Processed Food: Consumption
Commons · Question 49351 · Tabled 30 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 6 May 2025
Question
Asked by Jim Shannon
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
Answered by Ashley Dalton, 6 May 2025
Scientific 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...