Aldi food hygiene ratings
There are 1,062 Aldi sites in the United Kingdom with a published food hygiene rating. Each is inspected by its own local council, the chain does not rate itself, and a rating earned in one town says nothing about the branch in the next. 103 sites are in Scotland, which uses a pass-or-improve scheme rather than a score out of five, and so are not counted in the figures below.
How Aldi scores
99% of rated Aldi branches hold the top score of 5, and 100% hold a 4 or better. The chain averages 4.98 out of 5, a strikingly consistent record, well above the roughly 70% of all UK food businesses that manage a 5.
| 5 out of 5 | 935 | 99% | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 out of 5 | 10 | 1% | |
| 3 out of 5 | 1 | <1% | |
| 2 out of 5 | 1 | <1% | |
| 1 out of 5 | 1 | <1% | |
| 0 out of 5 | 0 | 0% |
A further 114 branches are awaiting inspection, exempt, or in Scotland, none of which sit on the 0–5 scale.
Lowest-rated Aldi branches
2 branches hold a rating of 2 or below. That is 0% of Aldi's rated sites. A low rating is not a closure order, the business is required to fix what the inspector found.
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| Branch | Council | Rating | Inspected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aldi Stores E11 1HH | Waltham Forest | 1 - Major improvement necessary | 6 October 2025 |
| Aldi B11 1AD | Birmingham | 2 - Some improvement necessary | 6 January 2025 |
Questions about Aldi
What is Aldi's food hygiene rating?
Aldi does not have a single rating. Every one of its 1,062 UK sites is inspected and rated separately by its own local council. 99% of them hold the top score of 5, and the chain averages 4.98 out of 5.
Is Aldi clean?
By the only measure a regulator publishes, 99% of Aldi branches were found to have very good hygiene standards at their last inspection. But a rating describes a branch, not a brand, and 2 branches score 2 or below.
Which Aldi has the worst hygiene rating?
The lowest-rated branches are listed on this page, worst first. 2 hold a rating of 2 or below out of 948 rated sites.
Who inspects Aldi?
Not Aldi. Environmental health officers at each site's local council carry out the inspection, unannounced, and set the rating. The Food Standards Agency publishes the result. A chain cannot rate itself, and cannot change a rating.
Where the branches are
The councils inspecting the most Aldi branches.
Birmingham, Leeds, Durham, Liverpool, Fife, North Yorkshire, Dudley, Bradford
Other chains
Data from the Food Standards Agency and Food Standards Scotland under the Open Government Licence. Branches are identified from the business names councils publish; one trading under an unusual name may not be counted here. This site is not affiliated with Aldi.