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Coffee seller fined over health claims


A company which made unauthorised health claims was prosecuted by West Sussex TS

Richard Young

Posted 26 March 2025 | JoTS Online


Content Tags:  Updates|Food and Drink|South East


UPDATES: A retailer has been fined after Trading Standards uncovered unlawful health claims and regulatory breaches involving coffee products, reinforcing the importance of compliance in a fast-growing market.

A business which made unauthorised claims about the health benefits of coffee it sold has been ordered to pay a penalty of more than £5,000 following a prosecution by West Sussex County Council Trading Standards.

LDN Noots Ltd, trading as London Nootropics, was found to have breached the Nutrition and Health Claims Regulations 2007 and the Novel Foods Regulations 2018 with some of th...

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