Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Answer of 13 April 2016 to Question 32737, on malnutrition, whether he plans to revise national guidance on food supplements.

There are currently no plans to review national guidance on food supplements.

Most people should be able to get all the nutrients they need from eating a diet consistent with the Eatwell Guide, provided by Public Health England. Supplements, therefore, are only recommended for a small number of population groups and advice is available on the NHS Choices website:

https://www.nhs.uk/chq/pages/1122.aspx?categoryid=51