Healthier and more sustainable vending

About this guidance

This guidance on healthier and more sustainable vending  sets out practical suggestions to make the food and drink in vending machines healthier, by providing options which are lower in calories, fat, sugar and salt. It also sets out tips on more sustainable vending which will help reduce waste and encourage recycling.

The guide adds to the FSA’s collection of healthier catering guides for different types of businesses and builds on previous work with partner agencies in Northern Ireland to introduce nutritional standards to Health and Social Care settings. 

This guidance is available in accessible PDF format: 

This guidance has been developed as part of the FSA’s Making Food Better programme which aims to create a healthier food environment by supporting businesses to reduce sugar, calories, saturated fat and salt in the food they produce, sell or serve, reduce portion size, provide nutritional information and  deliver responsible promotions.