# The Advertising (Less Healthy Food Definitions and Exemptions) Regulations 2024, Paragraph 4: Category 1:


(1) A soft drink contains “added sugar ingredients” if any of the following are combined with other ingredients at any stage in the production of the soft drink—
(a) calorific mono-saccharides or di-saccharides;
(b) a substance containing calorific mono-saccharides or di-saccharides.
(2) But a soft drink does not contain “added sugar ingredients” only by reason of containing fruit juice, vegetable juice or milk (or any combination of them).
(3) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (2)—
(a) “fruit juice” is to be construed in accordance with regulation 5 (sugar content condition: fruit juice) of the SDIL Regulations;
(b) “vegetable juice” is to be construed in accordance with regulation 6 (sugar content condition: vegetable juice) of the SDIL Regulations;
(c) “milk” is to be construed in accordance with regulation 7 (sugar content condition and exempt soft drinks: milk and milk-based drinks) of the SDIL Regulations.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2024/1266/schedule/paragraph/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/advertising-less-healthy-food-definitions-and-exemptions-regulations-2024/schedule/paragraph-4
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.