NPM Reduction Fund

Reformul8 Challenge Fund 5

Food (Promotion and Placement) (Scotland) Regulations come into force on the 1st of October 2026. The regulations will make it easier for consumers to make healthier food choices by targeting food categories that are significant contributors of calories, fat, salt and sugar to the Scottish diet by restricting promotions of pre-packed food and drink products within 13 targeted food categories that are high in fat, salt and sugar (HFSS) by;

Restricting certain price promotions of targeted HFSS foods, such as multi-buy offers (for example buy one get one free) seasonal promotions and free refills of soft drinks with added sugar; and
Restricting the placement of targeted HFSS foods in prominent locations in store when retail stores are over 185.8 square metres (or 2,000 square feet) and equivalent key locations online.

To distinguish if a food is classified as HFSS you need to calculate the Nutrient Profile Model (NPM) score. The NPM balances negative "A" points (energy, saturated fat, sugar, sodium) against positive "C" points (fruit, veg, nuts, fibre, protein) This fund will assist you with the associated costs of reducing your NPM score to ensure that your healthy Scottish food and drinks brands can be promoted and placed in key promotional areas within the retail sector. Funds of up to £5k, match funded by businesses, will be available to assist food and drink manufacturers to improve their NPM score.

Funding provided by Food Standards Scotland and Scotland Food and Drink

For full terms and conditions and further information on the Food (Promotion and Placement)(Scotland) regulations please contact: reformulation@fdfscotland.org.uk

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* 1. Please enter your contact details

Name

Company

Address

Address 2

City/Town

Post code

Website URL

Email Addres

Social media handles

Phone Number

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* 2. What type of food and drink business are you?

Food service / caterer

Food producer

Food retailer

Ingredient manufacturer

Other (please specify)

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* 3. Please describe your core business

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* 4. In addition to lowering your NPM score, what other key drivers do you consider when reformulating your products?

Meeting salt reduction targets

Improving front of pack labelling

Meet retailer request

Meet customer request

Health claims

Food and drink in Schools provision

None of the above

Other (please specify)

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* 5. How ready is your business for the 1st of October implementation date for the Food (Promotion and Placement)(Scotland) regulations? (0 = not ready, 100 = fully ready)

100

Clear

i We adjusted the number you entered based on the slider’s scale.

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* 6. Are your core products in scope of the 13 food categories covered in the HFSS regulations?

Yes

Not sure

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* 7. Have you calculated the NPM score of your product portfolio?

Yes

Partial calculation

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* 8. What retailers do you currently supply?

Asda

Tesco

Sainsburies

Morrisons

Aldi

Lidl

Co-op

Spar

Home Bargains

Scotmid

Other (please specify)

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* 9. Do you currently manufacture any own label products?

Yes

Hoping to in future

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* 10. Please list which products you will be reformulating to reduce NPM score

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* 11. Provide details of how you plan to use the fund, including relevant quote information and proposed costings.

Technical support including nutritional testing

Improved environment to promote healthier products

Improve production capacity and operational efficiency of healthier products

Resource to trial new recipes and processes

Other

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* 12. The success and impact of your reformulation project will be measured using before and after NPM score, nutritional information, portion size, sales data and customer feedback.
Do you currently have this information?
The success of your application will not be affected if you do not have this data.

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* 13. Please record the baseline nutritional specifications of the product you wish to reformulate. If multiple products are being reformulated we can collate the data at initial planning meeting

Product name

Kcals / per 100g

Fat per 100g

Sugar per 100g

Fibre per 100g

Salt per 100g

Sodium per 100g

% fruit and veg content

NPM score

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* 14. Project timescale - please detail estimated start and end date
(aim for projects to be completed within 6 months)

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* 15. To ensure swift payment of any successful funding please complete the financial details below

VAT registration number

Finance contact name and job title

Finance contact Telephone number

Finance email address

Bank Name

Bank Account number

Sort code

Invoice address (if different from previous question)

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* 16. Thank you for completing your application for the Reformul8 Challenge Fund. For further information regarding FDF Scotland and the Reformulation for Health programme please visit www.fdfscotland.org.uk

Have you completed all sections of the questionnaire

Please start to consider what baseline data you wish to measure for your project.

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* 1. Please enter your contact details

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* 2. What type of food and drink business are you?

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* 3. Please describe your core business

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* 4. In addition to lowering your NPM score, what other key drivers do you consider when reformulating your products?

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* 5. How ready is your business for the 1st of October implementation date for the Food (Promotion and Placement)(Scotland) regulations? (0 = not ready, 100 = fully ready)

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* 6. Are your core products in scope of the 13 food categories covered in the HFSS regulations?

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* 7. Have you calculated the NPM score of your product portfolio?

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* 8. What retailers do you currently supply?

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* 9. Do you currently manufacture any own label products?

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* 10. Please list which products you will be reformulating to reduce NPM score

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* 11. Provide details of how you plan to use the fund, including relevant quote information and proposed costings.

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* 13. Please record the baseline nutritional specifications of the product you wish to reformulate. If multiple products are being reformulated we can collate the data at initial planning meeting

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* 14. Project timescale - please detail estimated start and end date (aim for projects to be completed within 6 months)

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* 15. To ensure swift payment of any successful funding please complete the financial details below

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* 16. Thank you for completing your application for the Reformul8 Challenge Fund. For further information regarding FDF Scotland and the Reformulation for Health programme please visit www.fdfscotland.org.uk

* 14. Project timescale - please detail estimated start and end date
(aim for projects to be completed within 6 months)