The KFDC has worked with resident children’s nutritionist and dietician Lucy Upton to devise a set of initial criteria that products must meet in order to join…

1. Products must be non-HFSS (high fat, salt and/or sugar)

2. Products must not contain artificial flavours, colours, preservatives or sweeteners (excluding directly plant-derived sweeteners such as Stevia leaf)

3. Products must contain less than 15% free sugars (this includes refined sugars or nectars, fruit juices, concentrates and purees, syrups (e.g. glucose, date, agave), dextrose and coconut sugar or nectar

We then subject products to an additional points-based analysis, to determine whether they meet our definition of what constitutes a healthier food or drink choice for children.