Calorie Labelling

Calorie labelling 'horrific timing'

16-Sep-2022 By Rebecca Weller

Calorie labelling had “horrific timing” and added pressure to the sector at a time it was already facing multiple burden’s, according to industry leaders.

Calorie labelling an unnecessary disaster for pubs

12-Apr-2022 By Ed Bedington

Once again the fun police have been let loose on the hospitality sector, and while the sector is used to handling and weathering well-intentioned, but ill-thought out legislation, the timing of the introduction of calorie labelling on menus couldn’t be...

Calorie labelling rules come into force

06-Apr-2022 By Amelie Maurice-Jones

New calorie regulations, which will bring cost pressures and an increased workload to the sector, come into force today (Wednesday 6 April), fuelling criticism from trade bodies.

Calorie regulations will bring ‘further cost pressures’ to industry

16-Mar-2022 By Amelie Maurice-Jones

New calorie regulations will bring cost pressures and an added workload to a sector struggling to recover from Covid, according to operators.

Less than half of pub goers claim calorie labelling would influence food choices

06-Jul-2021 By Stuart Stone

Just 39% of respondents to a recent survey believe that calorie labelling on pub and bar food menus would influence their meal choices when eating out.

Calls to delay calorie label plans as pubs recover

14-May-2021 By Emily Hawkins

There have been calls to delay legislation that would force pubs to display calorie information on their menus.

Pub chains will have to show calorie labels on menus

11-May-2021 By Emily Hawkins

Some pubs will be forced to display calorie counts for dishes on menus, it was revealed in the Queen’s Speech.

'Not the time' for mandatory calorie labels on pints

14-Apr-2021 By Emily Hawkins

Reports of proposals to force large pub chains to display calorie labels on pints of beer have been dubbed “outrageous” and described as “costly and complicated” by the trade.

Mandatory calorie labelling ‘at odds with whole of trade’

03-Mar-2020 By Emily Hawkins

Publicans have reiterated their concerns over proposals to make it compulsory for pubs to include the calorie and nutritional information of dishes on menus.

Charities say calorie labelling would magnify eating disorders

13-Dec-2018 By Emily Hawkins

Plans to introduce mandatory calorie labelling on pub menus would cause “great distress” for people with eating disorders, charities and MPs have warned.

Government’s big consultation on calorie labelling launched

14-Sep-2018 By Nicholas Robinson

The Government has launched a massive public consultation on calorie labelling for out-of-home food and drink, which could deliver the ultimatum on mandatory calorie labelling on pub food and drink.

Health

Calorie labelling: Trade warns pub food quality will take a hit

22-Feb-2016 By Nicholas Robinson

While groups concerned with health matters argue all pub and restaurant food menus must have calorie content labelled on them, Nicholas Robinson finds out why that’s not as simple as it sounds

Healthy options

Call for exercise-equivalent calorie labelling

15-Jan-2016 By Oli Gross

The Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH) has called for 'activity-equivalent' calorie labelling, which would show how much exercise would be required to burn off calories contained in food and drink.

Orchid slams calorie labelling

19-Sep-2011 By Lesley Foottit

A leading managed pub operator, Orchid Group, has described the pressure for pub-cos to introduce calorie labelling as “the new smoking vendetta”.

FSA seeks views on pub menu calorie labelling

04-Dec-2009 By Jo Bruce

The Foods Standards Agency is seeking views on how displaying calorie information on menus would work best in practice.