Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether products which are a source of protein will be subject to the upcoming restrictions on products that are high in fat, sugar and salt; and how the Government will define which products are a source of protein within the Obesity Strategy.

For restrictions on advertising and promotions of high fat, salt or sugar products, there will be a two-stage process to define what products are captured by the restrictions. This two-stage process ensures the restrictions apply to the products of most concern to childhood obesity whilst allowing the healthier products within categories to be excluded.

As part of this process, the Government is using the 2004/05 Nutrient Profiling Model, as it is based on scientific evidence and provides an overall assessment of the nutritional content of products considered by balancing beneficial nutrients including fruit, vegetables and nuts, fibre and protein content against components of food that children should eat less of, such as saturated fat, sugar, salt, and calories.