The Scottish Government's Reformulation for Health programme is delighted to launch the Healthier Food Service Fund to support food and drink businesses with the associated financial costs of making their products healthier. (trialing recipe/process changes, nutritional testing, testing the functionality of ingredient alternatives, improving production capacity)
The Healthier Food Service Fund supports SME food and drink businesses across Scotland to improve the quality and quantity of healthier products in the food service sector, ensuring maximum impact on dietary health. Reformulation is unique to each food business, it can include the reduction of fat, salt and sugar, enrichment with added fibre, fruit & vegetables, reduced portion size and calorie value, replacing ingredients with healthier alternatives or providing clearer consumer health information.
The Healthier Food Service Fund overs funds of upto £5000 per reformulation project. Applicants must provide at least 50% of the total project costs. Businesses may contribute more than 50% of the total but the maximum fund remains fixed at £5,000. The application will remain open until Friday the 13th of September 2024. Applicants will be notified if they have been successful within 14 days of the fund closing.
Funding provided by Food Standards Scotland. For full terms and conditions please contact. reformulation@fdfscotland.org.uk
