Food and Drink Advertising

Advertising plays a vital role in promoting healthier lifestyles and public health campaigns, from Government initiatives to industry-funded programmes like Eat Them to Defeat Them. We have worked with Government and regulators to ensure new rules on Less Healthy Food advertising are workable for businesses to comply with, while the UK’s independent self- and co-regulatory system ensures the placement and content of ads for food and alcohol are governed by strict rules.

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AA Comment on Less Healthy Food Advertising Restrictions Take Legal Effect

From January 5, 2026, restrictions on the advertising of Less Healthy Food (LHF) products are in legal effect. It follows a...

New CAP Guidance on Less Healthy Food Advertising

The ASA has today published its final guidance for industry on the new rules around Less Healthy Foods (LHF) advertising. This...

Countdown to October 1: Trade bodies launch LHF ad restrictions awareness drive

Every UK advertising and marketing professional involved in Less Healthy Food (LHF) campaigns urged to understand incoming restrictions. Trade bodies to...

New research on alcohol advertising in Scotland

Ahead of a Scottish Government consultation on alcohol advertising expected in the autumn, the Scottish Alcohol Industry Partnership has published...

Review of HFSS advertising restrictions on TfL

The Advertising Association, ISBA and Outsmart have published a review by SLG Economics of research studies by PLOS Medicine and...