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Tier 3 — Observational / field trialPeer-reviewed

How did labelling provision on menus for online food delivery change following England’s calorie labelling regulations?

Kalbus, A. et al.

2025

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Summary

This preprint study investigates how calorie labelling on online food delivery menus changed following England's mandatory calorie labelling regulations, which came into force in April 2022 for large out-of-home food businesses. Using an audit or observational approach, the authors likely tracked changes in labelling provision across digital food ordering platforms. The findings are expected to offer evidence on policy compliance and the reach of labelling interventions in the rapidly growing online food delivery sector.

UK applicability

This study is directly applicable to UK policy and public health practice, providing evidence on the real-world implementation of England's out-of-home calorie labelling policy and informing future regulatory assessment and potential extension of requirements.

Key measures

Proportion of menu items displaying calorie information; compliance rates before and after regulation; variation by business type or platform

Outcomes reported

The study examined changes in the provision of calorie labelling on menus for online food delivery platforms following the introduction of mandatory calorie labelling regulations in England. It likely assessed the extent to which businesses complied with or voluntarily adopted labelling requirements post-regulation.

Theme
Policy, governance & rights
Subject
Food labelling & regulation
Study type
Research
Study design
Observational cross-sectional or longitudinal audit
Source type
Peer-reviewed study
Status
Preprint
Geography
England
System type
Food supply chain
DOI
10.1101/2025.09.26.25336607
Catalogue ID
XL0038

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