PETITIONRejectedPetition · petition.parliament.uk
Actively drive a decrease in the amount of ultraprocessed food eaten in UK.
I want the government to promote better health and to RESIST lobbying by powerful food industries who fool us all into eating ultra-processed foods which damage our health and increase levels of obesity, diabetes, heart disease, strokes and other harms. Food labelling needs improvement and honesty.
Last fetched 03 May 2026 · petition.parliament.uk
Signatures
12
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Government response threshold (10,000) · 12/10,000
Debate threshold (100,000) · 12/100,000
Background
Advertising is effective. It’s propaganda. Billions are invested in persuading us that this or that processed food is HEALTHY when in fact the messages on the packets (eg: Added vitamins! Low in fat/sugar/salt!) are misleading and fool many people that they are doing the best for their health. Research has proved that high fat diets are NOT bad. High starch diets ARE. Many myths about food are busted in “Spoon-Fed. Why Almost Everything We’ve been Told About Food is Wrong” Professor Tim Spector.