tackle obesity. Calorie information must be shown at the point of choice for the customer, which may be a printed or online menu, food delivery platform or label. From 6 April 2022, large food businesses (with more than 250 employees) in England have been required to display the calorie information of non-prepacked food and soft drink items.
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