High fat, sugar and salt food and beverage

This policy applies to Shopping ads and local inventory ads

Our policy

We support responsible advertising of food and beverages. High fat, sugar and salt (HFSS) food and beverage (F&B) Shopping ads are allowed if they comply with our policies. We consider ads to be promoting the sale of HFSS products when one or more HFSS food item, beverage or meal is promoted in the ad (text, imagery, audio and/or video) or destination site. Specifically, Shopping ads that contain HFSS foods and beverages are now prohibited from targeting minors.

The information reflected in this policy is not intended to be legal advice and we expect all merchants and partners to comply with the local laws for any region their ads target, including local requirements that may differ from this HFSS food and beverage policy.

Below are some examples of F&B products (non-exhaustive) that are considered HFSS. Shopping ads that contain nutritional information indicating the products are within the allowed threshold for FSS and serving size/calories, or on successful appeal by the merchant, may be eligible to serve. For the complete nutritional thresholds for HFSS F&B products, please see the table below.

Effect of the policy

This policy update will apply to all HFSS F&B ads serving in the UK and EU on Shopping, including ads served through other products like Search. Ads identified as HFSS, and which have received the HFSS label will only serve to users with a declared age of 18 and above.

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