Holland & Barrett food hygiene ratings
There are 657 Holland & Barrett 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. 44 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 Holland & Barrett scores
98% of rated Holland & Barrett 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 | 530 | 98% | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 out of 5 | 12 | 2% | |
| 3 out of 5 | 0 | 0% | |
| 2 out of 5 | 0 | 0% | |
| 1 out of 5 | 0 | 0% | |
| 0 out of 5 | 0 | 0% |
A further 115 branches are awaiting inspection, exempt, or in Scotland, none of which sit on the 0–5 scale.
Lowest-rated branches
Not one Holland & Barrett branch in the country currently sits at 2 or below.
Questions about Holland & Barrett
What is Holland & Barrett's food hygiene rating?
Holland & Barrett does not have a single rating. Every one of its 657 UK sites is inspected and rated separately by its own local council. 98% of them hold the top score of 5, and the chain averages 4.98 out of 5.
Is Holland & Barrett clean?
By the only measure a regulator publishes, 98% of Holland & Barrett branches were found to have very good hygiene standards at their last inspection. But a rating describes a branch, not a brand, though in this case not one branch sits at 2 or below.
Which Holland & Barrett has the worst hygiene rating?
None. No Holland & Barrett branch in the UK currently holds a rating of 2 or below.
Who inspects Holland & Barrett?
Not Holland & Barrett. 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 Holland & Barrett branches.
Birmingham, Westminster, Camden, Glasgow City, Bradford, Somerset, Cheshire East, North Yorkshire
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 Holland & Barrett.