Rulings (44)
  • CLF Distribution Ltd

    • Upheld
    • Email
    • 11 June 2025

    An email misleadingly claimed that products only contained “naturally sweet ingredients”.

  • Menwell Ltd t/a Manual

    • Upheld
    • Search (paid)
    • 04 June 2025

    A paid-for Google ad promoted a prescription-only medicine to the general public.

  • Viva Research Ltd t/a Vivanmn

    • Upheld
    • Social media (paid ad)
    • 28 May 2025

    Two paid-for Facebook ads claimed that a food supplement could treat or cure ADHD, made medicinal claims for an unlicensed product and made unauthorised specific health claims. 

  • air up GmbH

    • Upheld
    • Social media (paid ad)
    • 28 May 2025

    A paid-for TikTok ad was irresponsible and likely to cause serious or widespread offense.

  • ZOE Ltd t/a Zoe

    • Upheld
    • 21 May 2025

    A paid-for Facebook ad misleadingly claimed that a supplement didn't contain any ultra-processed ingredients.

  • Dualit Ltd

    • Upheld
    • Search (paid)
    • 30 April 2025

    A paid-for search ad misleadingly implied that coffee bags could be composted at home when this wasn't the case. 

  • Lavazza Coffee (UK) Ltd

    • Upheld
    • Search (paid)
    • 30 April 2025

    A paid-for search ad misleadingly implied that coffee pods could be composted at home when this wasn't the case.

  • 2XU UK Limited

    • Upheld
    • Social media (paid ad)
    • 16 April 2025

    A paid-for Instagram ad for 2xu Recovery Compression Tights made medical claims without holding the applicable conformity marking and were not registered with the MHRA.

  • McDonald's Restaurants Ltd

    • Upheld in part
    • App (own claim), Television
    • 26 March 2025

    An ad for the ‘Feed the Family Offer’ shown in the My McDonald’s app failed to include all non-optional fees in quoted prices.

  • Supplylife Group Ltd t/a SUPPLYlife

    • Upheld
    • Website (own site)
    • 19 February 2025

    A website misleadingly stated that, informed by their testing, an elimination diet could help food related energy dips, unwanted weight and IBS or its symptoms.

  • Vivostore Ltd t/a Vivo Life

    • Upheld
    • Social media (own site)
    • 18 December 2024

    Two TikTok ads stated that a food supplement could treat vitamin B12 deficiency or its symptoms, irresponsibly encouraged people to stop taking medically prescribed vitamin B12 injections and made unauthorised specific health claims.

  • Ovira Australia t/a Ovira UK

    • Upheld
    • Social media (paid ad)
    • 11 December 2024

    Three paid-for Meta ads made unauthorised specific health claims, referred to an amount of weight loss, implied a food could prevent, treat or cure PCOS and symptoms of the menopause and made medicinal claims for an unlicenced product.  

  • Vita Studio Pte Ltd

    • Upheld
    • In-game advertising
    • 04 December 2024

    An in-game ad for a mobile app game discouraged essential treatment for a condition for which medical supervision should be sought and misleadingly claimed the app could help treat sleep loss problems.

  • Stirling Health Ltd

    • Upheld
    • Press other (paid ad)
    • 20 November 2024

    A press ad made medicinal claims for an unauthorised product.

  • Supreme CBD Ltd t/a Supreme CBD

    • Upheld
    • Social media (own site)
    • 13 November 2024

    A post on Anthony Fowler’s X account made unauthorised health claims about CBD.

  • Just Eat.co.uk Ltd

    • Upheld
    • Email, Website (own site)
    • 23 October 2024

    A webpage and an email promotion for Just Eat didn't include all significant conditions of the promotion and caused unnecessary disappointment to participants.   

  • Sainsbury's Supermarkets Ltd t/a Sainsbury's

    • Upheld
    • Social media (influencer or affiliate ad)
    • 16 October 2024

    An Instagram story posted by Kayleigh Johnson linked to a product listing on Sainsbury’s website which had the effect of marketing infant formula to the general public, which is prohibited under the Code, while affiliate links were not obviously identifiable as ads.

  • Kerry Foods Ltd

    • Upheld
    • Video on demand
    • 09 October 2024

    A video on demand ad for a HFSS product featuring the licensed character Garfield and a promotion broke the rules by being directly targeted at pre-school or primary school children.

  • Huel Ltd

    • Upheld
    • Social media (own site)
    • 25 September 2024

    An Instagram video made non-permitted comparative nutrition claims and compared foods that weren’t in the same category. It also made misleading pricing claims and contained general health claims that weren’t accompanied by an authorised specific health claim.

  • Not Guilty Food Co Ltd t/a The Skinny Food Co

    • Upheld
    • Social media (own site)
    • 25 September 2024

    A Facebook ad made "low calorie" nutrition claim and comparing calorie content with a competitor broke the ad rules by making unsubstantiated nutrition claims and failing to meet the required conditions for such comparisons.

Informally resolved (6)
  • Kentucky Fried Chicken (Great Britain) Ltd t/a KFC

    • 24 July 2024
    • Number of complaints: 0

    Topic: Food, drink and supplements

  • Rakhee Mediratta

    • 24 July 2024
    • Number of complaints: 0

    Topic: Medicines, remedies and therapies

  • Grocery Delivery E-Services UK Ltd t/a HelloFresh

    • 26 June 2024
    • Number of complaints: 0

    Topic: Food, drink and supplements

  • Roofoods Ltd t/a Deliveroo

    • 26 June 2024
    • Number of complaints: 0

    Topic: Food, drink and supplements

  • Waitrose Ltd t/a Waitrose & Partners

    • 19 June 2024
    • Number of complaints: 1

    Topic: Food, drink and supplements

  • Wowcher Ltd t/a Wowcher

    • 19 June 2024
    • Number of complaints: 1

    Topic: Food, drink and supplements