We've commissioned a number of evidence reviews, dietary modelling exercises and briefing papers, building on our role as the primary source of evidence on diet and nutrition in Scotland.
Our research reports look at the following themes:
Our evidence reviews, dietary modelling exercises, and briefing papers explore how dietary choices, food costs, and the wider food environment can impact health in Scotland
We've commissioned a number of evidence reviews, dietary modelling exercises and briefing papers, building on our role as the primary source of evidence on diet and nutrition in Scotland.
Our research reports look at the following themes:
To understand the impact of achieving recommendations for meat and dairy reduction made by the Climate Change Committee, Food Standards Scotland commissioned research from the University of Edinburgh. The first phase of the research uses data on dietary intakes collected in adults, as part of the Scottish Health Survey (SHeS) in 2021. The second phase used data from our Dietary Intake in Scotland’s Children (DISH) Survey..
Price and the ability to afford food are major deciding factors when we choose what to eat. To improve the Scottish diet, we need to understand how much a healthy diet costs and how this cost is calculated. This report is a rapid literature review produced for Food Standards Scotland by the University of Aberdeen. It explores the methods used to estimate the price of diets and focusses on those used in high income countries.
This paper provides an evidence base for policy actions to reduce current intakes of discretionary foods including confectionery, sweet biscuits, savoury snacks, cakes, pastries, puddings and sugar-containing soft drinks. These foods are typically high in fat, sugar or salt, and provide little or no nutritional benefit necessary for a healthy diet.
Dietary modelling was conducted to find out the most effective way of adding folic acid to flour for the purpose of reducing Neural Tube Defects (NTDs). The modelling used current dietary information to explore the effect of different options for adding folic acid to flour while taking account of folic acid from fortified foods such as breakfast cereals and fat spreads, and from dietary supplements.
We commissioned research to provide evidence on the food and drink environment. This includes an assessment of the current evidence of how food and drink retailing currently works in Scotland and identifies factors that could enable healthier purchasing by consumers.
Most recent report:
Previous reports on the food and drink environment: