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FSA Food Hygiene Data

Takeaways & sandwich shops: UK food hygiene ratings

Takeaways and sandwich shops where hot or cold food is prepared for eating off the premises — the category most people check before ordering a delivery.

Of the 52,213 takeaways & sandwich shops in the UK with a published Food Standards Agency (FSA) hygiene rating, 61% hold the top 5 (Very Good) rating — 17.2 points below the 78.2% average across all food businesses. 2.7% are rated 2 stars or below, and the mean rating is 4.3 out of 5. Source: FSA FHRS open data (OGL v3.0), as of June 2026.

Data as of June 2026 · generated .

61%
rated 5 (Very Good)
4.3
mean rating (of 5)
52,213
rated premises

Rating breakdown (0–5)

5★ Very Good
61% (31,855)
4★ Good
20% (10,432)
3★ Generally Satisfactory
13.3% (6,940)
2★ Improvement Necessary
3% (1,576)
1★ Major Improvement Necessary
2.4% (1,245)
0★ Urgent Improvement Necessary
0.3% (165)

Percentages are of the 52,213 rated premises in this category. A further 5,261 are awaiting their first inspection and 98 are exempt.

How this compares

Takeaways & sandwich shops sit 17.2 points below the 78.2% all-types average for 5-star ratings, across the full FSA register of 483,927 rated premises. Remember: a category average says nothing about any single business — always check the premises you are ordering from.

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Takeaways & sandwich shops hygiene by city

City-level FSA hygiene ratings for takeaways, cleanest first. Only cities with at least 25 rated takeaways are shown.

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Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Food hygiene ratings are sourced from the Food Standards Agency at ratings.food.gov.uk. Ratings reflect the most recent inspection on record and may have changed since publication.