Iceland food hygiene ratings
There are 820 Iceland 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. 65 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 Iceland scores
92% of rated Iceland branches hold the top score of 5, and 99% hold a 4 or better. The chain averages 4.90 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 | 689 | 92% | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 out of 5 | 53 | 7% | |
| 3 out of 5 | 4 | 1% | |
| 2 out of 5 | 4 | 1% | |
| 1 out of 5 | 1 | <1% | |
| 0 out of 5 | 0 | 0% |
A further 69 branches are awaiting inspection, exempt, or in Scotland, none of which sit on the 0–5 scale.
Lowest-rated Iceland branches
5 branches hold a rating of 2 or below. That is 1% of Iceland'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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iceland B31 2JU | Birmingham | 1 - Major improvement necessary | 29 October 2024 |
| Iceland Foods Ltd BB10 1WB | Burnley | 2 - Some improvement necessary | 1 June 2026 |
| Iceland Frozen Foods Ltd FY7 6JZ | Wyre | 2 - Some improvement necessary | 4 March 2026 |
| Iceland Foods N1 9ER | Islington | 2 - Some improvement necessary | 17 April 2024 |
| Iceland HU9 3DA | Hull City | 2 - Some improvement necessary | 19 June 2023 |
Questions about Iceland
What is Iceland's food hygiene rating?
Iceland does not have a single rating. Every one of its 820 UK sites is inspected and rated separately by its own local council. 92% of them hold the top score of 5, and the chain averages 4.90 out of 5.
Is Iceland clean?
By the only measure a regulator publishes, 92% of Iceland branches were found to have very good hygiene standards at their last inspection. But a rating describes a branch, not a brand, and 5 branches score 2 or below.
Which Iceland has the worst hygiene rating?
The lowest-rated branches are listed on this page, worst first. 5 hold a rating of 2 or below out of 751 rated sites.
Who inspects Iceland?
Not Iceland. 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 Iceland branches.
Birmingham, Liverpool, Glasgow City, Belfast City, Sheffield, Wiltshire, Sandwell, Newham
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 Iceland.